Re-juvenate, re-fresh, re-live, re-lease! That’s the belief on which Re Café is conceptualized. Hardly two months old, Re Café, located in Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj, is a place that has a high chance of refreshing your taste buds. Nicely done in vibrant colours, Re Café serves comfort food from across the globe.
I love the division of menu and the dishes it has to offer. Bhel and papad cones seem to be the perfect munch-on to start with. Beautifully presented and well thought out dish where the papad gives a nice crunch to the bhel topped with tangy and sweet chutneys.
Dhuar jimikand ke kabab and banana flower cutlets are a must for a vegetarian visiting Re Café. I quite enjoy my session and suddenly realize I have three vegetarian dishes which is not quite me. I immediately get back to my usual sense and order chicken wings, some prawns and a kabab platter.
After tasting them, I realize the veg dishes are much better than the non-veg ones as my prawns are overcooked, the wings seem to be de-freezed and then fried. It is the kabab platter with variants of tikkas which becomes worth eating. But the chef hits the bull’s eye with rawa fried sardines. In a café where youngsters are eating their burgers with fork and knife, I enjoy my crunchy sardine with both my hands. Served with pacchadi, the fish is excellent.
Keema paratha, Maggi and bread pakoras are some of the options for people who just want to have a quick grab. Well, I have all the time in the world and enjoy the smoked chicken and jalapeno veloute till the time my main course arrives. I try to taste the flavours of two regions which are poles apart when it comes to cooking techniques, spices and preparation.
Kori pulimunchi and nihari are the dishes which I choose to eat. The Mangalore curry made with chicken and served with steamed rice lacks the tanginess for which the dish is popular and the Nihari is not even close to be termed as one. They both seem to be the wrong dishes to be incorporated in to a café menu.
Back to some fast food, I try its regal lamb burger which unfortunately has the driest patty I have ever had. It just puts me off as I take my burgers quite seriously. I leave after digging into scoops of sundae, a safer option to end a meal.
Meal for two : Rs.1500 plus taxes
