Since last one year, a very innovative and unique restaurant is making ripples for its authentic yummy food, great dhaba ambience and above all, very reasonable prices. Pind Baluchi, a food joint set up by the Grand Vatika Group, which runs a chain of restaurants of the Park Balluchi fame in the National Capital Region (NCR). Pind Baluchi is betting on the Punjabi dhaba theme, complete with a fibre glass well and fibre glass mud walls to a plastic mango tree. It is a lush green village in Punjab all the way in Pind Village. As you enter, you are instantly taken into rustic and ethnic settings. Pind Baluchi offers a very peasant and different experience for those who love dining out.
The food is simply great with veg as well as non-veg offerings. In starters, the 'hara-bhara kebab' and 'tandoori vegetables' are worth a trial along with cool 'Jal Jeera' and 'Aam Ka Panna'. In winters, 'Murg Shorba' and 'tamatar Shorba' are also on the menu. Although there is limited variety to choose from for the main course, yet 'Gatta-Kadi', 'Saag-Paneer' and 'Dal Makhani' are truly good. 'Dhaba-Meet' is very popular among the non-veg lovers. Also, there are combos available like 'Rajmah -chawal' et al. However, the highlight remains, the mega sized lip smacking stuffed 'Paranthas' with a wide variety to choose from. The food is really delicious and very reasonable. It comes as a true value-for-money.
The joint, which was inaugurated by the pop star Daler Mehndi is packed to its full even in weekdays. The speciality of Pindi Village, an addition to the Grand Vatika restaurant near the well-known Leisure Valley , is that it has successfully brought the ambience of village and its prototype house by providing an ideal setting. Spanning over about 400 sq ft, it is divided in three sections. The first part has a set-up like a village restaurant with the furniture identical with the theme with 'khatiyas' and all. The interiors have an ethnic touch. One can enjoy food here with star-lit night scene, just like the villagers have alfresco dinner. The second section brings one near the fields in a village. The third one has thatched roof with thick mud walls to bring alive the village home.
To give an all-out ethnic impression, all attendants in the joint don ethnic outfits. The main highlight of the restaurant is the changing weather effect in a village. Pind Balluchi is designed by a Bollywood set designer, having two looks: The night look, where the sky suddenly lights up with stars and a full moon; and the day look, which simulates green fields. The former also displays a road-rickety electric poles and all-disappearing into the hinterlands of rural Punjab, complete with 3D effect. All in all, Pind Baluchi, is worth a visit and the unique charm of the place will make you a frequent visitor.
