Punjab Grill by Jiggs Kalra

Palladium within Phoenix mills compound is another happening place where you find a lot of outlets like Zara, Aldo, Fifa, Rohit Behl etc for shopping branded stuff. Not only outfits but yes you find quite a number of eating joints here a Noodle Bar, Cream Center, Indigo Deli, Mc Donalds, Copper Chimney to name a few. Amidst these places, you find a place you can relish authentic Punjabi food @ Punjab Grill.

On a Sunday, after watching Blood Money at PVR, we decided to try out this place. When we entered we were told that we would have to wait for 45 minutes. Definitely expected being a Sunday. But the question is what do you for 45 minutes, so we decided to check out this place next door “ Food mall’. Food mall is typically like a Food Bazaar or Reliance Fresh selling veggies, fruits, bakery items, expansive collection of wines, sweets, soft drinks, pulses etc. Also, I must mention that they offer packaged ready meals which are not the usual boxes that you get in malls, but the ones that they prepare daily. So you can simply pick up a Roll, Rice with gravy, Shanghai potato etc go home, heat it in the oven and eat it. They also offer Veg Sushi (unfortunately out of stock that day ) which Shalin was very keen to try.

So, after picking some fresh breads, a bar of Vanilla cake and tortilla chips ( for my dad) we thought of going back to check if our table was ready.

We enter Punjab Grill @ 9.30 pm, finally get our table by say 9.45 or so. For Beverage I order Thandai and for Shalin some cocktail. Thandai was OK sorts, I believe it was made with Vanilla ice cream instead of milk. For starters it was Broccoli with 3 cheese sauce and some olives. Very mild starter, good in a way, but could have done something more interesting with this one.

For the main course we order Paneer Makhani, Aloo Kulcha and Butter Naan. Paneer Makhani was nice very creamy and again had a very mild like flavor. The proportions are very huge, so I had to take a big bag with almost everything parceled.

Meal for 2 with drinks - 2200/-

Service - Good

Food - Average

Would I come here again - May be

Circuit Sandwich house in Borivali & Chocolate Paan

Circuit is a small time Sandwich eatery in Borivali. This place is definitely competition to Cheelizaa & Sandwicha outlets that you find in various parts of Mumbai City. I have been to this place quite a few times with my buddies Bhavik and Vinesh. Usually this place is too crowded on a Sunday & it takes a lot of time for your sandwiches to get ready.
We usually order Mayolicious Grill Sandwich which is a nice 3 layered sandwich with loads of cheese, veggies and a good serving of mayonnaise. As accompaniment you potato wafers with green and red chutney. Simply awesome!!! I have also tried their cheese garlic bread which is an OK sorts!!!
They also have a wide range of other options like Penne sandwich, natkhat etc etc which I have not tried before. You only get beverages ( Half liter bottle and Diet Coke Can) that too not that cold.
The place is promising & I would definitely recommend them to increase their staff to attract more customers. For now they definitely have a good number of people coming back to them for their Sandwiches.

Delivery - yes
Meal for 2 - 200 bucks
Service - very slow
Ambience - Very ok Types

Choclate Paan
I have never been fond of Paan, this is because my mom always told me and my brother that eating Paan is not a good habit. After following this for 25 years, courtesy my friend Bhavik, I did try Chocolate Paan.
Outside Heritage hotel, there is this fab Paanwala who sells these chocolate Paans. 20 bucks for 1 Paan, definitely worth a try :)