Pani Puri Act-1984

One free puri to be served minimum against every six puries, puri may be dry with boiled potato/ ragda and salt on top.

Misal Act -1966

Misal always to be served in a small plate kept on a larger plate.

Limbu Sarbat Act-1955

Empty glass be placed on glass containing limbu sarbat and both be shaken vigorously, at least 10 times up and down.

Rava Dosa Act 1988

A small portion of the dosa may always remain stuck to the plate.

Thali Act -Udipi restaurants of Mumbai-1989

A minimum of 6 vaatis(cups) always be on the plate, at least 4 dishes be recognizable, additional miniscule vaati for Shrikhand.

Shop No 1-2, Citizen, Lokhandwala Complex, Lokhandwala, Andheri (W), Mumbai

Lokhandwala Landmark

A Landmark of sorts in Lokhandwala Market. Covering South Indian, Fast Food of all Sorts, Punjabi Cuisine, Chinese Cuisine, Beverages ( Fresh Fruit Juice and Milk Shakes ), Ice Creams and Kulfi (Pista is Yum). Personally , i enjoy their Hot Dog, Pav Bhaji , and Dahi Batata Puri. Have seen it constantly reinvent itself to meet the needs. The hot dog fight against subway, the pizza fight against Dominos & gang, ensure that its loyal clientèles returns!

A lovely location; right across the road from Gold Adlabs, is a fairly large place, but the AC section is comparatively small.

Standard Shetty stuff with quick service. Tried out a bit of south indian & north indian.

The mocktails were pretty decent to begin with, but the starters were not too happening. The rava sada dosa was crisp, with good chutney & hot sambhar.

The Amritsari Chole could have been spicier but Dum aloo kashmiri was pretty good. It went just right with pudina & methi paratha.

All in all a nice place to have quick lunch/dinner, but parking can prove to be a nightmare; though the Pay & Park guys can be of help with a tenner.

Fortaleza, Opp. Gold Adlabs, Kalyani Nagar, Pune Tel: 64004965

Opposite Shopper’s Stop, SV Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai

Find both radha, krishna

A small place 25 years ago, now has half the ground floor, with out door seating, indoor AC & another restaurant called golden chariot serving liqour at the back.

Good south indian & punjabi stuff. Tried their nachos a couple of months back, ok. Quick service inside.

The outside is mainly the shoppers stop staff during the day.

Try their bread butter (thick yummy slices) & strong tea in a glass during the monsoons.

Bhavans College Main Gate, Dadabhai Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai

missing krishna

Had a chance to visit this, since had to meet up someone & parked the car near to this place. The friend said, let’s grab a snack, went in, found it renovated, maybe done a couple of years ago, but i had gone after 10-12 years.

Serves all indian - south, north, east, west with mexican & italian thrown in.

Good stuff, reasonable prices, great service

Link Road, Near Inorbit Mall, Mindspace, Malad (W), Mumbai

Sabkuchh milta hai

Reach there by 5 pm. Try their hot batata vada, samosa & bhajiya with pav or alone, follow it up with pani puri (chilled water) , ragda pattice or any other chaat. eat, pay, Go home…….

Reach there by 8 pm. Go & sit in the open air place, order idli, vada, dosa, uttapam, sandwich, pav bhaji juice, eat, pay up & go home.

Saturday afternoon or Sunday afternoon, reach by 12 noon go inside walk up(mind your head) sit down in AC try the punjabi stuff, pav bhaji & other exotic items, eat till you are stuffed, pay, waddle down, check out the sweet counter, taste some of them free, eat a gulab jamun or ras malai, step outside have a paan & go home

Then only can you claim SUBKUCHH THEEK SE KHAYA aur bahut mazaa aaya

Subham Chs, Near Four Bungalows Market, Versova, Andheri (W), Mumbai

Keep the bananas

Tried it out within a couple of days of opening, found the sambhar, chutney, service, cowfee….excellent.

Took my dad for his birthday last month & the Banana had started dropping, the rasam was ok; uttapam, bonda could have been better, Sambhar for apna gujarati log…..chatni watery & finally Cowfee was WHITE!!!

Ok replacement was given on the house, but think Suraj (mahesh lunch home) could do much better

24, MHADA Commercial Complex, Opposite Tarapore Gardens, Oshiwara, Andheri (W), Mumbai

Gujju Shetty

Started small, expanded, caters to almost entire oshiwara belt. His south indian has a tinge of gujju sweetness but chana masala, paneer masala & other punjabi stuff is great.

Delivers piping hot & always friend anna’s around…even with the owner a gujju.

Remember you can never run a restaurant without a manager or waiter who is a shetty, malyalee because manpower supply becomes a problem.