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Friday, October 08, 2010
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Cheap and Cheerful
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Fat Kong, Santacruz, Mumbai
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Rating
1
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The food tastes like anything else. The curries are all there, they are what you expect from street chinese in Mumbai. The soups are watery, so skip your first course if you are ordering from FatKong and go straight into the mains. The curries have a semblance of differing flavours and the garlic stays on your breath long after you have brushed and gone to be. But if chinese takeout is what you want, it hits the spot. And fast.
The restaurant itself is mostly a kitchen in the garage of what is now a fancy building and red plastic chairs and basic tables are as kitsch as this place can go. The tables are set out on the curbside and so I would stop there to eat only if I had no where else to go. Ordering out is passable. Eating in, avoidable.
As a style secret: Taking mediocre Chinese food from takeout joints such as this and plating it in oriental laters along side a set table complete with flavoured tea and chopsticks does bring some sense of dignity to the meal. Alternatively, brown paper boxes with chopsticks and a nice wine make it simple and sophisticated for a night in. Just does because its cheap, it doesn't have to be tacky!
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Fat Kong, Santacruz, Mumbai
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Address :
Raheja Classic, SV Road, Santacruz West, Mumbai 400054
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Rating :
1
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Recomendations :
hicken in black bean sauce, Egg haka noodles
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Atmosphere :
Curbside street food
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Service :
Quick
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Decibel :
Traffic, but otherwise youdo have elbow room
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Price Range :
Rs.400 for 2 People
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Hours :
12.30pm to 3pm and 7pm to 12.30am.
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Reservations :
NA
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Child friendliness :
Mosquitoes, traffic don't make it easy to have kids with you.
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