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Sthan - Food Beyond Borders

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The word " sthaan " in Sanskrit means place; it is also used in the names of the countries - Hindustan , Pakistan, Afghanistan - among others. I mentioned these three specifically since that's where the restaurant gets its name from since it serves food from these three countries. This restaurant started a few months ago and I've been hearing quite a bit about it, and wanting to go myself. Alas we decided to check it out the other day.  We ordered the dhaba murgh . A "dhaba" refers to the roadside outlets, and "murgh" is chicken. This was one of their specialities here. It is made with aromatic spices, and the chicken was really succulent.  One of my favourite desi dishes is the haleem ; but it isn't something that everyone gets right. We decided to order one nonetheless, and it was superb. The consistency of this one as well as the flavour were both on point.  We had this along with butter naan (Indian bread).  For drin...