Special French Omelet (MADANPURI ROAD, SHIVPURI EXTENSION, SECTOR 7, NEWCOLONY – railway road crossing, OLD GURGAON)

In a nutshell:

A new ‘branch’ of a 20 yr old roadside ‘French’ Dhaba (shop) in Gurgaon, which has no French Connection but serves lipsmacking good egg dishes.

the facade of the shop
the facade of the shop

Address & other details:  French Omelet. (beside Pappu fish)

Facebook page: French omelet

Meal for 2: Rs. 50 onwards

Cuisine type :  eggetarian & Nonvegetarian

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We did not get a bill. So cannot put it up here.

I rate all the food items & then give a final overall rating which is a simple average of the individual item ratings. What the ratings stand for: 5 = Excellent, 4 = Very Good, 3 = Good, 2 = Fair, 1 = Disaster.

Short Description – in case u r in a hurry:

We have been eating out at the old Special French Omelet shop from last few years. Always loved the food there. The company facebook page says they started in 1994 – 20 yrs old!!!! Impressive….

the logo (in fb page &  also in the shop facade).
the logo (in fb page & also in the shop facade).

This time around we were driving past Gurgaon’s best fish kabab shop Pappu Fish & spotted Special French Omelet shop there. Went back another evening to try the food.

Different spelling of Omelet in a pic on their fb page
Different spelling of Omelet in a pic on their fb page

A chat with the guys there was nice and informative. The brothers have split business and now have they have 2 shops – the old one and this.

facebook page & contact number mentioned in the shop
facebook page & contact number mentioned in the shop

The shop has a high table where people can keep their plates and eat from. Else there r few chairs in which people can sit & eat (plate in hand).

facade of the shop in the evening
facade of the shop in the evening

The general upkeep of the place was not that great. We were told that they will do up the place neatly in a while & get in more furniture etc.

view from inside the shop
view from inside the shop

This shop had the same menu as the old shop except that the new shop said they had added a new dish ‘cream omelet’.

menu card on the wall
menu card on the wall

Another difference was that in the new shop they gave us the option to choose between poultry eggs & farm bred organic eggs (that r way too tasty).

new addition - desi anda (organic eggs)
new addition – desi anda (organic eggs)

The magic secret ingredient here is Amul butter. They use ¼ of a 100g pack in every plate………….

special french omelet in the making............
special french omelet in the making…………

Detailed Description – In case u have the Time to NJOY reading:

We started with Special French omelet. Unlike what it sounds, here all dishes come with bread as a part of the dish. So the Omelet & bread were inseparable – somewhat like a French toast made with excessive egg.

special french omelet
special french omelet

The bread in the special French Omelet was crisp & YUMM (due to the butter) on the outer side & soft on the inner side. They had sprinkled lemon & that added a twist to the tale. A black secret masala did more magic. Thinly chopped coriander leaves & chilly were very good to have. The final surprise was the green chutney that was served with the omelet made from Dhania, Pudina & spices – totally unexpected & just too good.

special french omelet
special french omelet

We forgot to mention that we wanted organic eggs. So our food was made with poultry eggs.

Rate this 4/5 with poultry egg & it wud surely b 4.25/5 with organic eggs.

The next item we had was Half fry omelet – essentially a sunny side up stuck to a bread. Same ingredients as b4, but with sunny side up. The bread was crisp on the outer side & YUMM too. The two slices of bread (with sunny side stuck to one) were supposed to b eaten  together. As expected, the yolk burst after the first bite.

Half fry omelet
Half fry omelet

Loved it. Rate it 4.25/5. This wud hv been at least 4.5/5 with organic eggs.

The third dish we had was Cream Omelet. This new dish turned out to b interesting – scrambled egg & cream made into a filling and made into a fried sandwich. The bread part was crisp.

Cream Omelet
Cream Omelet

The filling was generous , YUMM, soft & creamy & just too good. This time we remembered to get organic eggs.

A peep inside cream omelet
A peep inside cream omelet

Rate this dish 4.5/5.

Overall rating of food at French Omelet averages out to 4.25/5. I wud keep revisiting.

There r 2 dishes that I must mention coz they r interesting:

  1. boiled eggs – Even this is served with chatpata masalas, coriander and seasoning.
  2. Chicken stew – I don’t know how chicken reached the egg store. I saw some co-diners enjoying the same. I intend to try it some day. Will keep u posted…..

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