Trishna

This is one of those restaurants that the late R.W. Apple, Jr., esteemed New York Times journalist and food lover, declared to be worth getting on a plane and flying half-way across the world for a meal. He acknowledged that the place was shabby and the service rude, but the seafood is divine. He wrote in 2006, only weeks before he died: “These are among the world’s choicest crustaceans, and I say that as someone who lives 25 miles from the Chesapeake. But Ravi Anchan has plenty of other savory delights up his sleeve, including tender little pomfret (a kind of butterfish) barbecued in the style of Hyderabad, with black pepper; deep-fried squid; and gorgeous, never-frozen tiger prawns grilled with mint." It is still a Mumbai must.