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Saturday, January 24, 2015

KYANI & CO. , MARINE LINES.

Brought to Mumbai by the Persian immigrants in the 19^th century, Irani Cafes were once the life of Mumbai with as many as 350 cafes spread all over the city. But with growing competition from fast food chains, they are fast shutting down with only about 25 of them remaining. And one such famous café since decades is the Kyani & Co. in Marine Lines.

As soon as you enter this place, you enter the old world charm of “Bombay” and the setting of the place hardly fails to make you realize that you are in an Irani café. The old parsi uncle on the counter, the wooden furniture, the vintage wall clock and the smell of freshly prepared omelette. On a special brunch here we ate to our heart’s content and couldn’t be more happy. We started with a Parsee Omlette, a delicious omelette with tomatoes, onion and coriander. We then ordered Pulao with Chicken Dhansak - again a speciality from the parsee kitchen. The chicken was very very fresh and so was the pulao. The next on the list was Cheese Bhurjee – cheesy, tasty, yummy!!! And the last on the list was Kheema Ghotala – again a perfect blend of mutton and egg and yummy and yes a specialty which could be found on almost all the tables. We also tried their special Raspberry Soda, again a must have here. For deserts we ordered the famous Caramel Custard and Kulfi with Falooda and Jelly. The custard requires no description of course and the second desert requires a special mention. The kulfi, jelly and rose syrup - all three were housemade.....there was a very evident difference in the taste!

This meal was quite an experience and we personally recommend this to everyone atleast once and that too at the soonest before these places start shutting down and vanishing from the streets altogether. No doubt the staff is a little haughty, but what’s an Irani joint without any hassles?

Ambience: 3.5/5

Service: 3/5

Food: 4/5

Cost: Count in Pennies!!