Brittania On My Mind

oh Brittania. Imagine a restaurant thats open from 11.30 am to 3.00 pm (or till food lasts) Monday to Saturday. Does not open on Sunday and never in the night. Brittania is all of this and still serves the best Irani/Persian/Parsi food that I know of.  To have the mutton berry pulav is getting as close to paradise as possible. My recommendation is to go with a group of 3-4 friends and then do the time honoured thing of ordering multiple dishes and sharing. My recommended menu at brittania is as Sali Boti (Lots more Sali nowadays which is not something I like), Mutton Berry Pulav (Chicken or Veg is also good but somehow Mutton ranks right up there), Fried Bombil (It's done the Bawa way here and done insanely well), Patra Ni Machi (Dunno if it's a daily thing) and then some Mutton Cutlets. (Warning that of late the cutlets are served with a very tomatoey gravy which detracts. If I wanted tamatar gravy would go to a bloody Punju joint). All of this has to be washed down with Duke's Lemonade. A Mangola is permitted also but Lemonade is bliss. The upside of going with 3-4 people is that you eat very well as well as can sample the best of Brittania. If perchance the berry pulav does not appeal (Hey it takes all sorts) the mutton dhanshak or the prawn curry rice is also highly recommended. Last but not the least is to wrap up things with the Caramel Custard. Its insanely great.