The Urban Foundry (TUF) – Delightfully Delicious Food!!

A few weeks back, a few friends suddenly decided to catch up for dinner. We were looking for vegetarian options that night as one friend was vegetarian that particular day. We were okay with veg food, but we wanted to dine at a nice hep and happening place. We decided to go to The Urban Foundry. We’d been to TUF for a pre-launch tasting and tasted quite a many of their non-veg and a few veg dishes. It had been a good tasting; we were looking forward to another good meal.

For starters we ordered, Krispe’ Lotus Stem Ki Bhel, Tilwala Paneer, Mushroom Tunday On Toast, Magik Mushroom Dumpling, Malai Broccoli Dumpling and Paneer Cheese Balls.

The Krispe’ Lotus Stem were one of the best I have ever had in Pune. They were beautifully crisp and even the ones that were eaten last, hadn't gotten soggy. Fabulously sweet and spicy; more spicy than sweet, these babies are so moreish. Put this dish on your ‘must-try’ list.

The Paneer Cheese Balls were soft and delish; very nicely done. 

The Mushroom Tunday are toothsome, melt-in-the-mouth babies and the crisp, thin toasts that the kebabs are set on, provide the crunch factor. 

The dumpling wrappers for the Magik Mushrooms and Malai Broccoli Dumplings are delicate and silken. The fillings for both dumplings are a velvety delight to the palate. 

The paneer used for Tilwala Paneer is of excellent quality, or then, I’m guessing, they make the paneer in-house. This dish has a lovely spicy zing, but not overly so.

The Tilwala Paneer, Magik Mushrooms, Malai Broccoli Dumplings and Mushroom Tunday were repeats. We liked them when we’d had them at the tasting, hence decided to re-order them. Trust me, guys, all these are ‘must try’ dishes!

We were quite full by the time we finished the starters, which is why we decided to order one main dish and share. We chose the Dal Baati Khow Suey.

They haven't fidgeted with the dal or the baati; it’s the real deal. This Dal-Baati, though, is served with accompaniments similar to the ones used for Khow Suey, which is why it is named so. I was anxious to dig into this dish because I'd eaten only one bite of this during the tasting. The reason being, I’d eaten too much food that evening. The ghee soaked Baati and the Dal was delish, and the accompaniments simply took the dish to a new high! We all loved it!

Our dessert was The Foundry Cheesecake. Once again, a repeat from our tasting event. This is a fusion dessert, read: Gulab Jamun Cheesecake. I’m a food purist! I am not very fond of fusion twists on food. This dessert, though, felt gorgeously delicious to my palate. 

Cheesecake for me, is a new-found love. The crumb base was a touch savoury, the stuffed Gulab Jamuns were sweet, while the cheesecake lent that lovely, light tang to the dessert. As the restaurant theme is ‘urban foundry’, there was a huge chocolate nut-bolt dug into the cheese cake. So darn quaint! This dessert, in totality, was perfectness on a plate!

The manager came over to ask us if everything was nicely done that night, as it was during the tasting. With a very stern and straight face, I said, "NO!" (pause) The poor chap looked aghast! With a hint of smile, I continued my sentence and said, "It was better than the tasting. At the tasting we had suggested you make a few small changes to improvise, and you’ve done just that. The food you serve is no longer good; it’s great!" He burst out laughing. More with relief, I’m guessing, than at the mischief I’d just put him through. *I can be very angelic at times – evil grin* I kid you not, the food served was absolutely superb! Had it not been so, this hardcore carnivore wouldn’t have bothered writing a full review for an all vegetarian meal. TUF also serves stellar non-vegetarian cuisine, but that’s a write up for another day.

Damages for the evening, including mocktails, soft drinks and taxes was INR 3440. 

Team TUF, please do keep up with the quality and deliciousness! I promise to return to TUF, time and again, if you do. 😊

Please note: The quality of photographs is not very good as the Urban Foundry is a dimly lit restaurant. We had to use the camera flash to click photographs. ☹

Address: B-3, Ground floor, Cerebrum IT Park, Near Marigold Complex, Kalyani Nagar, Pune.

Tel: 020 71967421