This review is on Shalimar restaurant at Bhendi Bazaar.
Well, I can not tell you how many times I have my dinner at Shalimar. (I’ve never had my lunch at Shalimar but it does not mean that lunch is not good at Shalimar. You can say it’s my bad luck for not having lunch there). This is only because Shalimar gives royal treatment to their customers and never compromises with food quality.
Some sweet procedure of Shalimar from entering till leaving the restaurant.
When you enter in to it, the head waiter will first ask you how many of you are in a very polite manner. And accordingly they provide you table. After 2 to 3 minutes, the same head waiter will come and ask you what you would like to have. After 15 minutes of placing the order, your order starting from the starters (if you have ordered starters) is served. The time of serving the order may vary from 15 to 20 minutes depending upon your order. After having your main course, the same waiter will ask you whether you want soft drinks, faloodas, ice-creams etc. After that they will give the bill inside their bill book.
What I order when I go to Shalimar:
I order for papad, chicken hungama (but day before yesterday, I order prawns hungama because of the bird flu). Then there is a platter which is a combination of tandoori chicken (or tandoori fish), haryali kabab, seekh etc. These are two of my favourite starters.
As far as main courses are concerned, I die to eat Chicken hot bean sauce, Gurda Tawa, Mutton plain fry. Chicken hot bean looks like chilly or manchurian but when you taste it, you will feel the taste totally different. Gurda tawa is a thick gravy dish. They serve Gurda tawa in a small tawa which makes the fun of lunch or dinner even better. Mutton plain fry is simple fry of mutton pieces. But believe me you will like it.
After having my main course, the last item which I never forget to order is falooda. People who know about Shalimar must have known that previously Shalimar only serves falooda and nothing else. So falooda, you can say, is the speciality of Shalimar. There are different kinds of falooda’s like kesar, gulab, etc. But the one which I order is Kesar falooda. It’s really very tasty.
So Please go at least once to shalimar and feel the fun of eating outside.