The menu
Everything we make, with what is in it. At the café, the same menu is on the card on your table, with a button that sends it to the kitchen.
Chai and coffee
Brewed the Irani way: strong, milky, in a glass.
Irani chai₹40
Strong decoction, full-cream milk, a pinch of cardamom. One glass, no refills, that is the rule.
Contains milk
Masala chai₹45
Ginger, cardamom and black pepper boiled into the tea.
Contains milk
Pauna chai₹35
Three-quarter glass, extra strong, for people with somewhere to be.
Contains milk
Filter coffee₹60
Brass tumbler, frothed by pouring, served too hot to hold.
Contains milk
Bun and bakery
From the oven behind the counter, twice a day.
Bun maska₹60
A soft, sweet bun split and buttered past the point of reason. Dunk it in the chai.
Contains gluten, milk
Brun maska₹65
The crusty one. Shatters when you press it, so press it over the plate.
Contains gluten, milk
Khari biscuits (6)₹50
Flaky puff-pastry biscuits, salted. Keep a few for the ride home.
Contains gluten, milk
Mawa cake₹90
Dense, cardamom-scented, baked in the morning. Gone by evening most days.
Contains gluten, milk, egg
Eggs and breakfast
Served all day, because breakfast is a mood.
Akuri on toast₹160
Soft-scrambled eggs with onion, tomato, green chilli and coriander, on buttered toast.
Mild · Contains egg, gluten, milk
Kheema pav₹240
Spiced minced mutton cooked down with peas, two pav on the side. Add a fried egg on top for 30.
Medium · Contains gluten
Masala omelette₹140
Two eggs, onion, chilli and coriander, folded over, with pav.
Mild · Contains egg, gluten
Eggs Kejriwal₹180
Fried eggs on cheese toast with green chilli. A club-house classic.
Mild · Contains egg, gluten, milk
Parsi kitchen
Slow, sweet-sour, the way a Parsi grandmother cooks.
Mutton dhansak₹420
Lentils and vegetables cooked down with mutton, served with caramelised brown rice and kachumber.
Medium
Sali boti₹440
Mutton in a sweet-sour tomato and jaggery gravy, piled with crisp potato straws.
Medium
Chicken farcha₹320
Parsi fried chicken: marinated, egg-dipped, fried crisp. Two pieces.
Mild · Contains egg, gluten
Patra ni machhi₹560
Pomfret in green coconut chutney, steamed in a banana leaf. Served when it is served.
Mild · Contains fish
Vegetable dhansak₹320
The same lentils, the same brown rice, no mutton. Not a lesser dish.
Medium
Paneer salli₹340
Paneer in the sali boti gravy, with the potato straws.
Medium · Contains milk
Rice and pulao
Mutton berry pulao₹480
Fragrant rice, slow-cooked mutton, fried onions and sour barberries. Serves one hungry person or two polite ones.
Mild · Serves 1
Chicken berry pulao₹420
The same pulao with chicken.
Mild
Vegetable berry pulao₹320
Rice, barberries, nuts, vegetables and the same patience.
Mild · Contains nuts
Caramelised brown rice₹140
The rice that belongs with dhansak. Also fine on its own.
Snacks
Fried to order; count on a ten-minute wait when it is busy.
Mutton cutlets (2)₹220
Minced mutton, potato and spice, breaded and fried. Comes with a tomato gravy.
Medium · Contains egg, gluten
Mutton samosa (2)₹140
Thin-skinned, hot, with a mint chutney.
Medium · Contains gluten
Vegetable samosa (2)₹100
Potato, peas and ginger, with the same mint chutney.
Medium · Contains gluten
Chilli cheese toast₹160
Grilled, oozing, with green chilli. Share it or regret it.
Mild · Contains gluten, milk
Puddings and cake
Caramel custard₹140
Baked that morning, turned out of the mould at your table.
Contains egg, milk
Lagan nu custard₹160
The wedding custard: richer, denser, with nutmeg and almonds.
Contains egg, milk, nuts
Rose falooda₹180
Rose syrup, vermicelli, basil seeds, cold milk and a scoop of kulfi.
Contains milk, nuts
Cold drinks
Raspberry soda₹70
Bright pink, very cold, the way every Irani café has served it for a century.
Ice cream soda₹110
Vanilla ice cream dropped into cream soda. Comes with a long spoon.
Contains milk
Fresh lime soda₹70
Sweet, salted or both.
Mineral water (1 l)₹30
Chilled. Filtered water is free; just ask.
Prices in rupees before GST (CGST 2.5% and SGST 2.5%). No service charge is added; a tip for the team is yours to choose. FSSAI 11526012000000. The green mark is vegetarian, the red mark non-vegetarian, the yellow triangle contains egg.