Comal celebrates a year of love, accolades and feeding the city with a brand new menu. Of course, favourites from the erstwhile menu will remain, but they will be joined by nearly forty new expressions of Mexico, told through the lens of Chef Varun Pereira. This evolution comes from a year of listening, researching and a desire to embrace unfamiliarity, make it more approachable and present a more layered, personal and exciting exploration of the Land of the Sun.
While the first menu offered Bengaluru a taste of Mexico, the second act comprises eight new, distinct categories – Antojitos, Frescos, Chicos, Del Molino, Grandes, Tacos, Postres and Bebidas. This departure from standard categorisation is intentional, meant to separate by feeling rather than portion size. The menu splits down the middle: Frescos leans toward clean, fresh flavours, sharp spice and gentle acidity – leading with ceviches, crudos and tartares. While Chicos embraces the heat with Chef Varun’s signature tapas-forward philosophy with assorted meats and veg, complemented by chilli glazes, butters, salsas and deeply layered sauces.
The menu finds its heart in what has made Comal what it is – Masa. The Del Molino (From the Mill) and Taco sections are a celebration of Mexican cuisine’s most elemental ingredient: corn. The Taco section is a living, rotating expression, a different story told each week, carried on the humble tortilla. Del Molino reaches further, exploring Masa in all its forms. Ground, pressed, steamed, folded, and transformed — an ode to the mill and to the ancient process of nixtamalization. Here you’ll find an ossobuco-style lamb barbacoa set over a warm enriched masa that drinks in the braising jus, and long-rendered simmered pork ribs served with a chili peanut and radish slaw, carrot salsa, and masa tortillas made to order. To cap off the savoury offerings, Comal introduces a Grandes section for more substantial bites, bringing together charred meats and veg, a plethora of carbs and sauces galore in five new delicious entrees.
The Postres or Dessert chapter ties the proverbial knot on the new menu, retaining some favourites, and introducing some future classics. Speaking of classics, patrons will be thrilled to know that favourites like the Carne Asada, Jackfruit Flauta, CDMX Fried Chicken and Camarones El Diablo will retain their space on the menu and in our hearts.
In a nod to the city’s storied love for beer, Comal introduces a dedicated Cerveza Cocktail menu, because some things are simply too good not to build on. Expect the likes of the Pickle Beer, a lager spiked with pickle juice and herb salt; the Maracuya, an IPA brightened with passionfruit, orange and honey; and the Churro Float, where cinnamon syrup, cold brew and vanilla soft serve meet a chilled lager in a grown up variant of a childhood favourite.
Chef Varun Pereira, Co-Founder and Chef Partner explained the decision for a new menu in short: “Mexican food, at its core, is simple, soulful, and deeply flavourful. With this new menu, I wanted to peel back the layers and show Bangalore what Mexico really tastes like, not the version they may be familiar with, but the real thing, seen through my eyes and my years of loving this cuisine. Comal has always been about bringing that heart to the table, and this menu is the most honest expression of that yet.”
Co-Founder, Pratheek Reddy also mentioned: “Bangalore took a chance on Comal, and that means everything to us. The love this city has shown us – the curious first-timers, the regulars who’ve made us part of their week. That is exactly what drives every decision we make. This new menu isn’t an attempt to reinvent the wheel, it’s our way of saying thank you, of raising the bar because you deserve it, and of continuing the conversation this city started with us, over delicious food and a beer or three.”
Comal steps into its second year with a fresh outlook, a new collection of future classics and the spirit that cemented it as a Bengaluru favourite in the first place. Comal’s New Menu will be available starting 17th of March, Tuesday. Come hungry, come curious.
- Location: Comal, MG Road, Ashok Nagar, 560001
- Timings: 12PM – 3PM, 7PM – 10:30PM Tuesday to Sunday
- Date: New menu launches 17th of March
- Price for Two: ₹2,300 for two people (approx.)
