Eat Street: A perfect destination for street food

The opening of  “Eat Street” was one of the most eagerly awaited restaurant launches of 2014 in Indore. The menu is ambitiously refreshing, and focuses on the use of fresh chaat ingredients. Jaalpan and eatstreet both were the part of this chain.  Consisting of lobby, open chaat area, dining room and at the back with an open kitchen. The space is light, airy and decorated with a minimalistic approach. It’s rather sparse in fact, and with the decent furnishings in the dining room meant dinner was a soft affair.

Nevertheless, the food was excellent. Dinner was a set tasting menu that consisted of three little appetizers followed by three savoury courses and two desserts for a very reasonably priced. The first of our three appetizers was some perky and slightly crunchy Garlic bread that was served with a fantastic salsa. Here it had been used to create a salsa that gave the garlic bread a little kick. A sprinkling of finely ground black pepper was warm and aromatic and worked with the salsa nicely.

Eat street is well known for his Jaalpan special chat and it’s easy to see why. It was deliciously moist with a crispy and texturally interesting fried paan leaves. For a touch of fresh woodiness, namkeen and tamarind had been used to complete the chaat.

Raj Kachori was their first savoury dish and this was delectably moist and rich with flavour. It came with some kachori and vada on the top that helped to cut the strength of the kachori, and some finely chopped green beans that added a depth of texture to the dish.

Idli Manchurian was fresh and nicely cooked. Accompanying the Idli were some spicy, garlic sauce, it was a fantastic nutty Idli manchurian.

Slow roasted Tandoori kalimirch chat was tasty and served with the sweetest of green vegetables, fruits, in-season garlic and a seasoned grilled tikka. In some ways this was a very simple dish, but the lovely flavour of the tikka’s and the sweetness of the vegetable accompaniments really came through.

We loved our first dessert of fondue margherita as it was divine. The fondue was incredibly light and showed great finesse, and the acidity and sweetness of the dried tomatoes really electrified this dessert. But the second dessert of Jalebi with kesar was extraordinary. The jalebi was well made and crisp, and the flavour of the batter was fresh to warm to. This was a dessert that was almost trying too hard to be clever. For the final flourish, we were presented with some lovely stone made ice cream’s with light and fluffy dough inside.

Our meal at The Eat street was a faultless experience. Other than monotonous taste of all chaat’s, there wasn’t one thing we didn’t enjoy on the menu. The ingredients sang with freshness, quality and seasonality; the cooking was astoundingly good; and the composition of the ingredients showed provenance and inspired thought – all at a very reasonable. The service was delayed but accommodating. The biggest letdown was the service, but I’d eat at The eat street any day.

Summary information: Food rating: 4/5 Service rating: 3.5/5