Meal Ticket

Pune gets a chance to tingle its palette with Vidarbha's authentic Varhadi cuisine with the launch of Me Maratha at Kothrud near Dashbhuja Ganapati Mandir.

Authentic kitchen
Pune gets a chance to tingle its palette with Vidarbha’s authentic Varhadi cuisine with the launch of Me Maratha at Kothrud near Dashbhuja Ganapati Mandir. The 60-seater restaurant boasts of Varhadi-style chicken,fish and mutton dishes,teamed with jowar rotis. On the menu are also the usual suspects like chiken biryani and mutton biryani,but with a Varhadi twist. The main spices used in the food are black pepper,dry coriander,bay leaves,grey cardamom,cinnamon,cloves etc. Speaking on the occasion of the opening, Baburao Hushangabade,co-owner of Me Maratha said,Varhadi cusine is rarely available in Pune. The greatness of the cuisine is that it is very spicy,yet it is not harmful to the body. For Punekars,we have reduced the quantity of chilli powder in the food to make it less spicy,but without losing its authenticity. People will definitely enjoy the intriguing taste of this great cuisine. The restaurant is open from 11 am 3 pm and 7.30 pm 11 pm. Home delivery available.

Kitsch attack
The Waterfront Shaw,Lavasa announced the opening of its Indian-themed restaurant on 18th June. The famous Chor Bizarre restaurant opened a branch in the hotel and will serve its signature Indian cuisine. The new eatery has been described as,” Part art,part kitsch,part imaginative,part contrived – the interiors have been put together with Indias finery,frivolity and sheer joie de vivre in mind.”

Simply Thai
The ambience,as one enters the Oriental Soy Restaurant,is tastefully done up in shades of red,gold,complimented with wooden separators and flooring. And with a hint of the citric smell of lemon grass permeating through the air,the Oriental Soy restaurant,located within the premises of the Citrus Hotel in Pimpri is one of the few places where time tends to stop as people sit down to savour the oriental dishes that the place stirs up for them. Currently hosting a Thai food festival,the restaurant,which specialises in Malay,Chinese,Thai,and other oriental cuisines,hopes to take the experience of savouring authentic Thai Cuisine to a whole new level.

Speaking more about the same,executive chef,Naresh Tuteja says,The whole concept and ambience here at the Oriental Soy,aims to promote cuisines from the Far East. So that was a reason as to why we keep having these food festivals on a regular basis to acquaint our customers with them.

Some of the starters available include Thord Man Pla, which has fish cakes accompanied with a chilli dip, the Satay Phak ,Satay Kai which is chicken grilled with lemon grass and ginger served with peanut sauce.

Adding more about the main course,Tuteja says,Since Thai cuisine is mainly comprised of red,green and yellow curries. The dishes like Gaeng Phet,which is chicken cooked in a red curry, Kaeng Karee Kai which is chicken cooked in yellow curry,or Potato Massaman,which is potatoes cooked in peanut flavoured sauce are options that people can try out. Outside this a variety of pork,prawns and fish dishes are also available for those who wish to sample them.

The festival is on till the end of the month,at the Oriental Soy restaurant.

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