Trishna - Crabs, anyone?

Trishna
Burrp page: 
Andheri (W): http://mumbai.burrp.com/listing/trishna_andheri-w_mumbai_restaurants/147156762

Fort: http://mumbai.burrp.com/listing/trishna_fort_mumbai_restaurants/14366366

Place: I went to the one opposite Infinity Mall, Andheri West

Food:  - 8/10

Menu variety:  - 8/10

Service:  - 8/10

Ambiance:  - 5/10

VFM:  - 4/10

It was mother's day and I was arm twisted into giving my mom something. Food was the most convenient option so I decided to take my parents to Trishna since mom was in the mood for coastal food.

Food
I was very impressed by the items suggested to us. Apparantly, Fish Hyderabadi is one of their signature dishes. I thought the name meant that the dish would be spicy and green in color, but the steward pointed out that it was fish marinated in some salt and a little turmeric, cooked and then sprinkled with freshly ground pepper. Freshly ground pepper is the keyword that switches on the saliva glands in my body so I was quick to say yes! We also had the garlic prawns which cleverly balanced both the tastes of garlic as well as the prawn. Both dishes were outstanding.
For the main course, we had the crab chettinad (the only boneless crab dish they have), crab in green sauce and the pomfret gassi. I didn't like the crab chettinad so much. Almost felt like some crab bhurji preparation. The green sauce and gassi though were great and went extremely well with the appams and neer dosas that we ordered.


Menu variety
I thought that Trishna served only coastal food, but looking at their menu, it seems like anything to do with sea food really. This does mean that their menu has a lot of non-coastal preparations of fish (butter garlic seasonings, tikkas, etc.).

Service
Excellent service. They know what to suggest. They're always there when you need them. Always keeping an eye on you to see if you're looking for some help.

Ambiance
Okay ambiance. They haven't done anything great with the place. Looks like a restaurant you would have in your local residential complex. With the rates, I wish they'd do better.

Value for money
For 4 glasses of wine, one small vodka, 2 starters, 3 main course items, 3 appams and 1 neer dosa, the bill was about Rs. 5500. Bad VFM!

Location
I love this area....you can just walk around and choose a restaurant to go to, based on what you feel like eating at the moment. Bang opposite Infinity Mall.

And in conclusion...
It's a once try place. Too expensive...would rather go to a Highway Gomantak for same food at cheaper prices. Or even a Gajalee for that matter.

Oh and speaking of crabs, I just have to share this clip of my favorite TV series, South Park. This is a clip from their episode which featured crab people. Lol.