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Perch All Day All Night

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A place located in heart of the city on Apte road, 20 steps away from FC road is all set to pep up your mood with its lively ambience and cosy atmosphere! A big boon for all the *owls out there and are now bored of just having bhurji pavs after late night parties or when just on a late night city walk. It's an all day all night restaurant now at our service till 1.30 am. Soon they are planning to make it 24hrs serviceable.

I'm sure you will not miss your late night bhurjis anymore as you'll fall in love with the comfort food they are going to serve you here.

And we started the midnight fiesta with some sandwiches, *Bombay Sandwich *Paneer Tikka Sandwich Chaitanya even tried to serve these sandwiches with #wibs bread. Due to some reasons he couldn't but 10/10 for his efforts and thought! Both the sandwiches were served in large sandwich slice soft white bread. They were grilled and not toasted. Thoughtfully, the Bombay sandwich had onion, potato, cucumber, tomato, a good amount of tasty green chutney & butter. And after 1st bite I told Deven, "that's how a good sandwich should taste like". The paneer tikka sandwich had equally good soft and well seasoned paneer stuffing. But #BombaySandwich won my heart ❤️ And finally I can say 'my search for good Bombay sandwich has come to an end'

Then came the short eats, *Chinese Bhel- Chinese version of India Bhel. Crispy fried noddles in a tangy preparation of schezwan sauce garnished with some spring onions.

*Tomato Basil Bruschetta- A nice tomato based topping with some hint of basil. The basil leaves left that typical aromatic aftertaste.

*Garlic Bread with Cheese- Everyone's favourite sider. This is the dish which is seldom appreciated. Loved this preparation of super soft buns with oozing cheese along with garlic flavour. #lovedit

*Thai Spring Rolls - Deep fried bite sized rolls with a thin covering loaded with nice sautéed cabbage and veggies coupled with the typical lemon grass aroma were served with peanut chutney dip.

It between came some yummy thin crust pizzas *Veggie Feast & *Very Very Peri Peri- Both the pizzas were super thin and perfectly baked. With lots of veggies and ample cheese, these are quite filling. They were non spicy yet flavourful. The peri peri along with cheese makes you want for more .

Mini Meal, *Paneer Bhurji Pav- Loved this one. Paneer was used generously . It was super fresh and soft and definitely a healthy bite. Never thought these butter laden paav and paneer can be such a palatable combo.

#Bowls, a meal served in single bowl sufficient for 1 person or even 2! A bowl full of #SoulFood one can savour on at stroke of midnight 🤤

*Extra Masala Maggi, didn't you ever wish that Maggi should come with an extra packet of masala? I always did 😊 And my wish came true with this extra masala maggi that was served to us here. Inspite of extra masala it was acceptably #hot, perfectly falling in square of being a maggi and treat for all the maggi fans.

*Kadhi Chawal, a yogurt based curry served with hot plain rice and papads. Simple yet healthy and extremely tasty. This is perfect light night meal!

*Dal Chawal, bored of spicy food? Then, this simple yet delicious dal chawal is definitely a best choice. A thick & rich lightly tempered dal was served with long grained steamed rice and crispy fried papad. #MaaKiYaadDiladi

*Dal Khicadi, and another comfort wala khana. And this was totally different in taste than the dal chawal. Ye Dal Khichadi thi and Sirf dal chawal nahi. 😊 This protein packed dal Khichadi was inviting and flavoursome. It was loaded with pure ghee and was served with its 4 yaar dahi, papad, ghee aur achaar!

*Sabz Biryani, veg biryani with lots of veggies and right masala. It was not just any other rice prep it was definitely a biryani totally different than pulav. It will hit all the right spots with amazing aroma & flavours!

*Khowsuey with Garlic Noodles, my favorite khowsuey curry served with lightly seasoned garlic...

Perch 24×7 , a whole day & night place where you can find amazing food & chill over not serving whole night still but coming in soon , the place is way chill & amazing for anything like let it be your meetings or a date . With simple & standard chair - table seating & fresh open airy atmosphere , with some small plants designed good over as the wall & decorated which looks pretty & feels fresh . The ambiance would make you feel close to the nature & pleasant vibes .

A) Parking available at the venue . B) Good place with good seating arrangements . C) Good quality food served here . D) Staff is sweet and polite here with helping nature for your queries and friendly about the selection . E) The place is amazing by it's all means & serving hapiness & Veg food !!

Coming to the menu what we had 😋.

Chlorophyll - The healthy yet tasty juice i had till now , with refreshing nature made with bottle gourd , spinach , apple celery & ginger . Actually listing to the ingredients i was like its veggies juice , but after having it jusg felt like too way Refreshing also with a bit hint of ginger made it more good .

Daal Shorba - Like typical home made good daal that anyone would love , i personally recommend this . Creamy soup madeup of daal with pepper , Garnished over with fried onion . This just took my heart with good consistency & taste .

Button Iddli Thali - Small , fresh soft & fluffy mini iddli's served with four types of dips ghee , podi , coconut chutney , tomato chutney . The coconut chutney with the perfect taste & grind as you can find the typical southindian taste in it , this was like satisfaction over a dish that you could find it too amazing & can have it many more . I would highly recommend this dish !

Garlic Bread with Cheese - Fresh soft bread with garlic & cheese over it , garnished with oregano . Was good in taste but if a bit more cheese would have took it to taste more good .

Pav Bhaji Cutlets - The small cutlet balls made with pav bhaji veggies & brought a bit crispy layer at outer covering with bread crumbs , taste wise they were ok , a bit more could make it better with taste of pavbhaji maybe coz of a bit less masala .

Nano Batata Wada - Mini batata wada served with sauce . The wada outer layer was good but the inner felt it bit sticky due to mashed potatoes also was slightly with less flavours .

Hummus & Pitta - Hummus with pita bread was good also the hummus was too good garnished with olive oil & pomegranate arils with pita bread . Pretty presentation also perfect in Taste .

Patrani Malai Paneer - The soft & fresh cottage cheese made in wrapping in banana leaf , while cooking it in banana leaf it is stuffed with sweet & bit tangy chutey . It was juicy & good in taste . Genuinely would recommend this , coz the taste made it really justice to the taste buds .

Khao Suey - I will say it noodle soup , curry madeup of veggies & coconut milk the soothing tastw was the perfect result to it with burnt garlic noodles accompanied made it totally worth . Totallh flavourfull & Delicious , recommended .

Chole Puri - Desi style thick gravy Chole subzi with its medium spice & good texture , the Chickpeas were made good & cooked proper that you could feel it with its softness served with Puris & fine chopped onions to accompany with . Overall it was good in taste .

Kadhi Chawal - Thick gravy kadhi served with chawal , a bit dahi is added in a kadhi to get sour taste but here it was something different , it felt a bit too strong in taste of turmeric . Okaish maybe some of mini error that day .

Date pancake with vanilla icecream - The Pancakes madeup of dates stuffing inside , oter layer had a bit crisp served slightly warm which indicated made fresh with vanilla icecream , the combo rasted good with sesame seeds & honey also as accompanying with them .

Belgian Chocolate Cake - The smooth & chocolatey cake with its supper rich chocolate , soft & fresh in taste . Was fullfilled with chocolate , if you love chocolate then its a must have...

Perch – All Day All Night!

Perch is a pure veg restaurant located in a prime location in shivajinagar on shirole road, the restaurant is a part of Centro hotel which offers rooms for accommodation as well. The restaurant is located on the ground floor of the building which is easy to locate, the ambiance of this place is inviting and gives you a very positive vibe, the décor is pleasant and nicely done. They are currently operating from 7 Am to 1.30 AM and very soon they will be operating all 24 hrs. The menu consists of options from variety of cuisines like Asian, Chinese, Italian, South Indian, North Indian, Hot & Cold Beverages and Healthy Juices.

We tried below mentioned options on our visit.

Filter Coffee: A Typical desi style filter coffee was strong just the way I like it. #Highlyrecommended

Chlorophyll: This is a healthy detox juice made from Spinach, Bottle Gourd, Cerely, Apple, Ginger and Lemon, this was served at room temperature and was good in taste, we requested for a slightly cold version of it and it did taste much better and was truly refreshing. #Highlyrecommended.

Dal Shorba: A creamy soup prepared from dal was spiked with black pepper and was topped with fried onion, it was good in taste and was perfect on the consistency part but the pepper taste was completely missing from it. #Recommended

Short Eats

Button Idli Thali: It was truly an outstanding dish, soft and fluffy mini idlis were served along with podi, ghee, tomato chutney and coconut chutney, the chutneys were exceptionally well done and was superb in taste and went well along with the mini idlis. Indeed a #Musthave

Garlic Bread with Cheese: The bread was fresh and soft with garlic and mozzarella cheese and some oregano,I felt that the cheese and garlic quanity can be increased a little bit more to make it more appealing.

Pav Bhaji Cutlets: It had mini cutlets done with assorted veggies which are usually used in pav bhaji preparation and it was coated with bread crumbs and crispy fried, the cutlets were good in taste however it didn’t had any traces of pav bhaji masala. The mini mayo dip also served along with it also didn’t complement it well.

Nano Batata Wada: Batata Wada with a thin coating was served along with a cheesy sauce topped with kanda lasun masala , the batata wada was very mild on spice levels and wasn’t impressive.

Hummus & Pita: A well done hummus topped with olive oil went well along with thin pita bread, the texture of hummus was really good. #Recommended.

Patrani Malai Paneer: Soft and fresh paneer cubes stuffed as well as coated with a sweet spicy and slightly tangy chuntey, the chuthey was extremely finely grinded and it was done by wrapping it in a banana leaf, it was good in taste. I am sure the pure vegetarian folks would love it. #Recommended

Mini Meals

Khow Suey: Thick and aromatic curry done with assorted veggies was sevred along with noodle done with burnt garlic was superb in taste. The flavors were spot on and I enjoyed it a lot. #Highlyrecommended.

Chole Puri: Medium spicy chole sabji was served along with hot puris and freshly cut finely chopped onions on the side, Loved it. #Recommended

Kadhi Chawal: A thick kadhi served along with rice was extremely pungent and had dominating taste of Turmeric and Mustard seeds, it didn’t suit my taste buds.

Desserts

Belgian Trfulle Cake: A soft and rich chocolate cake was excellent in taste. #Musthave

Date Pancake: Dates stuffed pan cakes with a slightly crispy coating was slightly warm, it was served along with vanilla ice cream, it was superb in taste. #Highlyrecommended.

Overall: The restaurant is offering a vast menu distributed in small & large plates, mini meal, combo meals, short eats and bowls option which I believe, will cater to most of the people visiting this place. The pricing is reasonable and food quality is excellent. I am pretty sure that this place is going to be one of the late night trending and hangout places once they start operating in late night hours. Thanks a lot Team Perch...