Foodie Jaunts

JUGHEAD’S – THE UNRESTAURANT 

It is time for a Foodie Jaunt and the restaurant under review is Jughead’s – one of my brother Aroop Bose’s favourite restaurants. To be honest it is fast turning into my favourite restaurant too, for I have found my comfort zone. Before I hand you over to my brother for the detailed review I would like to put in a few words about this lovely place; what does one look for in a restaurant? Good food, reasonable price, service and ambience. Well the food is excellent, service is great, price is fairly reasonable but as far as I am concerned what I like best about this place  is the fact that I feel absolutely comfortable here. Going by the name and the décor the restaurant is obviously targeted at the younger generation and sure you will find loads of college students and young executives with  their back packs and laptops  but I also find families, middle aged people and senior citizens comfortably digging into their food, which came to me as a pleasant surprise for I have noticed  that senor citizens generally feel particularly uncomfortable at eating joints where youngsters hang out and unfortunately often miss out on the good food, not so at Jughead’s -- now it is over to my brother Aroop Bose.

A Great Eating Place
By
Aroop Bose

When you hear the name Jughead you are reminded of the rather cool and carefree character in Archie comics who loves to eat. The Jughead’s I am referring to is a
chain of restaurants in Bombay, of their six outlets we have visited their outlet located near Khar (West) railway station and we loved the food and the place. In fact we loved it so much that we had lunch there at least about half a dozen times. The name Jughead’s is quite apt because like Jughead of Archie comics Jughead’s is quite a cool and informal eating place serving good food, at least that is the impression we got from their Khar outlet; we have not visited the other outlets. Perhaps because of the informal feel of the place the owners chose to call it “THE UNRESTAURANT”.

Stuffed Cottage Cheese Steak Sizzler

Jughead’s serves Continental cuisine, mainly the Italian and Spanish variety; they also have Thai and Indian items on their menu, as well as sandwiches and burgers, soups and sizzlers. There is one item we loved the most and that is the Stuffed Cottage Cheese Steak Sizzler. This item comprises two flat layers of somewhat fluffy cottage cheese or paneer, with a filling of mushrooms, chilli flakes and few other spices; it is grilled before it is served on the sizzler plate. The other items on the sizzler plate were a rice preparation, stuffed capsicum, corn in a creamy sauce and the usual vegetables like beans, peas, carrot, cauliflower and French fries; these side items seem to be common with all other varieties of sizzlers they serve here. Stuffed Cottage Cheese Steak Sizzler is served with mildly flavoured mushroom sauce. One striking feature is that the sizzler plate is really really hot, and remains hot enough till you finish your meal. We loved the taste of Stuffed Cottage Cheese Steak Sizzler and have repeated it about four times.  

Roman Fritters

Pepper Blast

The other items we have so far eaten at Jughead’s are Vegetable Tacos, Roman Fritters – I would describe these as vegetable pakoras Roman style, Jerk Chicken Strips, Pepper Blast (Chicken balls tossed in freshly ground pepper), Chicken Paella served with Peri Peri sauce – a meal in itself that can be shared by two persons, Mexican Grilled Chicken Sizzler – just as in Stuffed Cottage Cheese Steak sizzler this has two flat pieces of chicken with a filling inside, spring onion soup, tiramisu and caramel custard for dessert and iced tea. The prices are quite reasonable; the Stuffed Cottage Cheese Steak sizzler costs Rs. 225, Vegetable Tacos: Rs. 120, Roman Fritters: Rs. 135, Jerk Chicken Strips and Pepper Blast: Rs. 145 each, Mexican

Chicken Paella

Grilled Chicken Sizzler Rs. 260 and Chicken Paella: Rs. 220; the taxes work out to approximately 15 to 16 percent.

Jerk Chicken Strips

In short at Jughead’s (Khar) the food is tasty and innovative, atmosphere is informal and the staff is friendly; I am sure the same must be the case in their other outlets. For good food, good service, reasonable prices and relaxed dining we would highly recommend Jughead's. As for us, we will definitely visit Jughead’s again and again to try out the other stuff and also repeat what we ate earlier. 

Spring Onion Soup