indigo + olive

during my recent trip to Mumbai, my colleagues and I went to 2 really nice restaurants in the city.

first one is Indigo Restaurant in Mandlik Road, Colaba. the restaurant was located at the back of the Taj Hotel. remember last year i went to Indigo cafe? This place is the elder, sexier sister :) Tw and A ordered the same thing (sea bass + wine) while i ordered lemon grass chicken. The pics were kinda dark and blurry coz i forgot to bring my camera and had to make do with my Nokia e71.

lemon grass chicken is yummy

for dessert, we ordered...

coffee (or was it cappuccino) souffle

and pecan pie tart

so which one was better? both were good. i would have said the pecan tart but i hated the taste of pecan so i'll go with the coffee souffle (though the taste of coffee was also quite strong, but at least it's a nice taste). Tw and A both chose the pecan tart though.

The next day, Tw and I went to Sunday Brunch at Olive Bar and Kitchen.. the area is in Khar (near Bandra) which reminded me a little of Quezon City. The restaurant was again hidden (had a very small sign outside and the place looked more like a house). The second floor was under renovation. Funny thing, the only time we didn't reserve a table and the place was full! Heard that celebrities also come here.

Tw and I ended up outside but the place was cool with a huge fan so it was relaxing.

brunch menu

good selection of appetizers

pizza!!

we also ordered 4-5 plates of seafood kebabs (fish, calamari, prawns) but i guess we were so hungry we both forgot to take pics of the food! i probably ate 1 plate full of kebabs while Tw ate the rest! There were still a lot more food but we were content to just sit down and chat and eat kebabs. One thing we've noticed is that people in India eat late. Brunch means breakfast + lunch right? but people just started arriving around 2pm! Then at Indigo, people ate dinner around 9pm or as late as 10pm!

Next stop, is a favorite place of mine, Trishna. I've blogged about this place before and posted some pics but i'm showing you more. As usual, we ordered the Pomfret Hyderabi Tikka but this time, we chose red chili prawns.

 and of course, king crab cooked in butter, pepper and garlic!

my fave part.. the claw :)

my trip to mumbai won't be complete without going to Peshwari. the whole team had dinner one night and ordered the best food in the place.

the tablet-like menu (reminds me of Moses holding the 10 commandments)

prawn kebabs

vegetable kebab

lambchops

too bad i wasn't able to take a pic of the chicken tikka.. it was near my boss' area so couldn't reach it.

Sidenote, we went to Mainland China, 5 Spice, Great Wall for Chinese and also went to Jamavar (the lambchops and chicken curry were really good!). What's next for me in mumbai? hm.. maybe i'll try Khyber.