The Well-Fed Bong

A great steak – real beef, medium rare, dripping with juices and fat – is an object of much desire. It’s therefore worthwhile writing about four worthwhile steaks I wolfed down in recent times. This is in Mumbai, not the glorified steak portals of New York or Dallas. The steak that started it all was at Cory’s house, the meat and rub sourced from the Grand Hyatt Deli and paired up with a fullsize barbecue, a roof garden and some wine. Then came Mia Cucina , Basilico , Joss , Novotel’s Olio and Indigo Cafe . All in all, a proper steakout over a week or so. Mia Cucina, a nice slab of medium rare meat was ecstasy-worthy. A few days later, Novotel’s New Zealand steak was good enough to briefly distract me from Sunanda while at the Kala Ghoda Festival, Joss served me juicy chunks of beef covered in a butter sauce that genuinely merits a fabulous. Indigo’s generous filet mignon was excellent beef, juicy and tender but like so many other filet mignons I’ve had was more tender than tasty. I...