Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Italiano from Down Under

Yummy pizzas, affordable rates and a range of choice are enough to make Eagle Boys a perfect destination for a pizza lover, finds rakesh kumar



Having tasted a variety of pizzas from an equal number of outlets, big and small, one was enticed by the chance to explore a new taste at Eagle Boys ~ an Australian brand. Having opened in Delhi last year, the brand claims to own the largest number of Pizza joints in Australia. This fact has also whetted my excitement as well as curiosity to check out the outlet in Connaught Place. What surprised me most was its menu. Going by their name ~ Eagle Boys ~ I expected a hardcore Australian pizzas on offer. On the contrary, most dishes were Indian, such as chicken keema, kadahi chicken, tandoori chicken, delux lamb, and veg tandoori varieties among others.
“Since we have to cater to the Indian customer, therefore, we need to Indianise the menu. so that it looks familiar to every customer,” explained the manager of the outlet.
I was all set to put the offerings to test and requested for a starter Money Bags and Cheese Garlic Bread. The Money Bags was bags of flour pastry filled with vegetables and deep fried to form an interesting dish that can be found only at Eagle Boys. The Cheese Garlic Bread was soft but heavy for a single person. Now it was time for the main course. So we went for their best offering ~ Chicken Mexicana pizza and Tandoori chicken pizza in non-vegetarian. The Chicken Mexicana was made up with jalapenos, capsicum, tomatoes, onion, baby corn and red chillies. Tandoori chicken had the perfect crust with the chicken topping releasing the flavours of a classic tandoori delight and marinating the succulence of chicken.
Now it was the turn to try some dessert as well. You would surprised to know that in dessert too they offer a pizza. The sweet variant of pizza, termed as sweetza, comes in two flavours. We settled for a triple chocolate loaded with white and dark choco chips and garnished with a decent helping of chocolate sauce. The pizza was not warm enough, which made the bread chewy and the chocolate lost its taste. “This sweet pizza is very popular among kids. It works both as a pizza and a dessert, and that makes them happy,” said the manager.
About Rakesh Kumar

Rakesh Kumar is a New Delhi based journalist at The Statesman, one of India's oldest and most respected newspapers. He writes in depth feature articles on issues of contemporary interest along with covering Travel, Lifestyle and Tech beats regularly. He can be contacted at urs.rakesh4@gmail.com

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