Eggcentricity At The Fort

The Teapot Cafe
Homi Modi Street, Opposite Bombay House Fort, Mumbai
Tel: 22654030
Timings: 9.30 am to 6 pm (Closed on Sundays)
Meal for two: Rs 350

Step into the Teapot Cafe and you feel you’ve wandered into a Miss Marple novel. For the eccentric little eatery—with its ceramic knick-knacks, cheerful mix-and-match crockery and homely menu—is an unexpected oasis amidst the bustle of Fountain. It’s a great place to linger over a Hot Chocolate and watch the world hurry past. But if you’re looking for rocket leaves and elegant plating, this is not the place for you.

The no-frills menu offers egg dishes, rolls, burgers, sandwiches and soups. It serves a small but ecl­ectic range of main dishes from Dhansak to Thai Green Curry to Paprika Chicken and Mash and Toast.

We start our meal with a Peach Berry Cooler (Rs 55), a rather sweet concoction made from two squashes— a hit with the kids. As is the beautifully toasted hotdog (Rs 75), served with lashings of mayonnaise. The children also loved the waffles (Rs 95)—delicious, if somewhat home-made and chewy—that come with startlingly bright syrups and dollops of cream.

The cheesy pasta with chicken (Rs 155) proves to be fun and filling, if not authe­ntic, while both the grilled sandwic­hes—chicken-and-egg and mushroom-and-cheese (Rs 70)—are delicious and substantial.

Clearly, the pride of the menu is the ‘Egg Section’. After all, this is a Parsi-run restaurant! So we choose Khari par Eda (Rs 75)—eggs cooked on khari biscuits and garnished with tomatoes and caramelised oni­ons, and Frangipani Egg (Rs 75)—a runny egg on toast, topped with melted cheese and tomato.

The Teapot Cafe is the place to go when the urge for an old-fashioned, eggy breakfast overcomes you—be it at 10 am or 4 pm.