Bakery

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Ever been in a situation where you were hungry and needed good food from your favorite joint, but yet were not interested in or in a position to make the trip to the restaurant? Didn't know if they delivered home, or if they did, who to call? Or just wanted to try out a bunch of different restaurants but didn't want to take on the increasingly annoying Hyderabad traffic? Well, I've been in all of these situations, and on multiple occasions and wished there was an easy way to order my food and get it home-delivered. Not always was it easy to remember the number of every restaurant, and even if I did, some of my favorites such as Chutneys and Ohris don't really deliver at home. They gave me the option of ordering on the phone but I'd then have to go pick up. i confess to having used this take-out option more than a few times, but surely, life isn't supposed to be this hard. More recently, I discovered this online option of ordering thru Ordermonger.com and it certainly solved a lot of my problems. They list over 50 restaurants in Hyderabad and you can browse their menus online and place the order. I like the general look-and-feel of their site and the menus etc but they certainly need to work harder at making the site more intuitive and easier to use. For one, I'd like to be able to more easily customize my order, right now that seems a challenge. They also only seem to operate in certain areas of Hyderabad, think they need to reach out to Secunderabad, Himayat Nagar and the like. And lastly, they also tag on a delivery charge - i guess this is not such a bad thing because their charge seems reasonable and it would cost me more to go there myself. Overall, a pretty decent option. Call me lazy, but i love the luxury.

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LAMINGTON AT SPICER
By
VIKRAM KARVE

In the evening I often go for a walk on Aundh Road from Bremen Chowk towards the railway line at Khadki. It’s one of the best places to walk in Pune, wide roads with plenty of greenery and foliage on both sides. And on my way back I treat myself to a Lamington at the Spicer College Bakery Shop. I delicately place the soft delicacy between my lips, press and squeeze a piece of the wonderful stuff on my tongue. I close my eyes in order to enhance the experience of supreme bliss as the Lamington melts in my mouth and the chocolate-coconut flavour and luscious syrupy sweetness permeates into me.

A Lamington is a delicious cube of sponge cake, dipped in melted chocolate and sugar and coated in desiccated coconut. They originated in Australia around 1898 in what later became the state of Queensland. Whilst the origin of the name for the Lamington cannot be accurately established, there are several theories.

Lamingtons are most likely named after Charles Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. However, the precise reasoning behind this is not known, and stories vary. According to one account, the dessert resembled the homburg hats favoured by Lord Lamington. Another tells of a banquet in Cloncurry during which the governor accidentally dropped a block of sponge cake into a dish of gravy, and then threw it over his shoulder, causing it to land in a bowl of desiccated coconut or peanut butter. A diner thought of replacing the gravy with chocolate and thus created the lamington as we know it today. Ironically, Lord Lamington was known to have hated the dessert that had been named in his honour, once referring to them as "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits". Another theory is that they were named after Lady Lamington, the wife of the Governor.

The Spicer College Bakery Lamington is my favourite – and can you imagine it costs just Eight Rupees [that’s six Lamingtons for a Dollar, for those who think in Dollars!]. The chocolate icing keeps the cake moist. The desiccated coconut protects it from drying out in the hot climate. And it’s quite a juicy generous lip-smacking treat!

The Spicer College Bakery serves a variety of healthy goodies like carrot cake, nut cake, doughnuts, samosas, soya patties, soya milk; but, for me, it’s always the yummy succulent Lamington!

VIKRAM KARVE
vikramkarve@sify.com

http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com

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Moshe Shek's signature restaurant at Cuffe Parade. The restaurant is hardly noticable from the road outside. As one enters the gate and passes through a tiny garden outside with about 5 to 6 tables one is confronted with a bakery. To the left is the inside AC seating which has nice old Inn style ambiance with wooden tables and chairs. The slightly dim lighting adds to the character of the place.

They had 3 menus. The Wine List. The Old Menu and a New Items Menu. Being adventerous I decided to try out the Basil Marinated Chicken in Spiced Fruity Sauce with Mashed Potato and Sweet Corn (Rs.275/-). The sauce although a bit sweetish was nice. I messed it up by ordering a glass of Cabernet Shiraz (Rs.195/-) which made everything too fruity.

Basil Marinated Chicken	Pan Roasted Fillet

Soumita had a Pan Roasted Fillet of Pomfret (Rs.320/-) which was amazing. A nice smoky flavour. I couldn't help stealing some of that. She also made another good choice by ordering Zinfandel (Rs.165/-)

The total bill came upto 1150 for two people. Just a glass of wine and a dish each. A bit steep but worth it. I would definitly be going back to try some of the other dishes.

The cuisine consists of Continental and Mediterranean food. They have an extensive choice of desserts (we didn't try any) and the breads range at the bakery looks quite promising.

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J. Hearsch and Co. is called Hearsch bakery by everyone who has ever eaten there. It is opposite American and A1 bakeries on Hill road in Bandra (W). It is a chilled out young crowd place. No seating - but it is in the backyard of a bungalow so lots of space and rocks around.

You get freshly baked bread most of the day. The smell is amazing. They have good deserts like lemon tarts and various confectionary. The main thing people come here to eat however, are the rolls, burgers, and samosas. Everything is below 15 rupees. Go there.

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With the name an instant eye raiser..the place is where every second person frequenting south delhi would love to dine once. Once is what you have to be there, the successive visits might be uncountable!

Chaats , Gol Gappas for those who would like to take a break from the seemingly unhealthy roadside evening treats...Mouth watering undoubtedly.. a part of Golooji's chaats!

The cakes , pastries and desserts though highly priced leave you digging your pockets for more money to pamper yourself more...That's Grandma's homemade!

my personal favourite being Aaloo chaat and penalty....Delhites thrive on Eatopia's Penalty!

To add to the attraction, there are number of continental delicacies and food festivals which form a part of the dynamic cuisine!

Description: An quaint little Irani bakery in the Fort area. Yazdani serves the usual Brun maska, chai. However since it is a bakery and not so much a restaurant you have a host of cakes, breads, pies to choose from. For some reason there are lots of things written in German on the walls, posters of sweets, and suddenly a picture of Arnold Schwarzeneger. The things to eat here are the pies and biscuits. The ginger biscuits are famous and claimed to cure coughs :). They also have freshly baked varieties of bread to carry away. This is the bakery. This is the place from the inside. This is the old-style bread-slicing machine the workers use.

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If there is an institution for eating in Pune, it has to be Marz-o-rin. It is a small (now renovated and spanning a huge second floor) quick sandwich pick-up kind of place on Main Street in Pune Cantonment.

Their veg. chutney sandwiches, all manner of rolls, burgers, shakes are extremely familiar to most Punekars. Surely kicks 's butt. If you are passing by anywhere near Pune station, take a detour and get here.

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A very good and pleasant surprise hidden in the Galleria food court in Hiranandani. Very good sandwiches, cakes, pasta, non-veg meals.

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A very old and famous instiution like and Irani joint. Serves good Parsi food. The national influence of Indian-Chinese food has crept in here too. None the less most people consider this to be very good. The attached bakery has yummy treat and Lagaan-nu-custard to take home or eat.

In one exceptional experience (an anomaly I am told), the mutton cutlets were reheated (and left partially cold), and the roast chicken was actually in a standard Chinese manchurian sauce.