Tunday Kabab - A hundred year old legacy of Lucknow is finally in Bangalore. Now Bangalore gets what the real Kababs are. Well they definitely are not the 'Chicken Pakoras' that are sold all over Bangalore in the name of kabab. Ideally kababs are always made of minced meat and don't have bones in them. A popular Hindi idiom 'Kabab main haddi mat bano' just bolsters that :).
The 100 year old Lucknow based 'Tunde ke Kabab' is the most famous outlet for choicest Kababs even today.
Many celebrities have been to this place from across the globe. The joint got its name when generations ago Mohammad Osman Haji started the enterprise with the special spices and ingredients that his ancestors had developed that were close to the gastronomic secrets of the kitchens of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah - the last of the kings, who was high on art, culture and music.
Haji was disabled and had only one arm. Tunde is an insensitive but general epithet given to one-armed people. However, in this case it became a term of endearment.
And it could not be at a better place than this in Bangalore - Koramangala near to Jyothi Nivas College [JNC ;)]. Well It has bigger and better seating arrangement than in Lucknow. BTW it matters only to those who have GF/BF. I still prefer to have my fav Kabab parantha roll on the streets. Hmm it the old world charm of having this delicacy that way.
My take -
Taste - Authentic Lucknavi
Price - Not so Lucknavi :( . Prices are through the roof almost 2 to 4 times that in Lucknow (Owing to Bangalore and it PPP ;) )
Ambience - Gud.
Overall - Prices are prohibitive but experience much of Lucknavi and believe it as it comes from a Lucknowite.
Well that all for now. Signing off.
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