Having been born and brought up in Mumbai, I love my vada pav as much as I love my idli sambar! Just when I was craving for some typical Maharashtrian snacks, one of my friends suggested me to try the food at Manisha’s Kitchen.
Manisha’s Kitchen is a small, dainty place in the bylanes of Karama. My husband and I decided to dine here one evening, prior to catching Thalaiva’s latest flick, Kaala!
We first decided to order for the humble kothimbir vadis; for the uninitiated, kothimbir vadis are made out of a big bunch of coriander leaves, gram flour and spices and are really, really tasty. The vadis here were as tasty as I had imagined them to be and I would’ve gobbled up almost all of it, however, thankfully, I had an epiphany moment there and I realized that I am not just a hogger, but a blogger too, so taking pictures is an important deal for me and I managed to take a picture just before polishing off the last kothimbir vadi on my plate.
Next, came in the dabeli – the dabeli was insipid, to say the least. Not even close to the original taste and in fact smelled weird. I am not a big fan of wasting food, however, I had to do away with the dabeli as I just could not finish it. The misal pav came in next – the misal was just plain spicy with no flavour in it but the good news is, it was way better than the dabeli, so I could finish it! Yay!
Last, came in the batata vadas and boy! were they tasty! Batata Vada is legit BAE, have so many memories associated with the humble batata vada and the vada pav. It is a snack that unifies the people of Mumbai, be it the rich or the poor, the young or the old, everyone enjoys a hot piping vada pav with fried green chillies and a cutting chai. The vadas at Manisha’s Kitchen sure evoked a lot of memories within me.
So, all in all, Manisha’s Kitchen serves good food, and if you are craving for a vada pav, this is the place you want to head to.
Food: Good, but being raised in Mumbai, my benchmark for Maharashtrian food is a tad higher!
Ambience: Decent
Service: Decent
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