Sahib, Sindh, Sultan, The NWFP Flavors in a Authentically Different Environment

On a day’s outing last 10 Jul, we (self and wife) were in the City Centre Mall at Road No 1, Banjara Hills. After spending lots of time wandering in the mall, around 1345 hrs we started looking for a place to eat. We went up to 5th floor where their food court equivalent is. This whole floor is with BJN Group (whatever BJN means).

This group has four eateries if I remember correctly (It was 10 Jul 2010, long time has passed). One continental, One Bar, One Chinese and the last one was – Sahib, Sindh, Sultan.

Hell of a funny name for a restaurant to be called as such! The curiosity got better of us and we went to this place for Lunch. This place serves Indian cuisine with stress on NWF Province (now in Pakistan). As we entered, there was a hall, specious one, for dinning and also a different section too, where also one could dine.

As we explored further, we realized that the main hall resembles the railway platform and the other section, in fact, is like a railway coach, a dinning car to be precise. This section also had resemblance of Rly sleepers and the metal that is put on sleepers under it, to make it appear a dinning car on a platform.

To add to the authenticity, the waiters also were dressed in Railway waiter’s period uniform and the head waiters like Ticket Collectors. It felt very interesting and was done up very well.

When we were given the menu card, the mystery was let out. Sahib, Sindh and Sultan were the names of first three Steam Locomotives which ran on Indian Railway system in its infancy when first ever train ran between Mumbai (if my guess is correct, Byculla was the origin) and Thane in the year 1857.

In the memory of those engines, the place has been named accordingly. How interesting! Also the decor is period decor of a railway platform and a dinning car of that era with the waiters and headwaiters uniforms complimenting the decor.

So far so good. The décor and the theme were impressive. Then came the turn of food. Before ordering food we sought one of their non alcoholic drink (can’t recollect the name) for my wife, which was good, and a beer (no issue with the name, it was Kingfisher 330 ml) for self.

Thereafter, we ordered one Chicken dish and one other dish with nan and tandoori roti. At the time of ordering the prices appeared steep but I must admit, their portions were commensurate to the prices, in fact they were big. Two of us had difficulty in finishing, we had to get one of the dish packed to carry back home.

How about the quality? We were very happy with overall experience with SSS. The decor, theme, ambience and the food was good. The staff was also nice. The day was my wife’s birthday. When we mentioned to their staff post lunch, they felt bad that we did not inform them earlier else they could have managed a cake.

All the same, they produced a complimentary Phirani dish for her to celebrate her birthday. The Phirani was also good. The place also has Maghai Paan too, on order. The day at City Centre was would up with a lovely Maghai Pann after a delicious lunch in a great place.

Do we recommend it? Whole heartedly, particularly for voracious Non Veg eaters (we are not). Our cost, I would say was about Rs 800 for two (I don’t recollect the exact amount) with drinks and food.

So! Keep up the date with Sahib, Sindh, Sultan on one of the Sundays when you plan to visit City Centre Mal on Banjara Hills.

Happy Eating.