Prawns Malabar Curry? Yes!

Shop No 5, Oriental Mansion Building
Opposite Regal Cinema, Colaba, Mumbai
Tel: 22825428
Meal for two:?Rs 1,200

Mumbai has many fabulous seafood restaurants. So how does a new fish eatery make a splash? For an answer, drop in at Kurry Klub—this new restaurant at Colaba, with its copper tableware, adventurous menu and authentic flavours, has managed to attract a lot of attention.

The generous lunchtime thalis—with fried fish, prawns, fish curry, neer dosas, appams and sol kadi—at Rs 445 are real value for money. Seafood lovers, meanwhile, happily sample regional and international delicacies, some unusual.

For example, a guest is gre­eted with three shot glasses slotted into a wooden stand. One is filled with a delicate coriander rasam, another with a fiery cumin rasam and the third with healthful ginger rasam. Every meal ends with a Paan Shot, a drink made by whipping betel leaves with vanilla ice cream.

Kurry Klub serves dishes from the entire western coast. So you can start in Maharashtra, as we did, with a spectacularly cru­nchy-on-the-outside, cre­amy-on-the-inside Fried Bombil (Rs 145) and coconutty Malwani Sukka Mutton (Rs 395). One can head south and choose between a Goan Prawn Balchao or Xacuti (Rs 295 each), or even a Mangalorean Barbecue Lobster. We ordered the Mangalorean Rawas Pulimunchi (Rs 295), a deliciously hot and sour dish served on a sigri. Then we opted for a dark, distinctive Malabar curry floating with succulent prawns (Rs 295). All of which went wonderfully with the flaky Malabar parottas, flu­ffy appams and thin neer dosas (ranging from Rs 45 to Rs 65 a plate). And, of course, the tall glasses of chilled, pun­gent, not-to-be-missed sol kadi.