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Ustad?

- Not quite
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FOODIES'FEEDBACK

RAMESH H S

Mehmaan: (L to R) Raghuram Kannan, Ashita Agrawal and Mayank Vaish


Pehle aap ki tareef: My companions Needs more riyaaz: The two starters from
were Raghuram Kannan, independent the regular menu were disappointing. The
strategy consultant, car enthusiast, Pondicherry Bullet Paneer had no mark or
drummer and closet geek; Mayank Vaish bullet or Pondicherry, and Ashita had to be
and his wife Ashita Agrawal, senior soft- pacified as she felt she’d been conned
ware engineers at Netlogic and Fidelity into buying a Paneer Pakoda! The accom-
Investments, and originally from Kanpur panying honey-lime dip didn’t make a
and Lucknow, respectively.
Murgh Katte
Maahaul: Don’t judge the place by out- Pyaaz
side appearances, because though the
frontage might seem a tad dingy, the in-
terior is bright and peppy. O! Ustaad
Chicken Kulfi definitely serves up an attitude and has
a penchant for wordplay, judging from
‘Facebhook’ and ‘LaLoo’. The photo-
COST: For Rs 900, you could get a graphs of street food, and an eclectic
INTHEPAN
Baroda-based company started by Nitin
Sable, they plan to open Joey’s Café - vegetarian and a non-veg starter, a mix of music, all spice things up.
with breakfast and an all-day menu – couple of main course non-veg dish-
O! USTAAD on the same premises soon. es, parathas and a chicken biriyani, The real haul: The menu covers much good combination either. The ‘famous’
ground in terms of geography. Kebabs Chicken Salli Kebab was more potato than

T
SIGNATURE DISH:
and share a dessert.
Manu Prasad from Lucknow, fish dishes from Goa and chicken. Among the main course dishes,
VENUE: O! Ustaad, Below Purple Haze,
There are a few
bmfeedback@indiatimes.com dishes — the Chicken Salli Kebab, Bengal, vegetarian fare from Himachal the Prawn Malai curry Bengali style, had
Palak Makkai aur Muttar, the Ustaad 17/1, Residency Road, Bangalore – and Punjab, and Old Delhi specialities, an excellent creamy gravy which was ru-
ake out a pan-India cuisine Biriyani, Lucknowi Gosht Korma, to 560025 Ph: 080 41518147 together ensure that both vegetarians ined by the overcooked, rubbery prawns.
journey. Kebabs from name a few. and meat eaters are kept happy. The Chicken Nasi biriyani was akin to-
Lucknow, fish from Goa and tomato rice with chicken. Somewhere in
Bengal and veg stuff from Ustaadi: From the 3 starters we tried, the kitchen, a cooking oil well has been
Himachal and Pondicherry. the Mutton Kulfi (one of the Day’s spe- discovered, judging by liberal usage. Oth-
Thanks to the Gateway Hotel, you cials) was easily the best. The combina- er desserts on the menu weren’t avail-
could end your gastronomic journey tion of melt-in-the-mouth mutton and a able. The apple and chocolate pies offered
on Residency Road with ‘Arre huzoor, green chilly laden coating made it a were both quite avoidable.
wah Taj boliye’. But in case you were unanimous favourite. In the main
wondering how to begin, you now course, the ones that impressed were Khidmat: The service was quite prompt.
have hope, in the form of O! Ustaad, the Murgh Khatte Pyaaz, with its unique
at the other end. It claims to be an ‘asli gravy of vinegar soaked onions, pepper The writer is a brand consultant,
Indian restaurant’, serving you the and yogurt, and the Himachali Dhingri who is always on the look out for a
best fare from Lucknow to Mumbai Mutton Dhulma, with mushroom, capsicum and restaurant that serves him right.
and Delhi to Konkan with nazakat Bhuna Ghost paneer in a slightly spicy gravy. The Luc-
and nafasat, but we journeyed from with Anda knowi Gosht Korma, though decent, FOOD
the delight of Wah! Ustaad to the Paratha was lost in the bargain. The anda AMBIENCE
despair of Waah! Ustaad. paratha is definitely worth a try too, and SERVICE
though the gobi paratha had an extra
GENESIS: O! Ustaad opened in helping of chillies, it was still reasonably Bangalore Mirror reviews
Bangalore in August first week. Owned good, as was aloo paratha. anonymously and pays for its meals
by Houscate Services & Hospitality, a

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