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9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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From the 'Goethe-Institut' website: "Café Max, now open on the third floor of the Bhavan, is endowed with a superb view and a unique ambience. The Café offers a mouthwatering range of German cuisine and bakery fare. Café Max is open from 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday and 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Mondays closed." |
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6/13/2009 7:50:11 PM
Reviewed By:andromeda
"Achtung cake-a-holics!"
I’ve been to a few German bakeries around the country – at remote beaches and hill stations – and have always felt instantly comfortable. There must be some Aryan blood in the stream. But then what’s not to like about strudels and other fresh baked things?
The aromas of a German bakery elicit a specific yen and that’s what drove me to Café Max.
The ‘Goethe-Institut’ (Max Müller Bhavan) is by itself a culturally attractive space – white and minimalist in an attempt to keep the Deutsch pursuit of perfection alive in the madness of India. On the third floor of this building of language classes and film festivals and other activities, is this bistro opened by German expat Axel Schorlemmer and his wife.
With true café sensibility the space is bright and airy like a partially shuttered balcony overlooking treetops of Indiranagar; casual and non-intrusive, informal yet elegant – with a surprisingly small open kitchen (or so it seemed to me at first) for a menu that lists steak.
The menu in general appeared to be slapdash, almost lazy, with the usual sprinklings of common beverages and sandwiches and eggs, a handful of regular salads, goulash and what they seemed to have the most variety of...‘Escalope’ – originally a French word but possibly more recognized than ‘Schnitzel’.
Thirsty, I ordered an Iced Tea (There seemed to be nothing particularly German in the beverages). This arrived with some complimentary bread which wasn’t bad and a knob of regular butter. The tea although cooling had a dying sprig of mint in it, was a tad too citric and needed sweetening, so I asked and they kindly brought me a beaker of sugar syrup.
Hungry, I skipped past some fish steak, mozzarella mushroom salad, bratwurst (which would have been my pick had I not thought it overpriced), goulash of day etc. and landed on the page-long list of escalopes from all over The Continent.
My order of ‘Escalope Romana’ arrived astonishingly fast. (Obviously they must have everything ready just having to throw the Schnitzel on the grill and toss a salad in a bowl). The food was brought in hand, sans tray or other such encumbrances, and plonked before me in a well-meaning but stoic fashion summoning to my mind the word ‘rustic’ as an apt description for everything about this café. Deceptively chic but in fact rustic.
The food looked to me like something one would get at a local American diner (estimated from my knowledge of such diners as seen on television). A plate laden with meat and grease and potatoes, and a side bowl of uncanny salads. Since I am no Bertha or Helga, I was understandably a little beset by the task at hand, but having made a first brave dive, quite enjoyed the meal – The steak was juicy albeit due to the sage-butter varnish; the slice of ham on top wasn’t the best, but ham is ham; the potatoes were actually quite good; and I surprised myself by enjoying the salads – a soggy cucumber/lettuce number, some plain grated carrots, and a sloppy beetroot/onion which even tasted good.
But, of course, the only thing really worth gorging on at 'Café Max' is a slab of cake – marble, cherry, carrot, cheesecake, brownie, apple pie or the illustrious Apfelstrudel which I inevitably dug into and turned out quite good. And so I resume to sing ‘Long live Apfelstrudel and other German Kuchen!’
* Avg. meal for two: Rs. 700
* Official website: http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/bag/uun/caf/enindex.htm
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