Had gone to the famous restaurant Gajalee, at Phoenix Mills, on
Tuesday for dinner. The place had been recommended to Dad by many of
his friends, plus Bombay Times had also waxed eloquent about it. So,
we decided to give it a try. I must say we were totally disappointed.
The menu was way too limited. And all their specialities were charged
'as per size'. Now, don't get me wrong. I don't generally pay too much
attention to prices of individual dishes in a restaurant, just the
overall bill. But, here where you could be docked 900 bucks instead of
700 for a small increase in the size of the pomfret, you had to be
careful!!! Unfortunately, neither me nor my Dad have salaries that are
so fat that we can afford to blow close to a grand on a single dish!!!
So, alas, we had to opt for the plain jane Crab Masala, instead of the
Butter Pepper Pomfret.
But, wait!!! There was a feast in store for us the next day. Stung
that the maitre d' should choose to smirk at us when we declined the
pomfret on offer, Dad went off to the market and got home a huuuuge
pomfret. The kind Gajalee would charge 1200 bucks for, I guess!!!
Then, it was down to some good tasty homemade masala, courtesy Mom and
we had one of the most sumptuous meals we had had in a long time.
Cost of the fish - Rs. 250
Cost of the masala - Rs. 50
Cost of electricity for the microwave - Rs. 10 (approx.)
The feeling of satisfaction after preventing oneself from being looted
by a fancy hotel - Priceless!!!
13 comments:
there are some things money can't buy, for everything else there is......dad?
so now u r a food critic eh??
and yes u can expect lines like that from brat and vish.....
Hey buddy, i have tasted gajalee vile parle last month, the costs was around 60% less than phoenix mills, i think you shall try that restro, may be the costs are due to the hi fandu culture people at phoenix mills, enjoyyy fish
Sumo,to dine (as opposed to eat) or not to dine, seems to be the question..
Why do we spend insane amounts of money at some fancy restaurant when we can have the same food, and possibly tastier food, at considerably less heartburn over the money?
When i was in mumbai recently, I and a friend had 3 drinks at TGIF for 900 bucks. The previous evening, we had a perfectly satisfying drink, with music & bites for around 400-500 bucks..
so..WHY??!!
@ Riaan: Yeah, u r right!!! But, I guess Vishy has stopped visiting so we have to make do with Brat's wisecracks.
@ Anon: Maybe u r right. Watever the case, I dont think I shall be visitng speciality seafood restaurants netime soon.
@ Everyman: Yeah, WHY?? But, we still go and do it the next time round, dont we?? :-D
Vish - the retired blogger/blog commenter.
pathetic!
LOL!!!
glad this gave u guys a chance to dig into some awesome 'ghar ka kanna'
Yup!!! That was the best part abt the end to this episode!!!
@ Sumo - bt there u're wrong..I will never go to TGIF again..another pub perhaps :-D
hey dude ... u reminded me of my days back in India .. its months since i tasted a promfet .. forget tasting i havent seen one .. fish to way too expensive here ...
yup had lots of self made chicken [;)]
@ Everyman: I rest my case!!!
@ Chetan: Come back to India soon!!! Then we will feed u lots of fish out here!!!
just waiting for the opportunity to get there
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