Lucky that we decided not to get up too early to take bath before water ran out as we were going to andheri that day and water would be running 24 hours there. The cab came at sharp 9 and we set out to mumbai. As expected we were greeted in mumbai by nerve racking traffic, senseless parking and irresponsible driving. everyone was in a hurry to get to their offices/shops/airport/where not??? a journey which would take 1 hour 15 minutes if all driving sense would prevail and discipline is followed took us 2 hours 15 minutes. good waste of 1 hour and the driver actually was feeling proud we could make it in that time;so much for his sense of humor! We got to work, took bath had a light snack and hit the roads again. We were on our way to crawford market and manish market ,places of shopping.It was 1 30 by the time we reached the place and the hunger centres in the brain were already signalling us to satisfy it by having food. We had to eat authentic punjabi and so we went to Sher-e-punjab ,a uptown restaurant. we were greeted with a chilled glass of jal jeera , truly refreshing till the last drop. Choosing the right stuff to eat in a retaurant is the quintessential thing and when u go to any place for the first time it becomes real tough and so I decided to rest the onus of menu to the person who attended us and he made sure we had some real classy punjabi food that would keep us licking our fingers and wanting us to have more and more. chicken lasooni had that wondreful flavor of garlic in it and tendre boiled chicken was just perfectly cooked and blended well with gravy which was onion and cashew based and a rich desi ghee taste and aroma to it making it simply irresistible.noone prepares tandoori roti better than a punjabi kitchen. rotis were extremely soft, mouth watering, absolutely fibre rich ,oil free and served hot right out of the clay oven(tandoor). Dal makhani , a preparation made form whole black urad dal with lots of spices added to it again is an authentic punjabi dish and was awesome . chicken reshmi kabab had these boneless pieces of chicken coated with spices and cheese and oven cooked leaving it light brown in color and a must have. veg do pyaza, chiken makhanwala were also very tasty. to sum up lunch was worth the drive! We then made our way to crawford market and did some shopping especially leather stuff and dry fruits. We found SADANAND a restaurant which has a branch in suratkal back in mangalore and communication in tulu meant us we got great service. manish market is a cheap shopping place were u get all imitation stuff foir real dirt cheap price. a ray ban glass looking original was initially priced 3500 and by the time i left the counter he had come down to 35. i offered 30 ,he would not budge further and i left the counter..We found a fellow selling tender coconuts there which were priced a whopping 25/- and we were thirsty and did not mind paying 2x the amount for which we would have got it back home. After a tiring day of shopping and roaming around we finally decide to head back home and rest and so we did...
Day Rating: 8/10
