My TriAdvisor Review No.392: Fasal Farm To Thali. Best Thali Meal.

‘Fasal Farm To Thali’ is the speciality restaurant in ‘Saj On The Mountain’ resort, which is located about 7 km before Mahabaleshwar, on the Panchgani Mahabaleshwar Road. They serve an excellent Gujarati Thali buffet meal, only at lunchtime, between 12.30 to 3 pm.

We were staying at the resort and had a very good meal in which they started with mini samosa and paneer cheese rolls, green salad, pickle, papad and chutney. This was followed by bhindi bhaji and a mix vegetable dish and paneer Lahori, two dals, masala puris, phulka rotis, steam rice, tomato rice and two sweet dishes, sevai kheer and chum-chum. Initial servings are small, but we could ask for a refill of any item which we liked. We also had nice kullhad (cup) of masala chaas to drink.

Service was very good and there were about three or four waiters ready to fill up our empty katories, with the different items. Price is on the higher side if you are only here for lunch, but more affordable for us since we had joined the all-day dining plan. They have a different menu every day.

We enjoyed the meal and ate till we could hardly walk after the meal.

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My TripAdvisor Review No.361: Hotel The Open Kitchen, Kolhapur. Nice Restaurant for Kolhapuri & Vegetarian Food.

Located about half a kilometre from the Mahalaxmi Temple, this restaurant serves tasty local vegetarian snacks and food. We stepped in for lunch on our recent visit to Kolhapur.

The premises were neat and clean, and as the name of the restaurant implied, the kitchen was an open one where we could see our food being prepared. We ordered a Maharashtrian thali and pav bhaji, and both were tasty. The thali had one vegetable, one pulse with gravy and one dal with chapatti, rice, papad, pickle, a little salad and a sweet dish (optional). One can order a Punjabi thali as well, and there were some Punjabi and Chinese dishes in the ala-carte menu. Service is good and the prices are very affordable.

We would definitely visit again for a tasty and nourishing meal.

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My TripAdvisor Review No.357: Rajdhani Thali, JP Nagar, Bangalore. Traditional Rajasthani Thali with a Gujarati Twist.

We visited the Khandani Rajdhani Thali in Central Mall in JP Nagar last Sunday to savour a Rajasthani meal served in their traditional style by the waiters dressed in white kurtas and red turbans. Being a Sunday lunch all the tables were occupied and we had to wait a while before we could get one. It is better to reserve a table before going.

Our empty shining stainless steel platter with about 10 small katoris (bowls) were laid out neatly on the tables waiting to be filled one by one. First they served a few chutneys, pickles, followed by salad, a couple of heart shaped vegetable cutlets, and a sandwich dhokla. This was followed by dal bati churma, gatte ki sabji, paneer masala and aloo peas, as the vegetable dishes, accompanied by phulkas, parathas and puris as per your choice. This was followed by three sweet dishes, gajjar halwa with gulab jamun, moong dal halwa, and ghevar topped with rabdi. Then they served three types of dal with khichdi, pulao or plain rice and curds. There was a glass of chaas too, and a choice of an extra drink; sweet lassi, mango lassi, jal-jeera or lemon sherbet which was chargeable.

The service was good and prompt, but the water for hand-wash, which they brought around in a brass jug with a brass basin, was cold. The thali is priced quite high but we found out later that they offer the same thali at almost half the rate on Tuesdays.

The dhokla and some sweet dal gave the vegetarian Rajasthani meal a Gujarati twist. The dishes were sprinkled with dollops of ghee. We quite enjoyed the taste of all the dishes, which were not very spicy. At the end of it all we were so full that we could hardly get out of our chairs.

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My TripAdvisor Review No.57: Opal (the restaurant), Kolhapur.

“Good for Traditional Kolhapuri cuisine.”

Reviewed 29 December 2014 NEW

 

We had dinner and breakfast at the Opal dining hall when we stayed overnight at the hotel for one night.

The dining hall which serves mainly Kolhapuri veg and non veg dishes, but also has some North Indian and Chinese dishes. We ordered the Regular Veg Thali which consisted of 3 vegetables, curry, chapatti, masala rice and papad. Their special thali also has some savouries and sweet dishes thrown in. However this dining hall is quite famous for its Tambada and Pandhara Rassa gravies served with their traditional mutton preparations.

Next morning we went down for their complimentary buffet breakfast and were served medu wada with sambar and chutney, missal with bread, and sheera, followed by tea or coffee.

We enjoyed the taste of their traditional spicy Kolhapuri cuisine and would definitely visit again.

Visited December 2014

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