On a typical saturday night in Mumbai......3 friends...lets call them Khao(eat) Piyo(drink) and Khisko(leave) decide to get dressed up for a night out.
K(hao)P(iyo)K(hisko) scratch their limited grey cells in search of a place they havent visited before.that is when Khao the ’brain’ among the 3 remembers about this place she had read about in the page 3 of a leading newspaper.the place was sidewok.
On entering sidewok....you have to travel all the way to nariman point to get there (bang opposite oberoi)which by itself is a very big task as all mumbaikars would know, battling saturday night traffic is one whole ball game by itself.Undaunted K P & K arrive at sidewok.they find themselves transferred into an all consuming facade.sharing the same compound of NCPA(theatre enthusiasts would know about NCPA)sidewok has a very welcoming lobby.On both the sides of the main entrance door is a small patch of grass that seemed to be the restaurants idea of a ’landscape’
Khao wants to get to the food and Piyo to the drinks and hence the 2 friends urge Khisko to move on inside.Once inside the 3 friends make themselves comfortable and go through the wine list.Khisko is taking in the decor and general ambience of the place and passes her judgement on it being like any other run of the mill upscale restaurant and that there seems no clue of any remarkable creative juices flowing while doing up the place.Having said that Khisko also agrees that on the whole the place is pretty easy on the eyes.
Khao inspects the menu while Piyo decides on the drinks.Khisko drifts away to have a word with the in house band.Khao is pretty impressed by the variety in the menu but adds that there is much desired for the vegetarian palate.Piyo decides to go for a tequila shot as the other cocktails seem way too inspired and highly priced. Khisko is back with the news that the waiters are going to perform a dance as one of the patrons is celebrating a birthday today.
All 3 friends perk up on this piece of information as they have never seen waiters dance before.Piyo the incorrigible flirt wishes it was her birthday today.thank god for small miracles!!!!6 months for that event yet- Khao muses.
After ordering the drinks and food the 3 friends sit back to have a ’dekho’ at the fellow diners that night.An assorted group of ’snobs’ according to Khisko who seemed to be there less for fun and more to be featured on the page 3.
Just about when K, P & K were chalking down the entire experience as a disaster and chatting animatedly with sullen expressions on their faces the food arrived (shredded potatoes and garlic bread with a green salad)
About the same time the food arrived the waiters performed their ’act’
The vote was in-K(hao) loved the tangy and cheesy flavour of the shredded potatoes but was not happy with the portions served.P(iyo) was happy with her tequila shots and K(hisko) found the dancing very peppy
the 3 friends were a much happier lot.............then arrived the bill
Khao, Piyo and Khisko are as of now recuperating from ’’shock’’ and are expecting good health wishes from all members of Mouthshut.