Queen's

Food in all its avatars can never be merely functional. Food has to invoke emotion, reaction. Food has to arouse passion. Food has to excite and entice. It has to create memories. It has to become a part of your personal legacy. There’s also nothing wrong in deriving pleasure from food. This weekend, The Hoggers were in oblivious mood with their delicious utterances, to find a plate of food egging them to dig in! And that mood took them to Queen’s Restaurant on Church Street.

Paneer Pat vouched for the place as though it’s been owned by his in-laws. The dingy setting did not help Bryan & Bob to make up their minds. But, they went in due to Pat’s constant crooning. The interiors had a rustic look scorched with mirrors all over. Screening the menu was not much of trouble as it was short and sweet. The place serves authentic Punju food and the prices don’t hurt that much. Bryan & Bob went for Peshwari Kababs for starters while Pat lived up to his name and ordered Paneer Tikka. The Kababs were well cooked and had the tenderness of a blonde bombshell. The Paneer was bland as usual and Pat never really bothered to complaint. Moreover, the Mango Lassi that he’d ordered made him wish he’d cooked the Sunday lunch!

Mango Lassi, Chicken Peshwari & Paneer Tikka

The main course was Chicken Methiwala, Paneer Butter Masala & Butter Kulchas. Pat has lost a bit of his mind nowadays and is so obsessed with his name that he’s become monotonous with the food he eats. Bryan & Bob prayed for his early recovery but also promised that the next time he’s going to order paneer, they’d kill a cow. Chicken Methiwala never lived up to the expectations. It was more like vegetable based gravy which had chicken dropped in accidently, by a naive looking Afghan! Bryan & Bob decided that they weren’t going to review the Paneer Butter Masala ‘coz it’s become too boring to talk about. The Kulchas were good but not big enough to satisfy their exploding bellies. Overall, it was a mediocre visit and they were left unabashed.

Paneer Butter Masala, Chicken Methiwala & Kulcha

Fickle Fin visited the clinic that day. He spent about 2 hours deciding which part of his body was actually ailing & realised that he was spoilt for choice. Hence he returned. Sloppy Sam did not understand the directions given to him to reach the place. Last heard, he’d reached Buckingham Palace, London & ended up meeting The Queen! The Pseudo Sophisticated was busy in his “endeavours”. It seems he’d been involved in a stare-off with the Sun and that he’s too sad because he lost.

Venue – 7, Shringar Shopping Centre, Church Street

Recommended – Peshwari Kabas

Music – Non-stop yanking from the nearby table

Variety - **

Quality - **

Value for money - **

Ambience - **

Service - ***