[CLOSED] Gajalee: Mumbai’s top seafood restaurant opens

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One of Mumbai’s most famous seafood restaurants, Gajalee, threw open its doors recently in Singapore.

For many years, Gajalee’s six restaurants have been the place in Mumbai to taste Maharashtrian seafood dishes.

But most Singaporeans were not familiar with it until a travel show hosted by actor Mark Lee featured the restaurant.

The steady stream of Singaporean tourists that followed prompted the seafood group to open an outlet here. To maintain standards, it even brought along a chef who has been with the restaurant for 20 years to head the kitchen.

After hearing about its reputation in India, we were keen to check out the Singapore branch, in particular it’s signature dish Bombay Duck.

We dropped by for lunch on a weekday afternoon and quickly ordered the famous Bombil (Bombay Duck) Fry ($14). Puzzled as to why the dish was listed among the seafood dishes, we asked the waiter how the duck is prepared.

That’s when we found out that Bombay Duck is in fact a fish that’s native to Mumbai!