Tuesday, 9 January 2007

Potpourri

I was at my cousin's place the other day, and we decided to order in for dinner.
In agreement with the more regional palatal preferences of the family, we decided it would be best to order some good old Mughlai.
While he placed the order, I took out some of my most precious time to flit through the take-away menu card of "Moghul Room", located conveniently in some part of Lajpat Nagar.

I certainly feel that that outlet deserves to be a significant landmark, for it is the very first "Mughlai" restaurant I have known to serve............. (drum-roll).............. Italian food.

Knowing that all and sundry wouldn't flock to 'Moghul Room' in hope for world-famous Italian delicacies, the chefs at that most spectacular diner decided to keep their offerings, under that certain category, limited.
However, the few listings under the alien section were most unheard of. It is my firm belief that those items were introduced there to either confuse us, or give us a jolly good laugh.
For indeed, as I looked at the first item under the Italian menu, I felt as if I'd seen a yeti.
The first item under 'Italian Dishes' read
"Chicken Tikka pasta...."
Yes, I know! Incredible! Quite enough enough to send a Mughlai-Chef to rehab. But wait! It doesn't end there.
Item One under "Italian Dishes" in its entirety read
"Chicken Tikka Pasta.... with Chinese topping."
Something tells me dish must have been the outcome of one huge disaster.

2 comments:

Jayashree Bhat said...

Reminds me of the time when I went to Food Court and found the category: Indian Chinese. Now, my knowledge of Chinese food is questionable but I had a sneaking suspicion that something was wrong. So, that means Indians eat Indian Chinese, Americans-American Chinese and the Chinese- Chinese Chinese??

Dhruv said...

lol! good one!