Yagya Restaurant (Utsav Mangal Karyalaya, Usmanpura, Aurangabad)

 

In a nutshell:Simple spartan interiors, warm & fast service, excellent enjoyable Maharashtrian vegetarian thali.

the home like tasty & good veggie thali

Address & other details: ‘Yagya’ restaurant, Utsav Mangal Karyalaya, Usmanpura, Aurangabad

How to get there: Hop into any auto rickshaw & ask him to take u to ‘Yagya’ restaurant in Utsav Mangal Karyalaya.

Meal for 2: Rs. 260

menu card cum price list - on the wall

Cuisine Type: Vegetarian

Short Description – In case u r in a hurry:

Aurangabad is the base town for Shirdi, Ajanta, Ellora & Daulatabad. So in case u r travelling to any of these places u need to stop over at Aurangabad.

Strangely, if u ask people / search the net, there r not too many convincing answers that u get. Autowallahs & taxi rivers tend to take u to expensive multi cuisine restaurants who r generalists – do not specialize in any ocal cuisine.
I was lucky to have a foodie friend who knew well about Aurangabad & hence it was easier. Be it vegetarian food or the Mughal inspired Nonvegetarian food, I was able to have some very good meals.

Yagya is a small simple spartan eatery that serves only vegetarian unlimited thali @ Rs. 130 per person.

the simple interiors

This restaurant has been around for 25 years now. The staff members speak Marathi & little bit broken Hindi. They are very warm though & treated us as if we were guests at their home.

A signboard outside the restaurant proclaimed – Traditionally moderate, Moderately traditional!!!!! I did not understand that part though.

the strange signboard

Some locals say that their ‘aunt’ or ‘grandma’ can cook better – I am sure they can. But for a tourist looking for good vegetarian food, this is an excellent place to drop by for some ‘home like’ tasty & good food.

The thali was outstanding – None of the Food courts in Delhi NCR serve such a good thali at even double the price of this. As compared to Haldiram’s / Bikanervala etc , this one is much simpler & closer to very good cooked home food & hence less oily & less heavy but very tasty.

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Guru Kripa Restaurant (Off Janta Talkies Chowk, Maheshwar, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh)

In a nutshell:My good luck that I broached the topic of lunch while we were passing thru Maheshwar & we were taken to Guru Kripa. Visually unimpressive but taste-wise very good Meal for 2: Rs. 100 Cuisine Type: Vegetarian Description: We happened to be entering Dhar during one of our long distant car rides & I asked the Driver ‘ What is a good place to … Continue reading Guru Kripa Restaurant (Off Janta Talkies Chowk, Maheshwar, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh)

Rajasthan Stall, Dilli Haat (opp INA market, near AIIMS flyover, Delhi)

In a nutshell –

U will find it quite Good on its own – however, if u compare to Jaipur eateries, then this one falls flat on the face.

Meal for 2: Rs. 100 onwards

Cuisine Type: Vegetarian

Description:

When we went to this place sometime back, we quite liked it. We opted for a Rajasthani thali – a gatta curry that tasted very good but with hard gattas which might b compared to cadbury’s eclairs!!!!! A kadhi – again very nice but with quite hard pakoras that wud make noise if they fall from ur hand. A daal that was mildly spicy & a very good flavor of its own – really enjoyable & a potato curry that was not bad at all but not wow either.

Rajasthani Thali

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Natraj (MI Road, Jaipur)

In a nutshell:

Very nice eatery with good Rajasthani food, good ambience & very courteous service.

inside the restaurant

Meal for 2: Rs. 350 onwards

Cuisine Type: Vegetarian

Short Description – In case u r in a hurry:

The decor attracts u as soon as u enter this relatively small 2 floor restaurant. The staff members at this restaurant are people who have been around for a while – unlike the new eateries in Gurgaon where the waiting staff fumbles easily if asked anything ‘beyond the menu card’ (e.g. if u ask what is there in the chilli ).

With the motto – ‘When in Rajasthan, eat like the Rajasthanis do’, we tried Rajasthani food as we had heard good things about it – loved the food. Each & every curry was nice & worth talking about.

Rajasthani Thali

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