Poppadom
If Andhra Bhavan gets a bit too overwhelming for my well manicured kittens then trot on to Poppadom. Opened by the same Payal Johar of Thai High, and located directly below it. I think they put so much in to making Thai High look good that when it came to Poppadom they really didn't care. The decor is just confusing, and a little tacky. Definitely do not make this your special outing place. When I last went they had no a la carte menu and only a fixed thali, which came as 3 options: vegetarian, non-vegetarian and seafood. They started a la carte menu, which includes a few types of biryanis, dosas, stews, uthappams - to name a few.
Now back to the thali - the awesome thing is that ordering one does not mean losing out on the other options. So if you get a non-vegetarian thali you also get ALL the vegetarian options on top of which you will get one chicken dish and one mutton dish. The seafood option is the king of them all because again you get all the veg, non-veg options and two seafood dishes! Yes the glutton in me excitedly chose the seafood thali.
Time to dissect my thali:
- Seafood thali has a total of 24 dishes! All of which are unlimited. So refill away, lets see how far you get though because it is quite something to tackle.
- First few plonks on my steel thali landed 4 varieties of chutneys known as Pachdi. These were quite good. They have 8 varieties out of which they pick 4 daily. Some of which include, Mango, beetroot, pineapple, ginger, mango coconut.
- 4 Types veggies
- 4 Curries - Some curry, dal, sambar, rasam
- Brown Rice, Andhra white rice
- Pooris
- Curd marinated fried chillies
- Pappad and 2 Pickles
- Sweet vermicelli (seviyan)
These 20 dishes are what every thali gets - then comes the non veg and seafood:
- 1 Chicken dish and 1 Mutton dish - Invariably one dish will always be dry and one with curry. All depending on what they are serving that day. Some of the options include: Chicken/mutton Chettinad, curry or korma
- 1 Prawn dish and 1 Fish dish - Again one with gravy one dry. Options on offer that day maybe: Prawn masala, Prawn Curry, Fish Fry, Fish Bulusu.
My main complaint would be that some of the dishes were a bit salty but it could just have been that day.
Thali Prices:
- Vegetarian Thali - Rs 497 - Inclusive of all taxes
- Non- Vegetarian Thali - Rs. 746 - Inclusive of all taxes
- Seafood Thali - Rs. 870 - Inclusive of all taxes
Budget - Mid Range
Contact:
3rd Floor, Ambawatta Complex, Mehrauli
Tel. 9899000086, 011 - 26644289
Labels: Biryani, Indian, South Indian (non-veg and veg)