A lot was told to me about this Manglorean rather Canara
restaurant and highly recommended too. During my trip to Dubai and on the last
day out, a dozen of us made it for lunch. Some of our friends were already
seated prior to our arrival but let me assure you that you will have to wait
some time as the place was full and noisy with Manglorean and Goan diners. Lot
of clattering of dishes going on with people jabbering away to glory. This is
simple place with no décor to boast off but the food makes up for everything
you don’t need.
Food was already ordered and for starters there were the Crispy
Rawa fried Kaane / Mudoshiyo or Lady Fish, some rawa fried prawns, Kubey Mutli
which is a Manglorean speciality. The sorpotel came in earlier than expected
and was generously dumped by me with the starters…. I didn’t care cos I just
loved the sorpotel. We had some paanpoleys / neer dosas again a Manglaorean speciality
to go with the above. Stop drooling.
Everything we ate was good. Although the fish was coated with a
thick layer of rawa, it was fresh, huge, soft and fleshy. The prawns were
pretty good sized and delicious. The Kubey Mutli looked good and had all the
goodness I have had before but it is not my favourite, but everyone was raving
about it so I guess it was pretty good. I don’t fancy most Manglorean dishes
but I can tell you that they are equally good as we are mixed breed family of
Goans & Mangloreans. My favourite was the sorpotel which was expected but
it was a Manglorean style sorpotel which simply means that it did not have the
sourness which identifies Goan sorpotel and which I adore. However this was for
me again the star dish and I dunked it in with some neer dosas.
For our main course we had the Prawn and bhenda curry and some hot plain rice to go with it. We also ordered fried Lepos/Sole fish and some Kingfish Masala. The prawns curry was a bit too creamy but excellent however the bhendas were a bit oldish and had a thready texture, however the curry went well with the rice. The fried lepos were excellent too. The Kingfish masala was ok. Not too exciting or probably had lost its zing from the fact that we had eaten such wonderful food earlier.
During my wife’s previous visit, she had the opportunity to try
the Sannas, Pothrade, Channa Sukka , Anchovy Chutney, Bombil fry and Bangda
Puli Munchi which were all super. It was a takeout service so some pictures
were available of those dishes.
A great place to dine and for all those special Mangalorean
delicacies.
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