Dishoom - A Bombay Cafe in London

Address: 12 Upper St Martin’s Lane, London WC2H 9FB

WWW: http://www.dishoom.com/covent-garden/

Summary: The house chai, and excellent breakfast dishes.

Source: Dishoom website

We've been here several times. First for Steve's birthday, then we had to bring an Indian friend and show off our Indian breakfast find, and finally, when we were turned down from our target breakfast place in the neighborhood, we went to Dishoom for a safe-bet breakfast. 

I always get the house chai (2.50 pounds), the perfect drink to start my day. Steve and a friend opted once for the chocolate chai (2.70 pounds), and agreed that house chai is too perfect to mix it up with anything else. 

Over different times, we tried different things in the menu. 

FRESH FRUIT & YOGHURT - Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and honeydew melon, with real Kerala-vanilla yoghurt. (3.90 pounds):  Very refreshing, and tasty.

BUN MASKA - The Iranian café classic. The bun is toasted hot on the outside, with a slice of butter cold inside, to be dipped all into your spicy chai. The simplest thing, eaten everywhere in Bombay. (2.70 pounds): Our Iranian friend indeed said it is a classic, and our Indian friend indeed said it brought back her childhood memories. So, it is a classic, but not my or Steve's favorite. Feels rather bland compared to other options.

BOMBAY OMELETTE- A crazy-paving omelette of chopped tomato, onion, coriander and green chilli. Served with tomatoes grilled on the vine and Fire Toast. (5.90 pounds): I love this option. Coriander makes the omelette very refreshing and the grilled tomatoes accompany it well. It is a generous, nicely filling dish for us, may not be that satisfying for larger appetites.

FULL BOMBAY - Abundant Akuri (the vegetarian scrambled eggs option in their menu), char-striped back bacon fresh off the flames, Cumberland sausage,Fire Toast and tomatoes grilled on the vine. (7.90 pounds): Definitely "the ultimate choice" for the meat eaters. Comes in a generous portion.

Source: foodepedia.co.uk

We expect to come here many more times!