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from Andhra Pradesh's Araku region - and tons of teas, wine (?350 to ?790 per glass)
and, alas, poor service.
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Fort Area & Churchgate
MAHARASHTRIAN
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Pradeep Gomantak Bhojanalaya
(Sheri House, Rustom Sidhwa Marg; mains ?60-130; 11am-4pm Mon-Sat)
The
surmai
(seer) rice plate
here looks plain - a fried piece of fish, some dhal, rice and chutneys on a stainless steel
plate - but the meal will transport you. The food is home-style Malvani cuisine, from
coastal Maharashtra, and so fresh you can taste the individual flavours dancing with one
another. Savour the sublime, pink
sol kadhi
, a soothing, spicy drink of coconut milk and
kokum.
A Taste of Kerala
(Prospect Chambers Annex, Pitha St, Fort; mains ?50-140, thalis ?80-120; 6am-midnight)
This humble little
hotel is one of several little Keralan eateries on an alley in Fort and does a fine fish curry
rice (if you can handle the bones) and lunch thali, served on a banana leaf. Lots of coconut
and southern goodness.
KERALAN
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Badshah Snacks & Drinks
(snacks & drinks ?35-120; 7am-12.30am)
Opposite Crawford market, Badshah's been serving
snacks, fruit juices and its famous
falooda
(rose-flavoured drink made with milk, cream,
nuts and vermicelli) to hungry bargain-hunters for more than 100 years. Try the mango
fa-
looda
.
INDIAN
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K Rustom
(Stadium House, Veer Nariman Rd; desserts ?25-70; 9.30am-11pm Mon-Sat, 3-11pm Sun)
Nothing but a few
metal freezers, but the ice-cream sandwich (?50) has been pleasing Mumbaikar palettes
since 1953.
SWEETS
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