Sernyaa Momos and Barbequed Pineapple!

Well yes! We barbecued pineapples and it tasted bloody good. Probably the second most tasty item just following the chicken marinaded with lemon. Bloody Brilliant!!

But let me start with Friday first... Ritwika picked me up from office and we went to Burandis for the marinade party, i got mostly bored as there was no flash on burandis comp effectively ruling out Zynga Poker. The highlight though was the dinner we had just after at Sernyaa on Link Road, Andheri West. The place is owned by an elderly gentleman called "Uncle", he is warm, friendly and the ambiance sort of reflects his persona. The place has great Momos and a whole array of Tibetan stuff (i frankly found it hard to decipher, but the great part is that uncle is usually around to help you order). The place also has one of the best condiments you will ever have. Made of finely minced cabbage marinated in lots of chilli (beware! its very spicy) and other sauces this particular condiment makes you order and extra plate of Momos just so that you can have some more.

We were joined by Burandi and Rajneesh and we ordered Momos, Stir fried Sausages and Chicken and Vegetable pot rice. I have already spoken about the momos, the sausages were good and a particular favorite of Ritwika with a good sprinkling of bell peppers, the pot rice however was surprisingly rather good. I say surprisingly because apart from the sea food pot rice at China Gate which is mind blowing i have not liked the other versions i have had. This one however was quite good and had enough veggies and chicken to not need an accompanying dish - it was a mini meal in itself so it scores on the value for money parameter.

We rounded off the evening with fresh strawberry and strawberry ice cream at Naturals in Powai to round off what had been an appetising day dreaming of further gastronomy with the barbecue that was to follow the next day.

I was not super excited for the barbecue. Firstly - we had some Goan Pork sausages for lunch and i had had my fill - as usual a little more than i should. Secondly - I was driving and boozing was not possible. Ritwika and Dripto however were super excited and were looking forward to barbecue ing and being the DJ respectively, i trying vainly to raise my personal excitement level. This was however till i started to actually barbecue.

Dripto was telling me that there is something manly about a barbecue, i only partially agreed with him, I think that a barbecue is "caveman"ly. There is something animalistic about cooking raw meat on a fire which appeals to our guttural instincts and makes the food which i doubt would otherwise taste great, taste so bloody awesome. We had a fantastic evening, highlights have been mentioned earlier. The "Lemon Chicken" and the Pineapple, although the Apples were a disaster - Chhoto Bou - you were right!!

So that brings us to Sunday, Chhoto Mashi thankfully did not bring Biriyani, she got some home grown veggies we had for dinner last night. Phul kopir torkari (Cauliflower Curry) with Parathas is very tasty also as is the Deccan Chicken, Ritwika had made for lunch, but more on that later...With the In-Laws landing on Wednesday the world is going to get a good deal tastier...Burp!

How to get there: Sernyaa is on Andheri Link Road. If you are driving from Juhu side towards Malad, you will have Fame Adlabs and Cinemax on your left. Cross the signal and drive straight on towards Oshiwara. Sernyaa is a 2 minute drive on the left after crossing the signal.