I had almost forgotten what eating out at a restaurant feels like until I finally decided to pay NickyM’s Kitchen a visit this week. This newly opened place is all set to become Goa’s hot spot for Burgers and Sandwiches (let’s stop relating hot spot to just the corona hot spots and think of something more positive like FOOD).
Introduction
Situated in the by lanes of Calangute, NickyM’s Kitchen is part of Mr Toff Toff’s Pub and is a passion led brainchild of Nikhil Mirkar. Nikhil, who has been a travel professional for more than 20 years was always intrigued by the process of cooking since childhood. Following his mom in the kitchen, observing her and silently imbibing her skills to impressing his friends and family with his cooking skills in the later years, Nikhil’s travel-related profession over the years helped enhance his knowledge of various cuisines even more. Finally, Nikhil along with his life and business partner Jui, used the period of lockdown rather productively and realised his dream of setting up his own brand, fondly naming it NickyM’s Kitchen.
Safety and Hygiene
NickyM’s Kitchen currently caters Dine In, Take Away and Home Deliveries. They are following all government guidelines to ensure safety and precaution towards COVID-19. Right at the entrance, a sanitiser dispenser is placed and their staff wearing masks keeps the place clean and hygienic at all times. They are functioning currently with 50% seating capacity and promote take aways and deliveries than dining in.
Menu and Food
The menu at NickyM’s Kitchen is a nice one and allows both vegetarians and non-vegetarians some good options to choose their burgers from. The non-vegetarians have a good choice in meats as well, because there are Chicken, Beef and Pork Burgers to choose from.
Coming to food, I and my sonny boy opted for burgers. While he picked up a Chicken Whopper, I settled for a Beef Burger. The whopper came in with a double chicken patty and 2 slices of bacon on a bed of iceberg lettuce, topped with sautéed onions and fresh tomatoes with mayo and slaw. It was a delight from the first bite and my boy gobbled it all in minutes. The buns were so fresh and soft that it made the burger much more juicy and delicious. I personally believe that a bun can make or mar a burger and hence it’s very important to get the buns right. NickyM’s Kitchen gets full points for doing so.
Coming to my choice, the beef burger was loaded with sautéed onions, fresh tomatoes and jalapeno along with iceberg lettuce, mayo and slaw and of course a juicy beef patty in soft buns.
The burgers were served with some chips on the side and we enjoyed them with a chilled glass of Masala Coke. Must say that this outing after months was indeed worth it. The weather with cold showers was just perfect and added much more fun to this afternoon filled with amazing food and conversations.
Final Word
This is one place that should definitely be on your list, if not for visiting then surely for ordering home delivery. While coming back we also grabbed a Bombay Veggie Delight Sandwich for my mum and another beef burger for dad. Thankfully even with a takeaway, the food tasted as good. I surely recommend you giving NickyM’s Kitchen a try and give yourself a treat of some juicy burgers and double-decker sandwiches. And if you land up going there on a Thursday, you will also be able to savour some of their specials like Boozy Pork Chops, or Grilled Chicken with Mushroom Sauce and more.
The place is awesome!!! I would love to spend a couple of weeks in Goa, that would be amazing…
I am sure you will love Goa and it would be worth your while.
This looks like a great place to eat. The food looks amazing. If I’m ever in the area, I’ll stop by!
Yes, you must surely give it a try 🙂
Right now outdoor tables are a plus for me. I love the colors of the tables
Oh yes, outdoors feel so much better and safer too 🙂
This place looks and sounds amazing! I cannot wait to go out to eat myself but so many places are reversing their opening plans and opting to stay closed so fingers crossed it will be soon. Love that burger…. looks delicious and like the perfect spot for a yummy meal.
Yeah, practically been out after 4 months, now that some of the places have started opening up.
What a super cute place! And the food looks so delicious! Looks like a great time!
Indeed, it was a lot of fun, especially stepping out for a meal after 4 months 🙂
I like the chicken. It is a big serving and can really makes your tummy full.
Oh yes, a big serving indeed 🙂
Hmmm. Boozy pork chops. Now that sounds good. I haven’t been out to eat in about four months. If I do, it has to be better than homecooking. But that burger looked amazing.
Yeah same here, stepped out after 4 months 🙂
The burger looks delicious! The place is definitely interesting it’s a plus that you can eat outside.
Oh yes, the outdoor seating is such a plus
Burgers are my favorite food to eat out for. We cook most of our meals at home and it’s a nice treat to go out once in a while. It’s funny though that my husband and I love to go out for burgers. Not much else. LOL
That’s great, I too enjoy burgers a lot and usually make them at home 🙂
Wow, that’s a great place! The burger looks delicious
xoxo
Lovely
http://mynameislovely.com
Indeed it was 🙂
NickyM’s kitchen sounds great to satisfy a burger craving. The whopper is sounding pretty good as it’s nearly my lunch break.
hehe.. wish you could grab a burger from the screen itself..!
That looks like such a fun and unique place to eat! I would love to try a burger there. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, the place surely is fun
I live in Mumbai and Goa is my favourite destination with my friends. And the burger looks lovely.
Oh that’s great, whenever you are here next, let’s catch up!
Goa is really very interesting place to visit and explore…This place seems quite amazing and very interesting..Thanks for sharing indeed..Great work..food looks so delicious and tasty…
Thank you so much and indeed, Goa is a lovely place, blessed to be living here 🙂
I love the decor! Looks like such a happy and fun place to go!
Sure it does 🙂
the place looks so rad and burgers seam super tasty. I need a good juicy burger in my life so much!
I guess we all need juicy burgers 🙂
This looks like an amazing place to eat. I’ll have to visit it at some stage.
Yes indeed, I am sure you will like it 🙂
This looks like a lovely wee place to visit. I miss going out to eat & I’m getting sick of my own cooking!
I would love the chicken whopper chicken. It seems tasty.. it looks like you are enjoying yourself. Great post!!!!🤗
Oh yes after 4 months, stepping out for a meal was surely fun 🙂
Even before the lockdown we slowly going to restaurants and mall to eat. So the lockdown made it easy for us not to miss it.
That’s a good way, becomes easy to adapt to changes
This place is super cute! I would love love love to go visit there. It sounds and looks amazing. Good job!
Thank you so much 🙂
look yummy. i will surely try this. thanks.