Delightful Healthy Recipes: Restaurant Review - INDIGO DELI Mediteranean/ American casual dining

Restaurant Review

INDIGO DELI Mediteranean/ American casual dining

I dedicate today’s column to perfect pairings. And this is not just because I write from the most romantic wedding on a Greek island but also because Bandra’s Indigo Deli pairs simplicity with sophistication and warmth with elegance, just like my guests. Born and brought up in the sunny Mediteranean, they are the perfect diners to give me a palate opinion on the food here.
    Both are well travelled and passionate about food, art, music, Mumbai and each other. It was love at first sight when Ceylan Özen Erisen, Consul General of Turkey, met the dashing businessman Ender Erisen, and they got married just recently and honeymooned near the Taj Mahal, Agra. Here’s our tried, tasted and tested opinion.
FOOD
    It’s an Indigo Deli’s consistently above average menu here and what was flawed has since been fixed; what was good has remained so or become better. I ate here three times and the wafer-thin pizza came out tops (even Ceylan and Ender who dislike pizzas loved it). For the first time, tried the snow white Pizza Carbonara (Rishad Nathani’s favourite), creamy and delicious with carbonara egg-white sauce, bacon, sage and a few onion rings. ‘Eggs on the Beach’, (poached eggs, crispy bacon laid on a crab cake) not as divine as ‘Eggs Divinity’ (warm, comforting and luscious with scrambled eggs, cheese, spinach and roesti baked and perfumed with truffle). Rahul and Malini Akerkar also ensure there’s plenty for veggies, the grilled moist with cheese tomato pepper’s Aegean Turkish taste was delightful. Must try, the Banana Caramel Souffle mellow with honey brandy sauce.
    Go for the usual above average, Indigo Deli dishes… pulled Pork Burger, crispy Chicken Burger, awesome Beef Burgers: Risottos, Pasta and more.
DÉCOR
    Never mind that the restaurant has an unfinished look (after the BMC has been
at it) or that, instead of the charming dark wood panelling and yellow lighting of the other Indigo Delis, this one has space gobbling Blue-Frogesque pods booth-seating with copper accents and doesn’t please as much.
MINUS POINTS
    The minor hitches in an otherwise enjoyable meal were the soggy zucchini fritters, a skimpy Reuben sandwich, lacklustre dark-chocolate pudding over the top creamy Tiramisu, stodgy cheese soufflé and it can get too noisy and the service slow. Average meal per head 1500, a bit steep for a Deli. We need more affordable wines by the glass and more products on sale here.
MY POINT
    Open through the day, by turns cozy and sexy, laid-back and fleet, Indigo Deli is different things at different times to different people. Here, unabashedly hearty preparations meet seasonal produce; here, comfort and traditionalism welcome innovation without letting it run roughshod. Never mind the cluttered décor and sometimes slow service. As Ceylan says, “Sometimes we crave for the taste of
    home and Indigo Deli answers that craving to a considerable extent” and concludes, “It’s one of the best Mumbai restaurants. You can feel the Mediterranean in the air immediately.”And fittingly enough, I write this from the breath-stoppingly, beautiful Greek islands as I bask in the Mediteranean sunshine, crisp, cool indigo blue waters and agree wholeheartedly.
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READERS RECOMMEND
    madhursethi@ tried Alfedo’s Andheri West, impressive menu, delicious pastas and pizzas with amazing burgers 2 treat our palate
    Pallavi Shah does homemade, eggless chocolates like bounty, ferro, florantine, praline, mari magic, orieo and more varieties as orders. Sunny’s Cakes Ph: 2407 4271, 99305 99807
    Kavita’s Delicacies specialises in chaats, veg starters like cassedias, cheese paneer rolls and also meals. Does tiffins too. Ph: 98704 62649
    Mr Jay Shah, Mr Harish Shah recommends Popular Caterers located in Borivali East. Ph: 2806 3691, 2861 5522, 98200 39975, 982005 8218
    Grace specialises in all sorts of designer boxes in raw silk, satin and paper and bags for chocolates, brownies, mithais, dryfruits and sweets. Exclusive Ganapati and Diwali collection for gifting. Baby shower, Birth announcements, Bdays and kids boxes too. Ph: 98198 07996
    Lucky Parantha House for homemade delicious freshly prepared stuffed paranthas @ Goregaon East. Party orders for 25-30 persons undertaken. Ph: 90049033019
QUERIES
    Zeenet wants to know where she can get homemade, deep-fried, crispy crunchy cinnamon and nutmeg doughnuts
    Arun wants Continental non spicy food at Santacruz.
QUERIES ANSWERED
    Rachita for mukhwas and baking classes, you can contact Meena on 2646 0936