For the voluntary foodie

12 May,2011 09:59 AM IST |   |  Ashishwang Godha

A lengthy menu, decent food and a horrid logo can sum up DP Road's latest entrant


A lengthy menu, decent food and a horrid logo can sum up DP Road's latest entrant

Cafe Euthanasia seemed ominous. For starters, we couldn't understand why a restaurant, even if it were trying to fit into the heavy metal nightclub spot, would name itself Euthanasia. Mercy killing (with or without the Aruna Shanbag case in public memory), does not bring pleasant thoughts into our mind.u00a0


Crispy Spinach with Assorted Vegetables

To make matters worse, they have a creepy skull character with a bony trunk that floats on red and black clouds on their name board. We wondered if we were entering an eatery or a ghost house. The deep, dark lounge, which we were led to on a bright sunny afternoon, made us dread the experience ahead even more.u00a0
Not inclined to sit in the hookah area, we decided to settle upstairs and were soon handed a lengthy menu. As we flipped through its pages, we came across many familiar and a few not so familiar dishes that traversed the different continents ufffd American burgers, Italian pastas, bakes from Europe, Chinese, Thai,u00a0 Indian and a few Euthanasia novelties.

We decided to begin our food journey with Crispy Spinach With Assorted Vegetables (Rs 100). It tasted like crunchy fritters and had spinach, batter-fried carrots, tomatoes, cauliflower and scallions. Veggies are good for health, so we shall not complain.

We then ordered a Chicken Bund Aloo (Rs 150) that came in nice, thick red gravy with chunks of chicken and baby potatoes. We really enjoyed it, especially with the tasty breads. While their unusual Mirchi Roti (Rs 15) was well-buttered and filled with chillies and coriander, the Garlic Kulcha (Rs 20) was a thick bread loaded with freshly sauteed garlic.

The Chicken Euthanasia Rice (Rs 110) we ordered, was the restaurant's disappointing version of the famous triple rice. It had rice mixed with crisp (but over-exposed) noodles on a bed of sweet Ajinomoto vegetable gravy. We needed a couple of chilled fizzes to wash it down.

It was time for dessert and we were recommended the Euthanasia special Fruit Fenny (Rs 70). Sceptical as we were, we decided to give it a shot. What arrived was a chilled fruit crumble with a white, thick top of fresh cream. Our first spoonful brought together the melody of crunchy crumble, juicy bursts of melons and chikoos and the sweetness of cream. We were convinced that this was the best dish on the menu.

Overall the food seemed okay, and as for the service, our attendant seemed a bit befuddled. But he was proactive and ran around multiple times to figure out the correct answers to our queries. We appreciate the effort.Euthanasia could be a stopover for a quick decently priced meal. But, with so much competition within this bracket from its neighbours, Euthanasia has to do more. Perhaps, its flavoured hookahs (they even have a red wine and beer hookah) and head-banging music (we were gratefully treated to golden oldies) could be it.

At Shop A6, Siddhart Court, off Dhole Patil Road, lane near Chutney's.
Call 09545124400

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