Huge posters of films, a film shooting camera, film rolls and cheerful strobe lights welcome visitors at The Eatery restaurant at Four Points by Sheraton hotel. On the wall ahead, a popular Hindi film is screened. As you enter, you are handed over a pink coloured drink and the restaurant staff explains: “This is our special welcome drink ‘Kya Kool Hai Hum’.”
Yes, you heard it right! At the ongoing Filmy Style Food Festival, many popular dishes are rechristened to film names, some that you can guess easily and some that will crack you up in seconds for the funny names. The buffet dinner has an elaborate spread with more than 40 food items and the menu is changed every day. The menu contains popular delicacies but the twist is brought by naming them after films and even famous film dialogues.
The meal starts with the counter named ‘Chadti Jawaani’. Wondering what it could be? That’s the salad counter! “We named it so because the youth today are so obsessed with fitness and salads. ‘Chadti Jawaani’ was an ideal name to represent this concept,” says the hotel’s executive chef Akhilesh Pathak.
Starters have funny names like ‘Dirty Picture’, which is a dish of minced meat. Dal Makhni becomes ‘Highway’ due to its easy availability at the roadside dhabas in highways and ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’ is the deep fried black gram dumplings dunked in yoghurt and topped with tamarind chutney. ‘Khatta Meetha’ is the delectable combination of Papadis, puffed rice, raw mango and chutney. The main course too brings back filmy memories of the 90s with ‘Phool Aur Kante’ that is the sweet and sour Andhra style fish curry.
“We are a film crazy nation. Food and cinema are two big crazes of our country. The idea was to bring these two together and give an experience to food lovers that is both, enjoyable and delectable,” chef Pathak says.
The food festival is open for dinner and will be on till September 21.
Ambience: Relaxed
Wallet factor: Rs 750 per head (plus taxes)
