SoBo teapot serves hot dogs

Updated On: 01 October, 2009 08:57 AM IST | | Anjana Vaswani

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It may sound like something you'd find in Alice's Wonderland, but The Teapot is a new Parsi-run eatery at Fort, that features more American dishes than Bawa Bhonu. But with more dishes likely to be introduced, thisu00a0quiet place is one of the few in Mumbai where you can still hear yourself think

Just a stone's throw away from the Bombay Stock Exchange stands a tiny new eatery with du00e9cor that boasts none of the "look-out-Shanghai" spirit that you otherwise sense in the air in Mumbai's banking district. It resembles a simple old Parsi home, where the Victorian tiles still gleam off the floor and little curios dot tables and shelves.
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Proprietor and chef Delna Palia

Take a seat on one of the comfy, aqua sofas at the centre of the room and you are sure to feel like you are hanging out at a Bawa friend's place. A dusty old music system occupies a shelf and a coffee table that's a tad too small, sits between us and an armchair, behind which proprietor and chef Delna Palia sits at a white satin-sheathed counter. A half-emptied glass of some beverage lies carelessly on another shelf while a couple of employees eat their lunch at a metal desk beneath a flight of stairs that lead nowhere in particular for now.

There's no music playing and conversations are in hushed tones, so if it's peace you seek, drop here for a spot of tea.

A menu, a large teacup full of paper-napkins and cocktail umbrellas are positioned on our table which Delna approaches to take down our order. We are disappointed that the laminated, neon green menu features at least 7 egg dishes, but no Akoori. In fact, it's all about burgers, crepes, hot dogs and tempuras. But a board that offers "Dhansak Rs 75/Rs 85" catches our eye. So, that's what we zero in on, and a plate of Mutton Cutlets, with Pink Lemonade (Rs 40). We quickly add something called au00a0 Llimboo-Timboo (Rs 40) to the list.