Out to Local Lunch

There is a brand new eatery in Millwater and it could be all too easy to dismiss Mumbai Central is ‘just another curry house’ – it definitely is not! The genuinely warm smile of Rakhi made us feel immediately welcome and, soon after we were seated, we explored with her a little of the philosophy behind this new restaurant venture. Clearly, there is an interesting story here. We will plan in a future edition to return, to explore in greater depth the people in front of and behind the scenes of Mumbai Central.

They opened less than 24 hours before we arrived and their liquor licence was still awaited, but the chilled water was welcome. We chose their Dabbawalla Special Lunch, which is an authentic lunchbox meal, served exactly as it is in Mumbai. The top section of the lunchbox contained the Chicken Tikka starter (2 pieces); then the dhal, curry and rice separately in the three lower sections. You can choose to eat directly from the lunchbox, Mumbai-style, or decant onto the warm plate provided.

From the five options, my partner decided on the Butter Chicken curry (mild) and I chose the Beef Meatball curry (medium). Included with each meal is a large, freshly-baked naan bread, with a delicious Gulab Jamun dessert (milk, powdered dried fruit, fried in oil and dipped in sugar syrup) rounding off a very enjoyable meal. Just $30 for two special lunches, for which we both agreed that ‘highly recommended’ was the only rating we could give.

Are you, or someone you know, available for approximately 30 minutes on one or more afternoons per week immediately after school to assist with student pedestrian traffic?

We are a volunteer group of parents and friends of the general Millwater school traffic utilising the Longmore / Millwater Parkway / Bankside traffic lights providing a safe environment for the children to cross safely and without incident each morning before school. We need volunteers to enable this important function to be provided to students in the afternoons as well. Grandparents, concerned citizens and adults who have child safety on their heart and a bit of free time on their hands will achieve personal kudos and self satisfaction in giving time to this essential service. If you are able to assist please contact Kerryn McPherson on kerryn.kerry@gmail.com for further information.

This is a community service, not attached to any one school and is the best way to ensure our children safely negotiate our very busy crossings directly outside our Millwater schools.