Situated at Cafe Goodluck chowk at the starting of F.C road, 'Peppinos' brought in the trendy concept of serving healthy snacks (sandwiches, salads, pastas, juices & smoothies) to Puneites.
Their menu card is simple. Its split into 4 sections,
Option 1 caters exclusively to grilled sandwiches with a choice of brown/white bread. They have some nice options including one which serves a Mexican grilled sandwich with beans and sour cream
Another section is for Salads. They even have options of Greek salads and a German potato salad. (expect a generous dose of Mayo)
They have few Italian pasta options and even serve Nachos with refried beans (to bring in a Mexican flavour)
Among the smoothies and juices, they are large number of options. Guava is among the novel varities. They even have mix of pomegranate, watermelon juices
This small joint caters again to the F.C road cosmopoliton crowd.
It has limited seating arrangement but does brisk business. The restaurant is clean and well maintained and the staff works hard.
The crowd entering the place is the type who embrances the healthy sandwich + salad + juice options.
Many young 'couples' (boys & girls still in college) are seen frequenting this place
Go for it. It's a nice place and will not dissappoint. Among the very few places in Pune offering this type of food, it will also remind one of the small cafe/restaurant joints in the U.S & Europe
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Cafe Goodluck
Situated at the Bhandarkar road & F.C road junction is the old Irani Cafe joint of "Cafe Goodluck". It's been there for years and years (since 1935) and the chowk is named after this cafe.
Many people call it a "Bachelors adda". It typifies the Irani cafe culture which spread across Mumbai, Pune in the late sixties.
Goodluck prices are very very reasonable and hence it is extremely popular among the college going crowd.
Here you can sit down and have a superb "Bun muska" or a luscious "Bun Omelette" with chai ofcourse. The bun is so fresh. You can smell the baked yeasty aroma of the bun and the muska (butter) is spread generously inside.
You can order some nice grilled sandwiches (cheese tomato grilled...sounds so very English) or you can dig into the many non vegeterian specialities (kheema pav, mutton curries, egg curries, chicken dishes etc)
I am Cafe Good luck's loyal customer. I happen to get something or eat something at 'Goodluck' virtually once every week. Although I have turned vegeterian, I eat eggs.
So 'Goodluck' continues to be on my list of places that I make it a point to visit.
You can have excellent lunch, breakfast, afternoon snack, or dinner. It's open whole day and it is packed. The waiters are warm, friendly and efficient
Goodluck in my opinion serves the best Jeera rice in town. The rice is perfectly cooked and dry, they spread friend onion on top of the rice with coriander. Have it with their simple dal fry
Sure it's not an upscale restaurant and rarely will you find families sitting there but it's a fantastic place to sit down and experience the real Pune. Young people move in & out. You can find the Irani owners sitting there. You will hardly hear marathi being spoken because its so popular among especially people staying in hostels...
Vegeterians do find it hard to sit in 'Goodluck' because most people order the famous non vegeterian dishes and to see meaty & greasy food moved around can be a difficult sight.
Many families opt to take parcels because they just find "Cafe Goodluck" food delicious but find it difficult to seat there (especially Maharashtrians:))
The other 2 nice Irani cafes in the Deccan area "Cafe Sunrise" and 'Lucky' have dissappeared and I sincerely wish "Cafe Good luck" stays there just like it has for many many years
Many loyal customers swear by the tastes of non veg food in 'Goodluck'. I did that too when I was eating non-veg. But as often, there are so many good vegeterian dishes that one can also enjoy... (or you can say 'eggaterian' dishes around)
To enter the Cafe and smell the fresh buns is a feeling that cannot be described.
To bite into a 2 egg omellete placed between the bun folds and then dig into the soft smooth bun cannot be described...It can only be experienced.
You don't need to be dressed well to go to Goodluck. You just gotta to be there, being yourself...
Pune is changing constantly and the new crowd who visits 'Goodluck' are young ladies from college. They come in groups and go away in Groups
It's a delightful place to experience the young cosmpolitan city
Many people call it a "Bachelors adda". It typifies the Irani cafe culture which spread across Mumbai, Pune in the late sixties.
Goodluck prices are very very reasonable and hence it is extremely popular among the college going crowd.
Here you can sit down and have a superb "Bun muska" or a luscious "Bun Omelette" with chai ofcourse. The bun is so fresh. You can smell the baked yeasty aroma of the bun and the muska (butter) is spread generously inside.
You can order some nice grilled sandwiches (cheese tomato grilled...sounds so very English) or you can dig into the many non vegeterian specialities (kheema pav, mutton curries, egg curries, chicken dishes etc)
I am Cafe Good luck's loyal customer. I happen to get something or eat something at 'Goodluck' virtually once every week. Although I have turned vegeterian, I eat eggs.
So 'Goodluck' continues to be on my list of places that I make it a point to visit.
You can have excellent lunch, breakfast, afternoon snack, or dinner. It's open whole day and it is packed. The waiters are warm, friendly and efficient
Goodluck in my opinion serves the best Jeera rice in town. The rice is perfectly cooked and dry, they spread friend onion on top of the rice with coriander. Have it with their simple dal fry
Sure it's not an upscale restaurant and rarely will you find families sitting there but it's a fantastic place to sit down and experience the real Pune. Young people move in & out. You can find the Irani owners sitting there. You will hardly hear marathi being spoken because its so popular among especially people staying in hostels...
Vegeterians do find it hard to sit in 'Goodluck' because most people order the famous non vegeterian dishes and to see meaty & greasy food moved around can be a difficult sight.
Many families opt to take parcels because they just find "Cafe Goodluck" food delicious but find it difficult to seat there (especially Maharashtrians:))
The other 2 nice Irani cafes in the Deccan area "Cafe Sunrise" and 'Lucky' have dissappeared and I sincerely wish "Cafe Good luck" stays there just like it has for many many years
Many loyal customers swear by the tastes of non veg food in 'Goodluck'. I did that too when I was eating non-veg. But as often, there are so many good vegeterian dishes that one can also enjoy... (or you can say 'eggaterian' dishes around)
To enter the Cafe and smell the fresh buns is a feeling that cannot be described.
To bite into a 2 egg omellete placed between the bun folds and then dig into the soft smooth bun cannot be described...It can only be experienced.
You don't need to be dressed well to go to Goodluck. You just gotta to be there, being yourself...
Pune is changing constantly and the new crowd who visits 'Goodluck' are young ladies from college. They come in groups and go away in Groups
It's a delightful place to experience the young cosmpolitan city
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Sandwich times
Ever wondered why a sandwich is so popular and tastes so good anywhere in the world!
It can have literally any filling, any type of bread, one never gets bored of a sandwich (atleast I don't!)
The "Earl of Sandwich made it a popular snack dish in England and that's how the name sandwich got coined to anything eaten 'sandwiched' between 2 breads
I can go on and on describing various sandwiches I have had in different parts of the world.
But to begin somewhere, I would start off describing first the popular American sandwich chains. The Subways, Togos, Quiznos...
Subway-- Had subway sandwiches for 3 years day in, day out! A subway sandwich used to be a typical lunch for me
Parmesan oregano bread, roasted chicken breast/veggie delite...yum... I always went for all options (lots of veggies, cheese, mayo)
Togos-- The best egg salad sandwich I have ever had and still can't get that taste out of my mouth. The chewy bread made it extremely tasty.
Quiznos-- The toasted sandwich chain... and their mouth watering veggie sandwich with guacamole, olives, red onions, mushrooms and toasted to perfection. Sandwich to die for
Staying in Pune gives me access to a variety of sandwich places.
Subway on F.C road is an easy access and never dissappoints. Enter a Subway restaurant and you can smell the wonderful aroma of freshly baked bread
I am still waiting for a restaurant to open in Pune serving just Gourmet Sandwiches
Grilled Sandwiches, cold sandwiches with a variety of fillings from meats to veggies
Still remember the "Italian Panini" I had in Carmel (California) which was served with fresh mozarella, tomatoes, olive oil and basil inside a Ciabata. Amazing..
Then there are the Vietnamese sandwiches which are served inside baguettes (French influence from French colonial days)
These days with the new generation of people caught in the dilemma of "white bread", they miss a simple piece of food eaten for hundreds of years by Europeans and now made popular all over the world.
Give me a good sandwich, a glass of lager and I am experiencing a piece of heaven anytime, anywhere.
I try to locate restaurants in Pune which specialize in Sandwiches. 'Pepinos' on F.C road serves interesting sandwiches
More on sandwiches in following blogs
But here is a nice Wikipedia link about the different types of sandwiches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich
It can have literally any filling, any type of bread, one never gets bored of a sandwich (atleast I don't!)
The "Earl of Sandwich made it a popular snack dish in England and that's how the name sandwich got coined to anything eaten 'sandwiched' between 2 breads
I can go on and on describing various sandwiches I have had in different parts of the world.
But to begin somewhere, I would start off describing first the popular American sandwich chains. The Subways, Togos, Quiznos...
Subway-- Had subway sandwiches for 3 years day in, day out! A subway sandwich used to be a typical lunch for me
Parmesan oregano bread, roasted chicken breast/veggie delite...yum... I always went for all options (lots of veggies, cheese, mayo)
Togos-- The best egg salad sandwich I have ever had and still can't get that taste out of my mouth. The chewy bread made it extremely tasty.
Quiznos-- The toasted sandwich chain... and their mouth watering veggie sandwich with guacamole, olives, red onions, mushrooms and toasted to perfection. Sandwich to die for
Staying in Pune gives me access to a variety of sandwich places.
Subway on F.C road is an easy access and never dissappoints. Enter a Subway restaurant and you can smell the wonderful aroma of freshly baked bread
I am still waiting for a restaurant to open in Pune serving just Gourmet Sandwiches
Grilled Sandwiches, cold sandwiches with a variety of fillings from meats to veggies
Still remember the "Italian Panini" I had in Carmel (California) which was served with fresh mozarella, tomatoes, olive oil and basil inside a Ciabata. Amazing..
Then there are the Vietnamese sandwiches which are served inside baguettes (French influence from French colonial days)
These days with the new generation of people caught in the dilemma of "white bread", they miss a simple piece of food eaten for hundreds of years by Europeans and now made popular all over the world.
Give me a good sandwich, a glass of lager and I am experiencing a piece of heaven anytime, anywhere.
I try to locate restaurants in Pune which specialize in Sandwiches. 'Pepinos' on F.C road serves interesting sandwiches
More on sandwiches in following blogs
But here is a nice Wikipedia link about the different types of sandwiches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Tuborg beer from Denmark, now in India
The Danish invasion of the Indian beer market has started! First it was Carlsberg and now it's subsidiary Tuborg who has launched it's flagship beer product. "Tuborg green"
Both Carlsberg and Tuborg are incredible institutions of beer making.
Tuborg brewery was established in late 18th century (1880) in the town of Tuborg in Denmark close to Copenhagen. However the big moment came when Tuborg switched to the bottom fermented pilsener.
It probably is the first brewery in the world to offer bottled beer and its most famous pilsener product has been available in a Green bottle for many many years.
Carlsberg and Tuborg merged in 1970 and ever since that time Tuborg is operated as a subsidiary of Carlsberg. However Tuborg continues to be marketed and sold independently and has its presence in 70 countries
They came to India and advertised for a long time. Their advertising focusses again on the young party going crowd of India. Unfortunately that creates a poor reputation for their brand (in my opinion)
Tuborg is a very well known brand in Europe and it is for beer enthusiasts and not just for a party crowd. However internationally they are following the same advertising campaign
Its a great time in India as we all experience the constant changes in different markets. Everything's becoming available here.
I emptied the entire bottle of Tuborg yesterday. It has a lovely foamy head, a beautiful golden colour and it's more hoppy. It's fresh, light and a perfect drink for a summer evening. If you let the head settle and taste it, it gives a lemony taste.
The bottle has an easy to peel off cap. Dosen't require a separate bottle opener and that's such a fantastic thing.
I am really hoping the beer market continues to evolve and as more and more brands come in, someday it should lead to the microbrewery culture, the shift from lager to other types (e.g ale, stout etc)
Both Carlsberg and Tuborg are incredible institutions of beer making.
Tuborg brewery was established in late 18th century (1880) in the town of Tuborg in Denmark close to Copenhagen. However the big moment came when Tuborg switched to the bottom fermented pilsener.
It probably is the first brewery in the world to offer bottled beer and its most famous pilsener product has been available in a Green bottle for many many years.
Carlsberg and Tuborg merged in 1970 and ever since that time Tuborg is operated as a subsidiary of Carlsberg. However Tuborg continues to be marketed and sold independently and has its presence in 70 countries
They came to India and advertised for a long time. Their advertising focusses again on the young party going crowd of India. Unfortunately that creates a poor reputation for their brand (in my opinion)
Tuborg is a very well known brand in Europe and it is for beer enthusiasts and not just for a party crowd. However internationally they are following the same advertising campaign
Its a great time in India as we all experience the constant changes in different markets. Everything's becoming available here.
I emptied the entire bottle of Tuborg yesterday. It has a lovely foamy head, a beautiful golden colour and it's more hoppy. It's fresh, light and a perfect drink for a summer evening. If you let the head settle and taste it, it gives a lemony taste.
The bottle has an easy to peel off cap. Dosen't require a separate bottle opener and that's such a fantastic thing.
I am really hoping the beer market continues to evolve and as more and more brands come in, someday it should lead to the microbrewery culture, the shift from lager to other types (e.g ale, stout etc)
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