Finally paid due visit to newly opened Ridan
Mandi house and it was totally worth paying. The place called Ridan house of Mandi
is situated below Marca city at Khalid Bin Waleed road, Al Ridan is known as
house of Mandi started their operations from 21st October 2016, your tummy will
surely love the food on offer by Ridan mandi house. I didn't expect any
restaurant in Karachi to have a good concept of traditional Arabian Mandi, but
I stand corrected.
Real Mandi is what you get in the middle east, If you are
familiar with authentic taste of mandi then it can be some different for you, this
is for sure adjusted for the local taste so cannot be called authentic, it has
Pakistani touch, not a 100% proper Arabic ethnic taste, but Restaurant have
surely tried its best to keep it as much close to authentic Arabic taste, I
don't think Pakistani's taste buds can accept the taste of Middle eastern Mandi.
Restaurant have wide range of Arabic dishes on
offer chicken Mandi, mutton Madfoon and chicken madbi and kunafa, Yakhni and
Kehva. We ordered mutton Mandi with salad. It was mentioned for two persons but
we were three and it was enough for us, even some food was left. Their quantity
is double what they mention. Yakhni and Kehva are complimentary. Food served
immediately, infect the food arrived within 15 minutes. Chicken madhbi is must
try as have same traditional taste as of original Arabic Mandi. Mutton Mandi
was all up to the mark, and well cooked, tender and juicy, meat quality was
excellent. Also had Kunafa and chicken Mandi, Kunafa was superb. The biggest
winner of the night was that red tomato sauce. Salad was also well prepared
with cucumber, tomatoes and onions.
Have to say that it was worth the wait and
brought back some very nostalgic memories. Ambiance is good, the environment
was perfect for eatery, they have that regular dining facility (Table/Chairs)
and they also have Dastar khuwans, like carpets with cushions (gao takiya) in
small separated cubical and all waiting time depends on which day you decide to
go normally its 15 min for floor sitting but on weekends it can take 30-45
minutes to find a space. Before visiting called them and asked if they can
reserve the space, to which they replied, we don't accept reservations from
Fri-Sun.
Recommended for people who want to try new
and amazing experiences and also for those who have lived in the Middle East
and want to take a journey back through taste, choice is yours after seeing the
pictures.
Timings for Dinner 7:30 pm till 12:00 am and Lunch
starts from 12pm to 3pm
Address: Khalid Bin Waleed Road, Opposite Danish
Motors, White Palace Tower, P.E.C.H.S, Block 3. Karachi, Pakistan Contact: 0301-3450845 Web site : www.RidanMandi.com
What's the difference between mandi and
madbee?
Mandi is cooked in pressure cooker or special
made something like tandoor you can say which is a hole in the ground with
coals in it, Madbee is the one that has charcoal grilled chicken.More like
chicken Tikka.
I tried it and it was pretty average, only thing i loved it was kunafa. I recently tried hanifia's laham mandi and it was superb.
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