Ray's is a cozy little café, tucked away in between C'est la vie and Mamagoto. Now that there is Mamagoto and it's flashy name board, Ray's is much easier to locate than it used to be. The café is very pretty and would serve as a nice eatery for a nice quiet meal.


Prosciutto e Rucola

Though the place is compact, there is ample seating, more outdoor than inside. The Currywurst Sausages have become more or less a staple dish when I visit Ray's.


Sausage Currywurst
The Ray's Special Pizza is one of the best pepperoni pizzas I've had till date.

Ray's Special - Pepperoni Pizza
Zomato sent me a small envelope of happiness earlier. It consisted of a complimentary meal for two at any of the Global Culture restaurants, an INR 1500 voucher for Blue Frog and a free cup of yogurt at 6th Street. So, thank you Zomato!

Anyway, when I finally decided to avail my complimentary lunch we had a tough time deciding between 80 days and Pan Pan. The other two options were, The Malts and Masala Table.

I was quite shocked to see that all the outlets were in the same building. A very ambitious and interesting venture by the owner. The restaurant (80 days) was relatively empty. And by relatively empty, I mean empty. The ambience is nice, flags on the seats, the lamps, quite spacious and top to bottom windows which allows ample natural light and a nice view of the small garden outside.


Just Outside
We sat down and asked how the meal was to be...a set menu or a particular number of courses. What we heard was the real deal and i actually had to reconfirm. We could order anything! Well, almost everything, the New Zealand lamb rack, salmon and other expensive dishes were off the offer. I would feel bad to order them for free anyway!

Enough blabber, getting down to the food. I wasn't feeling like soup too much, but the server mentioned that they are famous for good soups. So, I went with it...Cream of Chicken. I wasn't disappointed! Creamy, yet light and full of flavour! 

Cream of Chicken
Le Pain Quotidien, or lpq, as is better known and also easy to say is a Belgian bakery with a couple of outlets in Bombay. Yes, it is Belgian and you must've probably thought it was French. Common mistake!
Anyways, like every successful eatery must change and add items to their menu, lpq did too and called for a menu tasting and we were invited. Yay!!

The tasting dinner was set for the 3rd of May. We entered and saw that the communal table was set beautifully, and the the restaurant lighting complimenting it well! 'The Home Label' had done a great job setting up.



The great setup by 'The Home Label'
The communal table at lpq


Whilst waiting over the other guests of the evening, a glass of white wine and a conversation with the General Manager of lpq's operations, Nikoulina Berg and a member of Team lpq, Neil Ghogale kept me occupied. It was really exciting to know that Maria Goretti was going to be a part of the evening. 

Anyway, the expected guests arrived, we took our seats at the communal table and the appetizers arrived. First, there was a platter of Minced Lamb Skewers, Tandoori  Prawns, Oatmeal Chicken and Tunisian Chicken Bites. Tender skewers of lamb, delicious prawns and the oatmeal chicken cutlets (which would be a great breakfast item, or a snack even) was a great start to great meal to come. The Kale Roasted Asparagus Salad did well, and the raspberry balsamic dressing was quite unique. Of the two tartines, Grilled Asparagus and Chicken and Pesto Tartine, I really loved the latter. Pesto and chicken, always a great combination but the ricotta cheese over it, got it a big thumbs up! The bruschetta platter comprised of Mushroom and Cheese, Tomato and Red Bean, Chilli Cheese and Berry. They were great, especially the Chilli Cheese and Berry. I almost felt like I was eating a cheesecake. I am a cheesecake person, so extra brownie points for it. 

Chicken and Pesto Tartine
Oatmeal Chicken















This was already a lot of grub and then, it was time for mains!

I opted for the Kasundi Basa and the Coq au Vin. I am quite certain that I made a great choice! I was a little sad to know that it was probably going to replace the Pan Seared Basa that was already on the menu. I really liked it. Nevertheless, the dish was great. The Coq au Vin is a classical French stew, very flavorful and as the name suggests, consisted of wine. There is definitely no drinking and operating heavy machinery after this dish.


Kasundi Basa






Coq au Vin
Riana went for the Smoked Potato and Leek Roesti and the Freshwater Tilapia. 

Smoked Potato and Leek Roesti

Freshwater Tilapia

And finally, it was time for dessert!! The Sweet Ricotta Creme came first. This was mind blowing! I was surprised to see it topped with a slice of gulab jamun but it actually complimented the dessert really well. It was really light and the sweet ricotta was yumm! The next best thing of the four desserts was the Sugarfree Lemon Cheesecake! This is exactly how a lemon cheesecake should be! The zesty bitterness takes you to a whole new heaven! The Lemon Mouse Slice and Blueberry and White Chocolate was really nice but this is the order of my liking of the desserts.


Sweet Ricotta Creme

This was the end of a great meal and a group photograpgh before leaving ended a great evening.

Kudos to everyone at #LPQatBKC for hosting a great and well planned and thought out menu tasting. It was a great experience! I'm looking forward to many more visits to Le Pain Quotidien.

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