R Steam Hot, Mumbai

R STEAM HOT

Are you addicted to cheese? Have you been looking for a place that serves unlimited cheese. Though you might have come across several places that serve cheese in pizzas, pastas, french fries, dumplings, pav bhaji, dosas and even rice (Yes, I have once had cheese on pulav and well, not bad ;) ) I think there is no food item that has not been experimented with cheese and cheese makes everything, better! :D I might be a huge fan of Pizza Outlets like Domino's who are not stingy in their use of cheese, but its never enough is it ?!! Then I was introduced to a place that serves cheese in all its food items almost and you can see the cheese oozing and flowing on top. I have found heaven. Cheesy Heaven.

Steam "R" Us is not a new outlet, it has been there for a while, but only in the past few months did I get introduced to the place, through my friend. Since she lives near by, we decided to catch-up and she suggested this place, her exact words were, they have great sandwiches but don't look for ambiance, just sit and enjoy your meal. I was disappointed thinking that this might be one of those several typical sandwiches that are present every galli-nukkad pe. And again, when I first had a good look at the place, it seemed like one of the many local restaurants that serve idli-dosa and vegetable sandwiches, and I thought to myself, this? really, this??!! How very wrong I was and I admit to that with great joy because I have finally come across a place that comes close to all the cheesy food fantasies I have had.

The place has a wide menu consisting of so many different types of sandwiches, open ones even, pizzas, rolls etc. Their Specialty lies in the cheese, you order almost anything and you will be sure to find it soaked in cheese. The menu looked good to me by then, still a little hesitant though, but my friend being a regular ordered for all 3 of us. We began with a 2 in 1, which is 2 varieties of open sandwiches in one. I have to tell you, it was love at first bite. The bread that they used in the sandwiches was so soft, that it can give tough competition to Fast Food chains which claims the same. If I had to be honest, I don't remember which were the toppings on the Open Sandwiches, one was corn and the other one was Chili Flakes. But except for this I don't remember anything. There are certain types of food in which you remember every little detail, every little ingredient, because the taste remains with you long after the meal. The there is the other type, in which you forget everything, I call it the Ramesh-Suresh Type. If you have seen and you must have, the Five Star Chocolate Ads, that the chocolate in question is so good, that you don't remember anything, in a good way, in a really good way. This is the category that the food at this place falls in. We ordered garlic breads, which is simply the best Garlic Bread I have had so far, this is how you should be making garlic breads. ( Pizzerias around - Take Note). We experimented with the next item, taking a risk, ordering a pasta-pizza, which is pasta on a pizza base. I wouldn't say it was altogether bad, but again, I would rather have had the pasta without the pizza. This makes me question as to why do they not have pasta on their menu? Because the pasta on the pizza did taste good, only it didn't go well with the Pizza Base combo. I can imagine how good the pastas would be if they included it as well, how cheesy the pasta would be for starters and it would make a change from all the Bread combinations. Another point that I would want to bring upon is that they should probably introduce some hot beverages on their menu. I had a sore throat on the day I visited the place, and more than that I was craving some hot chocolate or masala chai, but all they had was shakes and faloodas. Though I love milk-shakes and wouldn't have minded on any other day, my voice-box which was already on strike on the day would have died an unfortunate death if I had had anything cold and I was really craving hot chocolate. Yes, I know, I have already mentioned it. But then that is how much I had been craving it. :P 

If cheese is equivalent to true love to you, then this is not a place you should be missing!! and I love my friend for taking me here, I would have been living in ignorance otherwise. And that my dear friends, is the worst way of living, isn't it??!! ;)

WHAT WE HAD - Toast with Melted Cheese, 2 in 1 ( 7th Heaven!!)

                           Melted Garlic Bread ( 7th Heaven, or even above that)

                           Pasta Pizza ( I wish they did pasta without the pizza)

DAMAGES - Rs 650/- (Approx)

WHERE - R Steam Hot (Rasna Juice and Snacks), 1, Reva Estate, MG Road, Paanch Raasta, Mulund (W), MUMBAI