Maharaja Bhog, Lower Parel, Mumbai #Royal Meals

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Maharaja Bhog…Royal Meals
You are ushered into the restaurant and seated at a table. A staff brings a Thali (metal plate) and you have to take a coin and offer it to the Cow (as the photograph shows)

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Once this is done you wash your hands. The staff bring water in an urn at the table.

After you have washed your hands you are served food. A very large Metal plate / dish or Thali with small containers is used.

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The staff come around with various dishes. The trick is to take very little and taste it (nothing goes waste this way!)

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And take second helpings of what ever you like more. There are Dals, Rice, Pickles, Papads, Salads, Rotis, Vegetables, Kadhi, Sweet Mango Pulp, Chutneys, Dhokla, & Dessert.

Chaaj (butter milk) & Jal Jeera
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Along with all this they also serve Chaaj i.e. Butter Milk & Jal Jeera. Whew!

And this sumptuous meal ends with Paan…

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Paan is good for digestion. It is an absolute treat.

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Hi @yagokd ,

Thank you for sharing with us. Is it the same in all restaurants in your city or this is special one? I see many different dishes, which is your favourite one? It would be great if you share more details about the Betel Leaf as well because I have never heard of it.

If you want you can share your experience here Have you tried any new restaurants lately?.

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@GNaz

Thanks for your reply. We have a variety of restaurants in India. There are NEWS (north, south, east, west) types of food. And quick service ones like McDonald’s, Taco, Subway. I will put up a post about the Paan i.e. Betel Leaf.

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Hi,

Thank you for the information @yagokd .

Could you give us an example of the “NEWS” types of food?

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@GNaz

NEWS is just an acronym I used to mean North, South, East, West. India is huge and we have a wide variety of food. North Indian food is different from the South Indian food & these are different from what is eaten in the West and East. Even the cooking medium i.e. oil used is different. Mustard oil is used in the North & Coconut oil is used in the South. Ingredients, the spices or masalas are different too. North drinks Tea or Chai, South drinks Coffee, specially filter coffee.

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@GNaz

Delectable Mouth Freshner Meetha Gilory Paan

Anil is selling Special Gilory Meetha Paan (betel leaf with amazing stuffing)

Anil Selling Special Gilory Meetha Paan
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Some of the ingredients of Paan are fennel seeds, dates, gulkand (preserve of rose petals).

Anil has been selling Gilory Meetha Paan since twenty years. It is sold for INR 20/- each (about 26 cents at current exchange rates). This is at Law Garden, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

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Hi @yagokd ,

Thank you for the detailed information you provide us. It is very interesting to see the different tastes and traditions even in the same country. :slightly_smiling_face:

The video of Gilory Meetha Paan is also very attractive. Please keep in mind that we do not allow the promotion of any nature here on Connect — self-promotion, commercial content, etc. are in violation of the Local Guides program rules.

By the way, I merged your post about Paan in your previous post because it is related and we want to keep Connect organized.

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@GNaz

Thanks ever so much. Glad you liked the Paan post.

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