Bombay Fast Cafe specializes in vegetarian dishes from Mumbai, India. The food cart, which launched in early June, has a simple menu with four choices.
The vada pav is a potato burger topped with sweet and spicy relish and a garlicky chutney and accompanied by a side of rice. Oddly, you only get one bun for two sliders even though the photo shows two. The tender potato patty, akin to a samosa, is lightly fried so it’s not crispy. The chutney isn’t chunky–it’s actually a thin sauce, but despite the unexpected texture, I liked the heat it brought.
The pav bhaji is a vegetable stew consisting of potatoes, carrots, onions and a ton of spices. I really enjoyed it for its heartiness and flavor. It goes really well on top of rice and with (French) bread, both of which are included.
The other dishes are falafel and misal pav (bean curry). All meals are $7.50 and come with an 8-oz. bottle of water.
You can find Bombay Fast Cafe at Library Mall.
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From a new vendor to a long-time vendor we go to Hibachi Hut. You can’t but help notice the wonderful aromas when you walk by.
The hibachi chicken ($10) comes with sauteed cucumbers, red peppers, carrots and broccoli, all stir-fried in butter, sake and soy sauce. You get a generous portion of cubed chicken, which could have been more tender and was salty from the sauce, though it was balanced by the rice.
The hibachi noodles ($10.50 with chicken or tofu, $11.50 with beef) are tasty, similar to lo mein you’d find at Chinese restaurants. Like the chicken, the cubed beef was tough. The beef also was bland, so much so that you have to depend on the noodles for any flavor.
Teriyaki chicken and teriyaki steak comprise the rest of the menu.
Hibachi Hut also is anchored at Library Mall.
Tags: food carts, Indian, Japanese
