*This is a spontaneous review and I apologize in advance for the lack of pictures in the post.*
So imagine a 21 hour journey from Chicago, and then the very next morning a 4 hour journey for lonavala, Phew! what a frustrating ordeal by itself. About the only 2 booster in the week were, seeing my family in bombay, and then on the vacation after a good 9 months and Sidhu Punjabi's food. The reviews on here weren't very comprehensive and that why i figured, i might as well. Firstly, when in lonavala, you got to eat at one of the dhabas, it's either going to Sunny's or Kinara Village, but Sidhu blows both out of the water as an experience. Don't get me wrong here, I absolutely adore Sunny's Dhaba, but personally before its widely known glory day's and its appearance on everyone's lonavala itineraries, i mean back when the food was as cheap as it was good, those were in my opinion the time i absolutely loved the place, and since a meal for 2 there started costing a good 1200 INR (~$20), I just HAD to find a new place for cheaper. Enter Sidhu Punjabi Dhaba.
So to start, we were a group of 11, so there was a LOT of food, and no it's not because I'm a crazy kabab eating machine (okay, maybe I am). I started the meal with a tomato soup with a lot of fried bread cubes, which was awesome, pretty much like every dhaba. Next I tried the Rashmi Kabab, and to be honest the Rashmi was a little too sweet for my taste (It's probably just cause i prefer all my kababs with a little kick of spice), but almost everyone else on the table loved it. Moving on I had the Tandori Chicken which was between Good and Great, but at 340 INR, it was a steal. The Butter chicken here was about as punjabi as things get, made AND topped with heavy cream, along with a garlic butter naan thing were just great. However at the end of the meal what probably sold me on this place was the Lassi, it was thick, rich, perfectly sweet and it didn't leave that annoying irritation in my throat much like most of the other place do.
There were still some ridiculous things about the place, the indo-chinese food was priced more that a eat all you can meal for 4 at a china town in SF, 600INR, $10. Seriously? Also the Jalabi's, that I'd been craving for months, had to be ordered in a minimum batch of 10 pieces. Whaaaaa? Even I can't eat that much. Oh and the lights went out for a good 5 minutes during our meal.
Everything said and done, the food was priced way below the competition in the area, the place had a very authentic Dhaba feel to it. None of the things we ordered were "Below average", except for the overpriced indo-chinese food.
I'd choose Siddhu over the other Dhaba's around the place any day.
http://www.zomato.com/pune/sidhu-punjabi-dhaba-lonavala
So imagine a 21 hour journey from Chicago, and then the very next morning a 4 hour journey for lonavala, Phew! what a frustrating ordeal by itself. About the only 2 booster in the week were, seeing my family in bombay, and then on the vacation after a good 9 months and Sidhu Punjabi's food. The reviews on here weren't very comprehensive and that why i figured, i might as well. Firstly, when in lonavala, you got to eat at one of the dhabas, it's either going to Sunny's or Kinara Village, but Sidhu blows both out of the water as an experience. Don't get me wrong here, I absolutely adore Sunny's Dhaba, but personally before its widely known glory day's and its appearance on everyone's lonavala itineraries, i mean back when the food was as cheap as it was good, those were in my opinion the time i absolutely loved the place, and since a meal for 2 there started costing a good 1200 INR (~$20), I just HAD to find a new place for cheaper. Enter Sidhu Punjabi Dhaba.
So to start, we were a group of 11, so there was a LOT of food, and no it's not because I'm a crazy kabab eating machine (okay, maybe I am). I started the meal with a tomato soup with a lot of fried bread cubes, which was awesome, pretty much like every dhaba. Next I tried the Rashmi Kabab, and to be honest the Rashmi was a little too sweet for my taste (It's probably just cause i prefer all my kababs with a little kick of spice), but almost everyone else on the table loved it. Moving on I had the Tandori Chicken which was between Good and Great, but at 340 INR, it was a steal. The Butter chicken here was about as punjabi as things get, made AND topped with heavy cream, along with a garlic butter naan thing were just great. However at the end of the meal what probably sold me on this place was the Lassi, it was thick, rich, perfectly sweet and it didn't leave that annoying irritation in my throat much like most of the other place do.
There were still some ridiculous things about the place, the indo-chinese food was priced more that a eat all you can meal for 4 at a china town in SF, 600INR, $10. Seriously? Also the Jalabi's, that I'd been craving for months, had to be ordered in a minimum batch of 10 pieces. Whaaaaa? Even I can't eat that much. Oh and the lights went out for a good 5 minutes during our meal.
Everything said and done, the food was priced way below the competition in the area, the place had a very authentic Dhaba feel to it. None of the things we ordered were "Below average", except for the overpriced indo-chinese food.
I'd choose Siddhu over the other Dhaba's around the place any day.
http://www.zomato.com/pune/sidhu-punjabi-dhaba-lonavala
ReplyDeleteAwesome looking very tasty and delicious Yumm!
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