Nav Chaitanya

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"Nav Chaitanya is the latest addition to the Chaitanya family, after restaurants in the town of Malvan and the Dadar neighborhood of Mumbai. Chef Surekha Walke’s home recipes are the best way to experience traditional Malvani food, which represents the flavors of the southern Maharashtrian coastline. At one point, Walke even imported water from her hometown (about 10 hours from Mumbai), to make sure the restaurant matched the area’s original flavors. Order tisrya bhujane (clams stir fried with fresh coconut and shallots), crab masala, gaboli fry (fried fish roe), and kombdi vade (chicken curry with fried rice and millet bread) for the table. If you’re going by yourself, go for the Bombay duck rice plate. Be ready to queue up for at least an hour on Sundays." - Sumedh Natu