Sahib Sindh Sultan..The royal treatment

26 October'2011. It's Diwali & i wasn't home as i have to be at work on the day 'coz as per my office calender the next day was holiday. Yeah yeah thats bad. Smooth traffic & not much of happening at office either as it was an holiday for all the companies. I was out by 5:00PM. Planned for a dinner with some of my friends. Lot of options Paradise, Bassera Inn, GreenPark, Fourseasons, Hotel Daspalla etc etc. Finally landed up at City center for Indijoe. But no buffet and no north indian or south indian food either. So forced to come out and look for an other option. There it was Sahib Sindh Sultan.

Some time back when i had been to Indijoe for a lunch buffet, Sahib Sindh Sultan caught my eye. But heard from one of my friends thats the prices are sort of a bit high & franckly never got a chance to visit either. So, it was the chance.

Being diwali, not much of crowd.The staff was neatly dressed and was quick in reception and led us to a table in no time. The staff was courteous enough to answer all my stupid time pass questions about the reason for naming it Sahib Sindh Sultan. It felt like being on Palace On Wheels sooner i realised i was in the railway compartment theme platform of Sahib Sindh Sultan. It was awesome. The waiters were dressed in royal brigadier style with antique type costumes and tall caps.

Though the platform is dimly lit, the comparment ambience is great, franckly a notch above great.  The plush & antique looking interiors were the things that your mind will last till sometime.

The serving tables in railway compartment like seating area.

Way out to give you more feel with the railway compartment theme.

The huge sized menu was handedover to fish out your order from the long list of dishes offered. The first sentence in the menu says,  "If you want to eat like a king or be treated like a queen, then the right place....", a very nice way to start with.

I felt like the prices are not really high but moderately high than what we get at Paradise or Ohris. The staff was pleasant and was helpful to pick the right choice. We were actually intended to try out some spicy stuff where as most of the dishes served a bit of what you call Gujarathi. Sweet sense in most of the dishes. Quick discussions & assumptions about the ingredients and we finally ordered,

Tandoori Mushroom Shakkhand & Babycorn masala for starter and

Vilayati Subz Panch Mel  & Dal Palak Double Tadka for main course along with Butter Naan

 and ended with Steamed Rice & Tadka Dahi.

The food was very tasty & quite reddiiish suggesting spicy taste. Tandoori Mushroom Shakkhand & Babycorn masala  was a kind OK. But Vilayati Subz Panch Mel  was too good and enough spicy. It was made of english vegetables(i wonder how they are different from regular one's) and spices roasted on coal. Dal Palak Double Tadka was crisp and suplemented the Butter Naan very well. Served in a small size pot is Tadka Dahi is something which i should talk about also. Dahi was fresh & delicious & hard like cake. Little did i expect the Steamed rice made of Basmathi Rice. Supplemented with Fresh Lime Soda Water it was an heavy dinner. Except the late serving time the experience was memorable.

After the sumptuous dinner, we were handover another menu for the Paans being served. Long list of paans but we ordered for Calcutta Sweet Pan for 40 bucks each. Huge but tasty paan it was. I should have ordered an ice cream pan for a change but was not ready for any experiements after the heavy dinner.

Here go the prices & ratings:

Pax - 4
Tandoori Mushroom Shakkhand & Babycorn masala - Rs.230
Vilayati Subz Panch Mel - Rs.230
Steamed Rice - Rs.120
Dal Palak Double Tadka - Rs.180
Tadka Dahi - Rs.135
Butter Naan - Rs.60 (Each)
Fresh Lime Soda Water - Rs. 85(Each)


Total: 1694(inclusive of VAT, ST etc)
It comes to 425 per person.

Ratings:
Ambience: 9/10
Food: 9/10
Service: 7/10
VFM: 9/10

Would certainly recommend this to others and worth for a second visit.