finally a lovely place in the middle of mumbai, namely andheri lokhandwala. this place is extravagant and slightly ritzy and the crowd here is pretty dressy, page 3 types prim & proper. the place was packed on valentines eve and we got probably the only last table that was available so it’s already on the popular charts in and around. the ambience is comfortable and warm. the service is super quick and no time is wasted whatsoever. u order the food and it’s on your table in 5 mins. so hats off to the chef and servers for this. we loved all the food here and it’s definitely the kind of food i have recently fallen in love with, pan asian. this cuisine just makes me so happy.
the food and drinks were all perfect and the use of exotic vegetables and sauces was apparent.
1. in mocktails we tried the orange and strawberry mojito. it was a perfect mix of sweet sour and chilled. we also tried the ginger & kaffir lime mule. fantastic and refreshing. loved the pink ginger flavour.
2. in small plates we asked for 4 dishes. the turnip cake, it’s a must have here. just give it a try. we liked it a lot. this was followed by some mushroom dimsums and they were delicious. the dips served on the table complimented the dimsums really well. then came the california sushi and this sushi is amazing. perfect plating and perfect wasabi along with the soy dip n pickled ginger to go with this. a perfect meal for me. u can choose 4/8 pieces as per your choice. the last small plate was the smokey devils cottage cheese with white onion and chilly sauce. a lovely dish which can be eaten as a main too with some rice or noodles. the cottage cheese balls tossed in that lovely sauce was just brilliant. it was super soft and fresh. a nice tangy sweetspicysauce.
3. in the maincourse we tried 4 dishes again. thai green curry with lots of vegetables made it taste like heaven and we also asked for another curry made of baby pok choy and peruvian asparagus with pumpkin sauce. simply wow factor!!!!! these curries blended really well with jasmine flavoured garlic rice and some haka noodles. what a perfect meal this turned out to be!!!
4. in the dessert the tried the chocolate soufflé. it’s an absolute must have. melt in the mouth and gooey. even the vanilla ice cream is of another level altogether. so do try.
i am sure to be back here as i found this meal almost perfect and pretty tempting enough to pull me back here soon. definitely a much needed addition in this part of town. i’m so glad places like yazu have represent the cuisine which is slowly catching the trend of the times today.