Café de Cono has opened a branch in Oshiwara according to a report by Naomi Canton in Hindustan Times. This company is offering pizzas within a cone (a hard baked one, like in an ice cream cone!). They are priced between Rs.69 to Rs.99!
My first reaction to such reports is to normally rush to such spots and try it out! However, good sense prevailed and I have decided against it. Everyday, in Mumbai some 3 restaurants must be opening and 3 must be shutting down -- or is it 6? Of course, this is just a manner of speaking.
I think it is an absolutely horrid idea -- imagine eating a hard ice cream cone and you get pizza stuff within it! Imagine they are going to open some 15-20 such joints soon all over the city, in the top malls and the like!
I know for the jaded Mumbai taste buds anything new is worth a try. I am sure many will try it for the first time. But will they keep having it again and again. I doubt it.
They have other Italian stuff too -- which seem more sensible. Hopefully, at least that would catch on.
I am not a fan of Italian cuisine at all. The Pizza, risotto, most Italian dishes are over-rated. I think it is a convenience food. Eggplant parmesan is the only dish which I sort of like -- made at a cousin's house in USA and not in a restaurant. In most restaurants it is average -- which means it is edible. If you are hungry, you can eat it. Not something which you will relish, savour and remember days and years after you have eaten it!
Eggplant parmesan is a dish which Prof M. V. Kamath, the renowned journalist, taught us in our journalism class! Next time I catch up with classmate Mohan Sule, I will try and exchange notes on this dish.
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i dont know if u tried combos here, its somewhat along the same idea, junk but not horrid at all...perhaps u should try the pizza cone...and u can never go wrong with eggplant parmesan
ReplyDeleteThanks. Indeed, will try it out. I like the eggplant parmesan dish by itself. Putting it in a hard cone is a neat idea.
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