Tiffin service in Mumbai gets
more interesting each day.
On the days when I am too lazy, I order meals from
the women who work from home. I have tried many
tiffin services but its something I cannot continue to have all days, seven
days a week. I bore easily and somehow I prefer my own cooking. But I have
tried many dhabba services and forwarded their contact to my friends too. Parsi cuisine, Gujarati cuisine, then there are Goan, some western
too. The latest one I tried was from a Sindhi lady in Bandra who delivered food
suitable to my taste buds. A full meal with lentils, two vegetables, a cup of
boiled rice and four chappatis, all this for mere Rs150. But after two weeks I
was bored again and back to my own cooking of simple lunch of just one dish(veg
or non-veg) and two chappattis and evening meal of just soup and sandwiches.
But for those who have no time to
cook, tiffin service is the best option. There is yet another one in the block,
this time online delivery service.
This one is called ‘InstaKhaana’
I was asked to review their services and their food.
The food arrived in a cute
delivery car that attracted my neighbors too.
The food was neatly packed in
plastic containers with a plastic packet of spoon fork, salt and pepper (like
they do in airlines) Two boxes arrived in pretty cloth
bags.
Pan fried fish with garlic sauce
was melt in the mouth, boneless fish, a pure delight. It is perfect for light diners
and it paired well with garlic bread.
Corn rice with butter vegetables
and lentil cutlets is suitable for heavy meal. The long grain, corn rice was
cooked to perfection. I am not too fond of sweetness in the food, hence didn’t
like butter vegetables although the stew was good with assorted exotic
vegetables (broccoli, carrots and cottage cheese, etc.).
However, I didn’t like the corn
salad at all. It tasted stale. I am not sure that it’s fresh. It tasted awful.
Instakhaana claims to have
different menu seven days a week, freshly cooked and delivered in 20 minutes. Each
day’s menu consists of two vegetarian and two non-vegetarian dishes to pick
from. In addition to this, there is an option of adding a salad, a soft
beverage like a cold pressed juice, or a dessert to complete a meal. They have
their presence in BKC, lower Parel, Worli and Mahalaxmi. The next locations on
the anvil are Bandra, Powai and Lokhandwala. They aspire to deliver to at least
20 areas in Mumbai over the next three months
This is online delivery service,
where one can select the dish and order online.
The price is quite reasonable as
compared to other restaurants in our area (Most of these scrumptious meals are
priced between Rs80 and Rs170. InstaKhaana also has a deal of the day offer
where any one vegetarian dish and one non vegetarian dish from the menu are
priced at just Rs49 and Rs69 respectively)
and the food is quite healthy and
non greasy.
You can visit their site for more
information at http://instakhaana.com/
