The place is called Sernyaa, and is a small restaurant with maybe a little over six tables. It’s located on the Link road and is quite nondescript. In fact if you weren’t looking out for it, you’d probably pass it by without noticing.  The proprietor of the place, John, makes it a point to greet each of the customers as they enter, and personally inquires about each diners experience there. The place has nice feel to it, with various Tibetan motifs decorating the walls.

I ordered a starter of Chicken Momos. For the uninitiated, Momos are steamed dumplings with a filling of meat and they taste simply out of this world. The momos I had here were as good as any I have had so far. Since I was pressed for time, rather than order an elaborate meal, I just stuck to a rice dish after the starters. The rice was cooked in a bamboo pot with vegetables, mushrooms, herbs and chicken. It had a very unique flavor to it and was delicious. Though I had the rice without any gravy, I found that it wasn’t extremely dry. The portions were also quite generous and I actually had a little difficulty in finishing off the dish. As far as the prices go, I think the dishes are quite reasonably priced, and a multi-course meal for two should easily amount to not more than Rs.150 -200 per head.

So if you are looking to try out something new, do give the Tibetan cuisine served at Sernyaa a try. Sernyaa is located along New Link Road, Andheri (W).

We started off by ordering a round of mocktails for everyone (all of us were teetotalers). The drinks were ok, though the Redbull based drink was a tad strange. For starters we had some garlic bread as well as Funghi alla Trapanese . The Funghi alla Trapanese is basically roasted mushrooms with garlic, lemon, parsley and served with warm farmer’s bread. The dish was a mouth watering delight, these were some of the best roasted mushrooms I have had in a long time. For the main course we ordered a pasta and a couple of pizzas. The pasta was quite good, while the pizzas were ok, nothing quite exceptional. Overall the food was good, but the service was very slow. That’s something I guess the restaurant needs to improve.

I had a great time eating some good food and catching up with friends. With the hectic MBA life that I am currently leading, this was a welcome break from the daily grind.

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We began with some chicken soup as the first course. This was followed by a Waldorf salad (apple, walnut and mayonnaise) as the second course. I was a bit apprehensive about eating this because I don’t really like mayonnaise at all, but the salad was quite nice ( something I didn’t expect ). After this we had some stir fried vegetables, pasta and chicken in a brown sauce. I quite liked the stir fried vegetables ( especially broccoli and mushrooms ), while the chicken was just about ok.

The best part was the dessert, which consisted of vanilla with chocolate sauce and fried noodles dipped in honey. Amazing stuff, the noodles were fabulous !

Overall, the food was quite decent and just about Ok. A nice experience overall.

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