The Bomb. The dish truly lives up to its name. It is a bomb packed with super goey chocolate. Nothing compares a spoonful of choco lava cake with fresh vanilla icecream. The hot goey chocolate with the cold icecream will make you enter a planet of your own. I've had molten cakes in many places but hands down this is the BEST. Not all places have such generous amount of molten chocolate inside but this one, OMG!! Truly satisfies one's soul. If you are looking for "dessert for soul" then this is it. Cuisine: Italian Rating: 4.5/5 PC: @harshinikakarla City: Hyderabad (India) #sohyderabad #flyingspaghettimonster #tabularasa #fsm #foodtalkindia #feedyoursoull #food52 #foodlover #foodbeast #trelltalehyderabad #foodphotography

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Palak Paneer Burger. Yes its named Genuine Broaster Chicken but yes they have brilliant vegetarian menu too. The traditional palak paneer dish is transformed into a burger patty & sandwiched in between the go green buns(which get the color by using palak) along with fresh lettuce & creamy spinach sauce. Now this is truely new in flavours, let it be from buns, patty or sauce! All on a unique basis and this unique combi will blow ur mind truely! So light, healthy and with creamyness from the spinach sauce, this is not the regular boring veggie burger. Served with fresh crispy fries and chilli sauce, I'm sure even the non-veggies are gonna be impressed with its flavours. Cuisine: American Rating: 3/5 PC: @harshinikakarla City: Hyderabad (India) #genuinebroasterchicken #sohyderabad #trelltalehyderabad #foodtruck #foodtalkindia #foodblogger #foodbeast #foodbossindia #feedfeed #feedyoursoullvia Instagram

Iftar in Hyderabad is everything it is cut out to be!

While in Bangalore, there are places dedicated for food, here there are pockets where there is everything. Food, clothing, jewellery, accessories etc. Multiple such places all over the city and more so towards old city! At 11 pm, it took us a long time to reach Charminar, the epitome of Hyderabad! But it was worth every bit of it just to see the culture!

However, my iftar started off with Sarvi! My local Hyderabadi friend said that all of his friends like Sarvi and that is why we started off there. So, basically, Hyderabad has three main varieties of haleem. The Irani Haleem, the Pista house haleem and Old Style (traditional?) haleem! Sarvi was the Irani type and boldly mentioned all over!

Irani Haleem was darker than the traditional haleem! Nice depth of flavour, the usual nuts and bolts on top and yummy. But bones! Yes, lots of it. Every plate has about 3 large bones and a few small bones. I thought haleem in Hyderabad is boneless based on eating from their households a few years back! The Qubani Meeta though, is simply brilliant in Hyderabad! Lots of minor variations, but all of them were quite nice.

We left and came down to the Sarvi Tea Stall that served the famed Irani Chai. Nothing great about it, but it is a nice glass of sweet chai! The Osmania biscuits, the other Irani thing was a nice accompaniment to it! But two other dishes were fantastic. The Samosa and the sweet bun! I don't know what made the samosa so nice, but it was really really nice! The sweet buns were just as nice and dip it in the Irani chai and it was nice and heavenly for the post fast tummy!

The two haleems and one Qubani meeta for 2 of us came to Rs. 510. Chai is 25 bucks, samosa 20 and bun is Rs. 12.

Next stop was the home of a Hyderabadi friend in Medinapet who has been cooking Haleem for the past 10 years and selling them on the streets of Hyderabad! They hate the Sarvis and Pista Houses! They feel that these guys have killed the original haleem and have totally commercialised it. Since I went late, they had already broken fast, but hadn't had much food and they started after I landed there. I had already eaten and felt bad for them, but they were really gracious!

I had the chicken kebab on skewers!!! Yummy yummy yum. Do not underestimate the small street shops serving Iftar, especially in the old part of Hyderabad! Then came the haleem and it was distinctly different! The colour was a lot lighter, flavour of lamb a lot stronger, the amount of nuts a lot lesser and the amount of ghee a lot more! That is like a completely different meal! And this too had bones! While we were guests, it is priced at Rs. 110 for a plate for the outsiders.

Had to attend a meeting at 930 and so we stepped out at about 11 pm for our next stop. Charminar and the original pista house. En route, we saw many pockets active and super busy at night. Every pocket had food along with the clothes and stuff! We landed at Charminar and walked and had sugar cane juices and some snacks along the way! As we reached Pista House, the haleem was sold out! Not wanting to eat the packed haleem from Pista House available in a few shops, we had lots of Qubani Meeta, equally but differently yummy!! Fresh Haleem from Pista house was on the table the next evening and I can understand why the family in Medinapet hates it. While it was definitely tasty, it was a lot more wheat, a lot less lamb and definitely very commercialised!

This trip to Hyderabad was an eye opener to a lot of things in Hyderabad, but the biggest takeaway is that Hyderabadi Haleem has bones in it! The Chennai 5 star hotels haleems are way more brilliant!

Doing business while eating is nothing new. Asking the host to take you to Hyderabad House may not be old. But driving around for 30 minutes and not finding a Hyderabad House in Hyderabad is definitely new. We ended in Sarvi with my host promising me that their food is great, while I've not heard of them before. But any new place and as usual I am game to try. P.S. I have not been to Hyderabad House before and thus the craving.

He said he will be happy to place the order on my behalf and I let him. Mutton Biriyani. Chicken Bhadshai (I believe I got the name, or at least the phonetics right). Galouti Kebab. He did not even blink before ordering any of these. He was as confident as ever. We restarted our discussions and waited about 15 minutes for the food to arrive.

I was appalled when I saw the biriyani, white in colour. The Galouti was blood red. The Chicken Bhadshai was the only one that looked half way appealing. Reluctantly, with the image of Hyderabad House in my brain, I took a spoonful of the biriyani and immediately stopped. I don't know if it was because my expectations were dropped or because of whatever, there was a flavour explosion in my mouth. The biriyani was fabulous. I will no longer judge a biriyani by its colour. The chicken bhadshai was fantastic. It was rich, full of flavour with I think some almonds and saffron adding to the rainbow of flavours. While the galouti was nice, I believe there was added colour to it, but otherwise I missed the little roti to smear it on. It wasn't great, but certainly not bad. The quantity was amazing. "We eat a lot around here," my host joked.

I was a satisfied man. While in Hyderabad twice earlier, I missed having great biriyani and this time I got it. No chicken 65 with biriyani, but no regrets.....when in Rome, eat what the Romans eat. Its better that way. Hyderabad House will have to wait, but I wasn't too unhappy with Sarvi. Oh yeah, on your way out, take some Irani Chai from the ground floor!!! 

"Yemma"

The same look that was on the guy who acted in the Tata Indica ad! If you are still gaping, you are forgiven! And yes, that was 1 plate!

5 minutes back, the same mountain that arrived in our neibour's table had us laughing! Why did they order a family pack for three people was our thoughts! Till the same mountain landed on our table.

There are some things in life that are not important. Cleanliness. Politeness. Etc.

Green Bawarchi is a place that gives you only what is important in life - Biriyani!

"1 plate chicken 65 and half plate mutton biriyani," was my order seating in a table for four and sharing it with my friend and two strangers. The place was packed!

"No chicken 65," was the first part of the curt reply, followed by "half plate for two people. No. 1 plate. Chicken kebab, same taste. 1 plate," he wrote and walked off. Did I want chicken kebab? No. Did that matter? No.

The chicken kebab came first. We started eating that succulent kebab and realized that maybe the lack of service got us this nice juicy kebab. And then the biriyani came! I mean the mountain. Hyderabadi Biriyani has that unique taste and this had a hint of it too.

I guess this place is all about the serving size! If you look past the cleanliness and service and if you're a girl, the oogles and stares that you will get, this is enjoyable. If is the operative word here! Next time we play Truth or Dare, dare me to take my DSLR here and shoot photos! You can consider yourself the winner!

Biriyani is priced around Rs. 250! And yes, this is Hyderabad, not Chennai!