There’s something about cuisines that have been laboured for the royalty of yesteryears. The mix of spices, scents and blend of textures has always got us weak-kneed. Plus, we feel that the reward is sweeter when your last meal was way before the rising of the sun. These days, revelling in bonhomie at iftaar, we feel, Hyderabad Xpress in Andheri might just be an immediate answer to your prayers and a grumbling stomach.

Located at the convenient location near Oshiwara’s lotus-shaped petrol pump, the humble gastronomical haven, serves a delish fare of Dum ki Biryani in three versions, and seventeen kinds of kebabs and an equally supportive number of curries. The menu might not prop a canopied affair of daawat but the promise that the owners, chef and the kitchen staff are all from the city of Nizams got us yearning.