Sultan Basha

After casting my vote today, I knew deep down that this was just a farce and a futile activity. So headed to this place as i had been wanting to try it out for a while now.

It's a cosy place with good lighting effect and comfy seating. Sadly, they did not have any barbq dish of lamb or mutton and only offered lamb mandi, which is not i went there for and was a big disappointment! Lambs and goats wanted to caste their votes today, I suppose.

Now, it was chicken or a few selected beef entrees only. So out of disappointment, we ordered the deal no.2 and beef doner kebab. The deal had hummus, which was refrigerated and did not have that fresh moist texture to it. Fattush, which is a fresh salad (kachomur), this was actually fresh with crisp icebergs.

Now the food, chicken kebabs tasted neat, not the desi masala wala kebab. Chicken boti was very soft and juicy enough for chicken, It was more like malai boti but minus the masala. Lebanese barbq is known for the flavor of the meat and not the spices and chicken doesn't have much of a taste, which is why I dearly missed lamb barbq. The rice tasted fresh and like mutton pulao with a touch of sweet to it because of the nuts and raisins just like afghani pulao. Then it was the turn of Special Sultani chicken gravy, I found it a bit desi but my family liked it as it was not loaded with spices and had just a hint of creamy flavor at the end of the bite, having it with pita bread reminded me of my time from another region.

Now, the beef doner, which was good for being a beef entree. It was loaded with garlic sauce and fresh veggies, but it was not as moist as lamb doners, yet a good try. Pita was roasted at the perfect temperature, it was neither crisp nor flaky.

Basbusa for desert was a delight and a perfect end to the Arabic lunch. It was super moist and just the perfect amount of meetha served with Turkish tea.

There was a small incident during our lunch, which was handled very well by Mr. Wasim, mistakes can happen, but I always insist, as long as the staff acknowledge it and immediately rectify it then its all good. We r all humans and should treat the staff with respect. By managing the issue in a good manner, I will give their staff full marks.