Kemps Corner Chinaman

The name is inspired from an are called 'Kemps Corner' in the city of Mumbai. It's got Maharashtrian cuisine, Goan cuisine, street food, other Indian food and Chinese too. I think the amount of variety they have makes it difficult for them to maintain the taste.

Let me start with the good bit first. It's quite easy to locate even if you're slightly familiar with the area and it has boards like those of the Mumbai railway stations which are really catchy.

We ordered a pulav with tomato saar (which can be loosely translated as a thin and spicy tomato soup) . The pulav had a very nice aroma to it and tasted very good. It was a little yellowish in colour and the tomato saar complemented it well.

We then had an anda bhurji which is a very popular street food. This one was good too. Well prepared and a bit spicy which is just the way it should be.

They also have the keema pav which I haven't seen in too many places, and we decided to give it a try. This is a dish which many would drool over, and disappointingly this wasn't made that well. I definitely had more expectations from this one.

Last but not the least, we ordered another Maharashtrian dish called the shev bhaaji. The shev bhaji was okay but the chapati served along with it tasted stale. Most probably it was re-heated in the microwave as it was hard from the sides and hot and soft from the middle.

I haven't tried other dishes from their wide variety, but I have high doubts if I'd want to.






Kemps Corner Chinaman Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato
Location: Al Karama - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

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