I
was happy to be here, as always. It's been a while since I have visited
a social and my experience in all of them have always been on a
positive note. My favorite by far is the Khar Social. I was super
excited to bring my friend here who had never been to these place
before, but unfortunately the experience ended on a sour note.
The
place is designed to imitate a cathedral and is pretty mesmerizing. The
service here is as always good. We actually had luggage with us as my
friend had just arrived from out of the city and the staff was kind
enough to find place and help us with the seating and everything.
I
have always found their breakfast to be of great value for money and
the combinations offered. My friend ordered the Big Apple Breakfast and I
ordered the Punjabi Dhingra Breakfast. One thing that irked us here was
that the food took more than 30 minutes to arrive and we were the only
customers at this point so we were really hoping the wait was shorter.
This could be because the day had just started as it was 11 am in the
morning. But my experience in the other Socials have not been this way
so I can't really say. However, all was hunky dory and finally after a
long wait our food made it's way to our eagerly awaiting table.
The
Big Apple Breakfast comes with french fries, sausages, toasted bread,
jam-butter, blue berry pancakes with a side of maple syrup and eggs
however, you want it. I have always loved this platter except for the
blue berry pancakes which some how they never get it right. Some times
it's undercooked, some times it's bland, some times it's rubbery. This
time around it was almost okay except for the parts where the blue berry
was where the batter seemed to be not cooked properly. Yet, as far as
pancakes go, I would not recommend Social. Everything else? Wonderful! I
even love the freshness of their bread which seems to be right out of
the over or something. The french fries are always on point, and seems
like they are air fried as you can't detect the oiliness anywhere, which
is the best part for me. The eggs were sunny side up and perfectly
done. For the Punjabi Breakfast I had chosen Paneer Paratha which comes
with chhole, achar, curd on the side. Some lassi, chai and a piece of
Samosa too. The Paneer Paratha is heavenly and I was trasnported to
Amritsar where I had first had a Paneer Paratha with dollops of butter
on the side. I appreciated the fact that they used the kala chana for
the chhole which added authenticity to the punjabi breakfast combo. The
masala chai was a pleasant surprise as I always find in most non-Indian
specialty restaurants that the tea is almost bland. Here, it was exactly
like the ones you would find in small tea stalls. I had it with the
samosa and I was overjoyed. But as always there has to be a down side,
what I looked forward to most was the Lassi. However, the lassi was
unsweetened and infact looked and felt exactly like the curd they had
given on the side, only instead of in the bowl, they had put it in the
tumbler. Too thick and set to be called a Lassi. Disappointed there.
Now
comes the part which questions whether I will ever return to this
place. I was 75% through my breakfast that I spotted a very very very
tiny little cockroach on the table, on the side of the wooden tray they
had served breakfast to us on. Upon closer look, it seemed there wasn't
just one but two more. They were extremely tiny ones, almost liked they
had just hatched but gave me a nightmare and made me lose my appetite
there and then because God alone knows where all they were and I don't
even want to talk about it because like I said, where all were they. And
this a big NO. We even told this to our attendant, and he seemed to
have spoken to the manager and I could see them discussing it but as
soon as we called for our bill, they seemed to have forgotten about it
and let us leave without asking anything on it. We were just eager to
pay and leave at this point and seemed like as long as we were ready to
pay the bill and leave quietly, didn't bother them either. From this
point on, I don't know if I would want to revisit a social, I am always
going to be wondering how many more of these roaches are there.
WHAT WE HAD - Big Apple Breakfast
Punjabi Dhingra Breakfast
DAMAGES - Rs 900/- (Approx)
WHERE - Goregaon Social. Third Floor, The Oberoi Mall, Goregaon East, Mumbai
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