Asma (Baruipur) and the Girl in Me.

When we decided to go to Asma at Baruipur Station for lunch, a lot of people were interested to come down. I floated the idea on Facebook, and there were several takers. However, in the end, it was a bunch of food loyalists who walked down Asma Baruipur and decided to eat the Biryani. Our guide of choice was SC, who has a fab blog here, and he decided to take us there (since I am hopeless with directions).
Seriously, have you ever been to a food trip? I have a few times, and I love it. The most important thing to be is not to be judgmental, since, I would say this out loud, food, like every other thing in life, is a very perspective-based matter. That means, its private, personal, and extremely tasty.
I like tasty.
So, SC, like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, looked back at us as he entered through the gates of Aasma Hotel. Now, the thing here is, the following post contains matters related to BEEF and so, if you are squeamish about meat, STOP READING!
As soon as we did, we found seats. At places like this, you dont care about anything else but the food. So, yeah, if you are the fine china and cutlery type, go away. This is not your place to be. This is a place where paper napkins are mostly unheard of, and the best they can give you is a spoon. We decided to sit upstairs and immediately ordered five Beef Biryanis (50/-), four plates of Beef Chaap (40/-), and a couple of plates of Bhuna Beef (38/-). Our food took about 5-6 minutes’ time to come in, and by that time, all of us looked and felt HUNGRY.
Beef Chaap
Enter the Chaap first. The beef is tender, a thin slice cooked to perfection, smothered in oil and a thick, sticky, spicy gravy that is so tasty that you would want to lick it off the end of your fingers. SC dove in, and I, after taking a hasty picture, tried my luck too.
Behold the perfectly cooked Chaap, over slow fire, each shred of meat dancing on my tongue. I was smitten.
Truth be told, when the Biryani came, I was already a third down my chaap, not worrying much since the bhuna would come later, as promised.
Beef Biryani

The biryani was light, not oily and greasy, but fluffy and tasty, with thick pieces of beef hiding in the rice. The helping was overgenerous, and though I can eat a plate at a go, today, thanks to my slight dizzy feeling, I felt that maybe it was too much. The potato was soft, and the spoon cut through the beef easily.

So, then the Beef Bhuna came in to join the party. I was quite happy with this one. The gravy was seriously rich, and really tasty. The meat was soft and succulent, and it was different and yes, godawfully tasty. I polished off half a plate before I gave up.
Beef Bhuna
The overeating led to packing, and we packed away whatever we could after finishing our meal. They pack food for takeaway in plastic or clay containers, so no trouble for those who might not be able to pick them up easily. The bill came to INR 527 (approximately $10) for the five of us, with five plates of Biryani, Four Chaaps, and Two Bhunas.
Yes, I know. Its like that.
Five really happy and extremely full people exited to guzzle down Mountain Dew and Seven Up afterwards. See you soon, Asma!
Asma Hotel
Baruipur Station,
Baruipur

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23 Responses

  1. No no, it has not degraded. I have been there since 2008 or so, and in recent times I ate there twice. The quality is just fine. And I have had the kabaabs too. Very tasty.

  2. Hey nice post about the famous biryani corner of Baruipur.
    With those mouth watering pictures, you just refreshed my memory of the time in 2010-2011 when I used to spend the weekend evenings relishing 1 plate of beef birynai,1 plate of beef bhuna, 2 plates of kabab with 2 plates of salad. I am talking of those days when biryani was 40/- bhuna was 30/- and 1 plate of kabab used to cost 18/- only.
    You should have tried kabab also. They make it real jucy and tasty. 🙂
    However , I heard the quality of food has degraded there from the time they extended to a short spaced upper floor.

  3. Dear Sharmistha, I have put up the procedure to join the food walks. If you are interested, do join the group on FB and then meet up. I would love to have you with us.

  4. it such good and unique concept to explore good food in the city.. being a foodie i wud love to join u and the group.. 🙂

    SHARMISTHA

  5. Join this group called Sunday Morning Breakfast Lunch Club. Loads of members. A lot of them serious foodies and like going on food trips. Join in and join us! Also, I often go for impromptu food trips, and mostly announce it on FB with a free for all status. If you like, come over. I would love to have you.

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