How do you feel when you walk into a dress boutique and you find the exact design with the same shade of color which is at the right price decimal that you had in mind?
You will be bouncing all over the wall and pinching yourself just to make sure that you are not in an Inception-like dream. Right?
That's the precise kinda fulfilling and satisfying experience that you have once when you sail close to the wind of maximum bitings into the displayed delicious smorgasbord of 50 delectables on the tables.
If you are the sort who loves to have a go at all the well-arranged and nicely prepared array of dishes, you can straight-away skip to the next para. In case, your curiosity got the better of your wise intellect, you will be reading this including the full stop. Most buffets stuff you with the entrees and other hors d'oeuvre so that you have little breathing space in your stomach for exploring the rest of their tasty victuals which are smiling, waving and inviting you from their perspective. Like how you duck down or move sideways in Paintball, when you are smart enough to dodge the tantalizing and alluring entrees by munching your teeth into the 'wanna-have wanna-have' courteous service of the appetizers to your apt level that is appropriate, then you could dine around the entire spread by being the winner that the restaurant hadn't seen it coming.
So, those who have skipped the rest of the previous para and have arrived here like a super Super Mario's shortcut to various stages, Jalpaan served 4-5 starters like the usual suspects - Paneer, Potato, Gobi, Corn in addition to the soup that was brought in earlier. It was a decent quick bite into the bite-sized snacks.
Instead of having an elaborate and large salad bowls, they could have had a Live Salad Counter where you are pressed with the best of the lot rather than being engulfed in an embarrassment of riches of fresh and creamy varieties of healthy veggies. Next, there was the chat section where 2 to 3 I-forgot-the-name items, Pani Puri, Dahi-Something, Gujarati specials as Dhokla, Mirchi Bajji, and Cheese Toast (CT) were neatly stacked. Other than the CT which was cold and tasted like a frozen Cheesy Garlic Bread, the Chat was a successful intimate tete-a-tete between the dishes and the tongue. FYI - I couldn't dig into Pani Puri and Dahi-Something as there were aplenty in the Dessert and didn't want to overload the already loading tummy.
It was time for Naan & Roti with spicy, lip-smacking and fried potato with Paneer Butter Masala and Daal. The potato was smashing, pun intended. Moving onto the Veg-Biriyani, Veg Pulao and Noodles was satisfactory. But, the highlight is the hot Rasam with plain rice and the curd rice with multi-colored and multi-shaped fryums. When you have the dash of ingenuity and use the potato as a side-dish, heavens was in your mouth.
When you are already reeling under the heavy influence of awesome bits, bytes and chewed dishes and you know that you still have an Everest to climb in the separated Dessert segment, it was only half the battle won, okay three-quarters to be on the dot.
Dessert was no desert for the yummy chills and smooths of the several flavorful varieties. Fruit Salad with any one of Chocolate, Strawberry or Vanilla. XYZ-gourd named-Green hot Halwa with one of the remaining two ice-creams and Gulab Jamun with the only other remaining dollop. You have got to instantly plan it out if you wish to combine every ice-cream and the sweets on the counter. And then, you had the mousses, Bengali sweet and Kheer.
If your eye-popping and perplexed mind wonders how a single person would be able to eat almost the every one of them, it's simple. The trick is to essentially and accurately measure your body's requirements, its full capacity, and your innate self-restraint to not to wolfishly gorge onto any exceptionally palatable or your preferred choice of food like Paneer or Corn in the starters' department or chats or potato etc. to an excessive degree but to strictly limit and apportion the spread in such a way that you don't puke yourself yet have spoonfuls of the fantastically energy-expended dishes by the top chefs and still, you entertain your senses with the eclectic array of cuisines.
The key is discipline.
Without discipline, even our solar system wouldn't be in such a highly ordered manner as it is now like the planets revolving in a periodic elliptical orbit that apparently gives rise to day, night, year and most importantly - Real Life.
Discipline.
Combine discipline with the regular respite to take a good breather and gauge how much your body can hold further and what's still remaining - Voila! The restaurant would still be tearing their heads' apart for the superhuman feat on the feast.
And, the entire spectrum of the lavish buffet comes at a reasonably priced @ Rs. 549.
Office lunches and Family get-togethers can have a steal here with the wide assortment of delicacies that are presented before you.
Last but not the least, a special word of mention to the always-in-need staff and the maitre d' who actually recommended me to have the best worth of my money spent @ Jalpaan.
Was it worth it?
A loudly burrrrrpppppp-ing Yes.
Don't be disgusted and make that face like a bulldog chewing a wasp.
It's a natural consequence when you are totally satisfied.
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