A selection of Mumbai's favoured morning meals

There are aplenty of restaurant for breakfast choices and if you are in Mumbai, the scene is even more inviting. South Indian breakfast options are a popular morning meal treat and the city is packed with all things South Indian, be it temples, saree stores, a whiff of coffee at regional eateries and so on.

South Indian morning meals from dosas and idlis can be sourced out at any type at many restaurants in Mumbai. The fermented recipes are light and packing. Several of the significant restaurants and cafe joints offer a platter to relish which are budget-friendly and tastes delightful.

Another favourite option available in any restaurant for breakfast in Mumbai is the Dal Bhatti, which is a conventional morning meal which includes a traditional curry of split greens and spices offered along with flatbread. This is a preferred meal with many Indians. It is rich and firm right to the last bite. This recipe can be sourced out at prominent Mumbai eateries serving popular Sindhi meals.

Restaurants in Mumbai are famous for serving hot samosas and vada paav as morning meal options. The samosas are different as they have a filling of chole versus potato. Although the moms will guffaw at this point, it yet stands a renowned and most adored meal for Mumbai locals. Whereas vada paav is the typical Indian take on a hamburger which has several ardent followers. Most Mumbaikars enjoy and strive on this humble meal which is affordable, yet enticing with every sense of the word. This fried cutlet consumed with bread works brilliant with masala tea (locally known as chai). You can find vada paav almost everywhere in Mumbai which is a celebrated breakfast option of the city.

One of my all-time favourites is that perfect English breakfast served with sunny-side eggs, butter on toast and crispy smoked bacon. This option still works its appeal on many and hence, I suggest you place your order well in advance.

How to find good restaurants in your city

Eating outside is a delight and I like to use it as my weekend getaway from cooking. Foodies like me love to experiment with food and visit best restaurants in Mumbai. For this reason I am constantly on a lookout for cool and new places that serve great food. However, in my search, often times I end up being disappointed with either the food, treatment or ambience. It seems to me as a waste of money and time whenever I end up at a place I don’t like. So, am now using a few funny ways of investing my money and time only in restaurants in Mumbai that I would like. It takes some time on the internet which I anyway spend. So it is not much of a pain actually.

Firstly, the foremost means of knowing about a place is the word of mouth and newspaper advertisement. I believe that first hand experiences and how a place presents itself to the intellectual public, tells a lot about its ambience. Being from the advertisement industry, I know the amount of hard work and thought goes behind a simple ad. So it is not hard to point out a well thought out creative ad. It tells how much they value public impression and often similar treatment is observed at the place as well.

Second, I look at their reviews on reputed websites such as zomato. I particularly take interest in negative ones and how they have responded to it. Positive ones are a time waste. I am not saying that a person complaining about a restaurant puts me off, instead there way of responding to that complain arouses my interest. If they are pleasant, apologetic and willing to make amends then you know that customer experience matters to them, otherwise no matter how many stars they have got it’s a waste of time.

Thirdly, I ask friends in different cities of their favourite places and check whether they have outlets in Mumbai as well. One of my friends recommended a particular eatery for having burger in Delhi, and I was lucky enough to find the store in my city. Since then I have stuck to this method.

Hope these work for you as well.