Top 7 Places For A Navratri Feast Even At Odd Hours
Special Meals And Farali Food Offered At These Ahmedabad Restaurants Open Late In The Night
24 Sep, 2017 by Sonal Kellogg
It is that time of the year when Ahmedabad is all lit up and decorated as people dressed up in traditional finery dance away the nights during the nine nights of Navratri. It is garba, dandiyas and ras time, probably the best time of the year in Gujarat.
It is also time for great food as people ravenous from long hours of dancing flock to eateries to satisfy their hunger pangs. Restaurants and eateries remain open till the wee hours in Ahmedabad and many offer a special menu for those who are fasting.
Here are some of the places you could frequent during this year’s Navratri festivities.
MoMo Café - Courtyard by Marriott
MoMo Café is offering Midnight Buffet from 12 midnight to 2.00 am for all the nine days of Navratri. The buffet will have at least a couple of special fasting food for those who are fasting.
Cost for two: Rs. 1100 plus taxes
Timpani - Radisson Blu
Timpani restaurant is also offering Midnight Buffet from 12 midnight to 2.30 am. The meal will be a vegetarian affair and it will have farali dishes for those who are fasting.
Cost for two: Rs. 998 plus taxes
This café in Navrangpura is offering a whole one-page special menu for the duration of Navratri and will also continue on Dusshera till September 30. The farali dishes include Multigrain khichdi with Mango Pickle, Navratri Special Sabudana Ki Khichdi, Gujarati Aloo Tikki Chaat, Shahi Tukda etc. The place will remain open till 1.00 am for the duration of Navratri.
Fasoos
Fasoos has a special Navratri menu from different parts of the country. The special dishes will be without onion and garlic and Sendha Namak will be used. The eatery will be open till 1.00 am. The special dishes include Paneer Makhanwala, Rajasthani Hare Tamatar Ki Subzi, Sabudana ki Kheer and other such dishes.
This popular café will remain open till 3.30 am right through Navratri. It has three different outlets, one each at Prahladnagar, Maninagar and Bodakdev. The café has prepared a special Navratri menu for this festival.
Mr & Mrs Somani, The Grand Bhagwati
A midnight buffet will be on offer for the nine-nights of Navratri here. The timings will be 11.30 pm to 3.00 am. However, there will be no farali items on the buffet.
Cost for two: Rs. 998 plus taxes
This ice-cream joint will remain open till 2.00 am for revellers to enjoy natural ice-cream. Located in Vastrapur, it is close to where the action is, so for people who just want to have an ice-cream late at night, this is just the place.
Written By
A published author working on her second book, Sonal worked for many years as a journalist in The Indian Express, The Asian Age and DNA Newspaper where she regularly reviewed restaurants and wrote about food. She worked in Nairobi as a general manager of a group of restaurants in another era. She loves experimenting with food but is also known for her Biryanis and Kababs and even her baking skills. She likes travelling to little known places and if she finds quaint eateries it just makes the trip more fun. Currently based in Ahmedabad, she is happy with the growing awareness of gourmet food in the city.
