Kakori House - World's Softest Kebabs

It was lazy sunday after Gudi Padwa long weekend. I was hungry & wanted to try something new, apart from the regular Sadiccha or other joints in Bandra East area.

My friend Makarand dropped in after 1:30 pm on Sunday & we planned to go our for lunch. I remembered Mahim food joints starting after Mahim Church and going upto Dadar Shiv Sena Bhavan.

We planned to visit Kakori House at their Mahim outlet. Kakori House is located on L J Road opposite Paradise Cinema & next to famous Goan food joint, Sushegad. Kakori House is famous for its world's softest kebab. And, believe me they are indeed the softest. Kakori House is an air conditioned joint with 5 tables and seating capacity of 24 people at a time.

We ordered Murgh Seekh Kebab (3 pcs), Kakori Kebab (3 pcs). Along with it we ordered Sheermal & Warqi Paratha.

Murgh Seekh Kebab were the regular chicken seekh kebab which we had tasted in the past many times. But Kakori Kebab were the best as they mentioned on their menu card, as the SOFTEST KEBABS IN THE WORLD. And they are really soft and melt in mouth. I had never ever had such soft kebabs till I had these. In fact, never knew kebabs are meant to be soft too.

Sheermal (orange coloured) is speciality of Awadh, made in iron tandoor with milk, saffron & flour. Although it was too oily but taste was simply awesome.

Warqi Paratha is a soft Paratha made using Saffron & Milk & cooked on saffron tawa. This was less oily as compared to Sheermal.

Although, I was disappointed by Phrini served here. Phirni is a popular North-Indian sweet dish. It is widely served in earthen vessels but here it was served in a plastic container. But Kakori House is a must visit place for Kebab lovers.

Pudhchya Varshi Lavkar Yaa......

In spite of high alert all over the city and state Mumbaikars bid a rocking farewell to the very famous Lord Ganesha. The whole city was on high alert after the five bomb blasts in New Delhi on Saturday, day prior to Ganesh Visarjan. Many mandals in Mumbai started late for the Immersion procession due to very heavy rains all over Mumbai. But Bappa listened to both the wishes and left with a grand salute of Mumbaikars. In spite of heavy rains and high alert in the city, lakhs of people were present at locations like Parel, Lalbaug, Byculla and various immersion locations like Girgaum, Juhu and Dadar.

As it was the 75th year of the famous wish fulfilling Lalbaugcha Raja, there was a tight security through out the procession from Lalbaug to Girgaum. The distance from Lalbuag to Girgaum would not take more than an hour to reach, but the grand procession of the Raja took almost 21 hours and finally early morning on Monday at 6AM, the idol touched the sands of Girgaum Chowpatty with at least a crowd of 1 lakh devotees (including people already present at the location).

There were no major calamities except the idol from Mugbhat Lane (Girgaoncha Maharaja) which collapsed at Girgaum, had 3 serious injuries. There was also short circuit at the BEST tower which was under control soon by the concerned authorities.

With full of joy and excitement and also some tension around, Mumbaikars bid farewell to their loving Ganesha by shouting..... Ganpati Bappa Morya....Pudhchya Varshi Lavkar Yaa......