We were in
Powai and had just finished the work we were supposed to finish but
unfortunately by that time it was 3pm. We walked down to three different
restaurants and unfortunately all of them had just closed their service for lunch. We had been
out since morning and by now we were hot, hungry and in a hideous mood. Finally
we came across Madeira and & Mime and almost wept with joy. They were open
and it was cool inside and wonderful smells wafted our way. Pure bliss.
The first
round was all drinks; cold, colder, coldest being our motto. Beachcomber, cold
coffee, oreo chocolate frappe and hot chocolate with marshmallows( don’t ask me
why, there is no logic to what kids choose, except of course it said chocolate).
Beachcomber
and coffee were good.
Oreo
chocolate frappe was good too. The smiley on top made us smile and helped further
bring down our temperature a notch or two.
The hot
chocolate with marshmallow hadn’t been a great choice to begin with. So can’t
really blame the restaurant if that was the only drink that was not finished.
The kids
wanted to have pop-corn and classic nachos. So that’s what we ordered along
with madras mutton curry with rice to tick off the fact that we had food for
lunch instead of just snacks.
The pop-corn
was ok; have had better at theatres.
The nachos
were good; hot, cheesy and crispy.
The mutton curry
was beautifully presented; a very tempting bowl. The curry was tasty but I
discovered I am not a fan of brown rice. So the curry disappeared leaving only
the rice behind.
After the
initial hunger pang was taken care of I got talking to Aakash – he’s the
manager – and he told me how two guys who had studied in UK came here with the
idea of opening a restaurant that not just made them wealthy but also helped
people along. They then got in touch with an NGO and hired SHI (Speech and
Hearing Impaired) staff. Of course it was not that simple, the road was long
and hard. I was intrigued and came back home read up about them on the net. So
congratulations to the two enterprising gentlemen for not only making it work
for them but also for people who are not a part of the main stream. They can
all be very proud of what they have achieved.
Rina was our
server during the meal and she would bring over the name tags of the dishes and
serve the food. The vibe in the restaurant when you looked at them was that
they were happy, all of them were laughing and smiling and were easily having
across the restaurant conversations using sign-language which is their
super-power and which we mouth-language people can never hope to do.
NOTE: They
have outside seating too and that area is pet friendly.
Recently I
had the opportunity to visit Mirchi and Mime too. Read more about that restaurant
and their service on this blog in the coming week.