Chinese
Food is perhaps the most popular in India, primarily propelled forward
by all the insane sauces combination we can play with. My sister is
crazy about Indian Chinese food and thanks to her, I have been to way
too many noodles and sauces places and yet myself never been crazy about
it. Have never been to China so I don't really know about 'authentic'
Chinese cuisine but one thing I have developed a taste for in recent
times is the concept of Wok!
Choose your favorite noodles, sauces,
vegetables and Voila! A perfect personalized Chinese feast is ready!
Somehow I prefer a Wok box over any other option in Chinese cuisine as
available in India. It's purely a personal preference though, as somehow
I feel this is a bit healthier than just having bowl full of oily
noodles or sauce full of veggies. Lucky enough to have had some amazing
Wok at Five Fat Monks, Wok This Way and Loco Chino, it was time to try
out the same at Wok In The Box Fort outlet :)
My sister had been to
their outlet at R City Ghatkopar some time last year and loved it mainly
because (a)-There is no limit to the amount of veggies, sauces one can
choose and (b) They let you taste the wok once it is finished so you can
add something else if you want to make it spicier/mild :)
We walked in
on a rainy Friday evening to pretty roomy 2-floor outlet of Wok In The
Box with upper dining area and ground LIVE kitchen welcoming us warmly.
There are books and board games here to pass the time folks! Bright and
vibrant with staff quick to assist us when it came to choosing our Woks +
accompaniments and nobody to bother us when we decided to spend the
next hour just lazying around :)
Started with Blackcurrant and
Strawberry Iced Teas, pretty decent, refreshing enough, the strawberry
one was on the too sweeter side though. Spinach and Cheese Momos were
very good, a bit thicker on the outside but still flavorful and soft
inside. Veg Spicy Momos were extremely spicy, I mean, fire truck level
spicy, so be careful :D
We had fun choosing bowl full of veggies like
Corn, Carrots, Bell Peppers, Red Cabbage, Sprouts, Mushrooms and while I
like my food a bit on the blander/sweetish side, I chose Hakka Noodles +
Flat Noodles with Paneer in Kung Pao + Hunan sauce, my sister just
asked them to make Flat Noodles with Paneer really spicy and tangy,they
took care of it. Both Woks turned out perfectly like we wanted,
flavorful, saucy, crunchy, fresh. In fact, we are really impressed how
they made my sister's wok so perfect,I liked it even more than my own
choices of sauces :D Trust the staff here, they know all the flavors
inside out! They also lay out Fried Noodles, Garlic & Onions as
garnishes as well as a plethora of sauces (tomato ketchup, mustard
sauce) to be used as per personal preference.
It doesn't get any better
than this, make food the way you want, enjoy it as you like! If they
had some dessert options on the menu,it would be perfect :D But then
again, their core strength is making fresh & flavorful Woks which
they are excelling in, so no complaints on any front :) We shall be
keeping an eye out for Wok In The Box everywhere we go now for sure!