If you desire a quickie meal (yes pervert, wasn’t talking about anything else, now beat it) then perhaps Bandra’s Carter Road is the place for you!
Carter Road has evolved from being the place to take a walk (the Promenade) or to walk your dog (it has a special doggie walk area) to the place to hang out with your friends (Joggers Park / the Promenade) to the place to come & sample a mix of Bombay’s food.
The road which turn off Carter Road from Cafe Coffee Day has been devoured by tons of little restaurants. Don’t be fooled however by their ambience into thinking they’re cheap places. Many of them (like Amore Gelato) have prices comparable with five star hotels. Even the cheaper restaurants are not very cheap. The price of eating in hip Bandra surrounded by hip Bandra-ites I guess.
If you venture a walk down the strip you’ll find Gelato Italiano, Kareems, Baskin Robbins, Amore Gelato, Mae Be, Crepe Station (one of my favorite breakfast places), Tangy Tamato, Zauo, Sheesha to name a couple!! Imagine so many restaurants in one little place - and this is not even counting the fancier places like Shatranj, Olive, Out of the Blue which are just a little down the road!
(From the above picture, you can see the ‘Mumbai Police’ road blocks ala Alister Pereira are still all over the place)
My friend (who lured me out of the house after a hard days work with promises of pizza) finally (with all the choice!) decided on ‘Kwik Wok’. I’m neither big on Chinese food nor Street dining but I thought it’ll be ok since I’ve never eaten there & I could do a review on my blog (see what I’ll endure for you my blog readers!).
While I had a nice time catching up with my friend, I didn’t find the food anything exceptional. It was regular what I term “cart Indian-Chinese” food. The prices averaged Rs. 150/- and the quantities were good. It’s not too bad if Chinese is your thing. On looking at the napkins, I discovered it had ‘Kareem’s’ all over it - apparently it is owned by Kareem, who has the place next door and another huge place in Lokhandwala - he’s obviously doing very well for himself!
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February 27th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
amore rocks !!!
ever checked out strawberries and cream at crepe station ?
February 27th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Somehow, strawberries n cream has to be at Bachelor\’s (at Marine Drive)
I like Chinese. Will trek into Bandra one day, soon…inshallah!
February 27th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
btw mel since u speak of carter\’s….i was hangin out with this bandra chicka !
and shes goes …..how do u diffrentiate a bandra person from a non bandra person !
a bandra resident will always call carter road \’carter\’s and an outside will adress it as carter road !!
February 27th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
WOW-e
U r one Foddie we shud be in touch with..
The the MEL-gee-B Son doing??
February 28th, 2007 at 12:06 am
Haven\’t been to Bandra in ages. Seems like another country.
February 28th, 2007 at 3:14 am
Normally i would hate to be in mumbai even for day even when i was back in india but now after reading so many posts of yours me and my wife decided next time we touchdown in mumbai we are going to stay there for a week and eat all the goodies from the places that u have mentioned here. thx for sharing it with everyone. i am sure it helps finding many people different kind of crusing and rest. for dinner. any good thai place in mumbai??
February 28th, 2007 at 4:52 am
i was googling …to see if there were any people who wrote blogs about bandra and the catlick lifestyle… and came upon yours…
Looks like you have been at it for ages… I am however still new in the game…
Quite cool though…
February 28th, 2007 at 9:12 am
Good old Bandra…this post makes me a lil J…
February 28th, 2007 at 10:22 am
@ PensiveLawyer: Bachelor’s! Will try, merci!
@ inexile: Well hon, there’s a flaw in your chick’s reasoning - because this bandra girl obviously doesn’t call Carter Road “Carter’s” (as you can see several place in this post incl. the title!). Goes to show you cannot generalise.
@ Abhishek: “The the MEL-gee-B Son doing??” huh??! Sorry do not follow you?
@ Tulan: Yes lots of good Thai places. You should buy a Lonely Planet or search online.
@ Ian: Thx. All the best with your new blog.
@ Mehak: Awww, hugs Meheks dearest!! No need to feel J at all, come on back here!
March 9th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
You are on dot there. I read another posting on a fairly new blog which talks about food in Mumbai but in a different manner, though.
http://shitwillstink.blogspot......chive.html
March 9th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
July 6th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Very nice review. God I wish I’m there walking in these beautiful streets.
Do you happen to know more about Out of the Blue? I heard it’s a great place and they even have a professional live musician?
May 6th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Well it is not just the musician living there.. lots of film stars… Rajesh Khanna’s, Mumtaz’s bungalows are still there…
will some one correct me, as far as i remember this road was named after American president Jimmy Carter in 1978.
The rule says, any road named after the independence can not be rechristened… then how come this change of name is valid…
June 9th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
i hate the new name wat eva it is!……carter’s still rocks!!!!!!!!