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| Imly- The food train with Indian street food When the world is talking about Food Trucks as new food concept, this duo team of friends , Varun Puri and Vivek Bhargava have come up with a huge 250 feet long train with street food of India . "Imly Express" , stationed permanently at Hog Market of Rajendra Place , it is a four compartment train with the Engine as its Kitchen. Varun and Vivek have curated best street foods from various part of Indian States. I must tell my readers that , this is the first restaurant who is associated with CRY ( an NGO for underprivileged children) and had invited 100 CRY children as special guest on their first day of their inauguration.
According to Vivek Bhargav , "Imly" came into their mind when they were checking a menu at a restaurant in Pune and found the price of dishes very high . Sitting at the restaurant itself , both Varun and Vivek planned to open a pocket friendly outlet which can later be a chain in all over India. After coming back to Delhi, both friends planned and designed it into "Imly" with affordable street food of India under one roof . |
About their Food ...I had been a part of their special event with CRY but I was little skeptical with their food quality with the low price . Although on the inauguration day , I did try their Bedmi Poori, and Vada Pao but in my mind I wanted to check their consistency . So Yesterday ( 2nd Nov'15) I planned to revisit Imly with my sisters and a friend with their children . Another reason to visit was, it is very attractive for children , hence I wanted to bring four of my nephews to show them the huge red coloured Train .
As we settled down we were served a complimentary snack " Sev Poori" , I thanked God as the children liked the dish and they settled down decently into the leather couches .
Their Menu is huge with almost 100 dishes with traditional Street Food of India , few fusion dishes of Chef's special and Indo-Chinese flavoured dishes under the section of "Chinjabi" ( Not to get confuse, Chinjabi is a blend of Chinese dishes with Punjabi flavor ) . After checking their menu and discussing with our Monkey brigade , we ordered Pao Bhaji , Puchka , North Indian Thali , Choley Bhature Bhel puri, Sandwiches , Amuse Bouche( dahi puchka ) , Noodles and Fried rice with fresh Pineapple juice , fresh lime soda , two mocktails - Sunset and Relaxing morning which is a blend of fresh fruit juices and veg - fruit juice . All the dishes had distinct flavour . From the North Indian Thali with Makai-Palak, Gulab Jamun, Gobhi- aloo subzi, raita , my taste buds are still tingling with the taste of Makai-Palak. Normally I avoid Chinjabi Noodles as it contains lots of vinegar and soy but out here at Imly, noodles were well balanced with flavours . As we were full , we could not order anything from Dessert section . But yes , I had Jalebi , Gulab Jamun and Malpua with Rabri on their inauguration day . I was told that all the sweets are prepared inhouse by their special Halwai .
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| They served us Fresh lime soda in this . |
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| Sev Puri . |
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| Amuse Bouche or Dahi Puckha |
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| Choley Bhature |
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| Bhel Puri |
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| Puchka |
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| Sunset and Relaxing moment |
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| Pao-Bhaji |
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| Sandwiches with Indian flavour |
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| North Indian Thali |
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| Chinjabi Fried Rice |
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| Chinjabi Noodles |
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| Plate full of Gulab Jamun, Rose flavoured Jalebi, Malpua with Rabri and Ras Malai |
* Each dish is well presented with very attractive platting .
Talking about their service , it is quick with educated servers who are fully aware of the menu and dishes .
We almost spent more than 2 hours at Imly and were not feeling like to come back . After paying a bill of 1365/- ( four adults and four kids) , we came back with full satisfaction and a promise to go back again to try rest of their dishes .
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| bill *Espion pays their own bill to review . |
To reach
Imly
F-20 , Hog Market
Rajendra Place
New Delhi .
