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Restaurant in Highgrounds
Rated: Excellent
based on 2 reviews
Harbor Market
37th Crescent Hotel, 37, Crescent Road, Highgrounds, Bangalore
57597999, 57597989
| Locality | Highgrounds |
|---|---|
| Landmark | Near Racecourse Road |
| Place Type | Restaurant |
| Food Type | Seafood, Keralan, Coastal |
| Price |
Moderate
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place added by kanishkarcml
Jul 03, 2008
Jai Laletta!
--- post from my blog dated Apr 06
--- I've been to this places a dozen of times since then, n it still rocks!
"As the world shrinks, so our palate grows.
As our lives become more complex, we crave simplicity.
We are living through an eating revolution.
Welcome to the Harbour Market."
Well this weekend, My friends and I decided to go and check out Mohanlal's new restuarant, named "Harbour Market", here in Bangalore. Actually, it's his first restuarant in India..the previous ones being in Dubai etc.
After spending like an hour trying to locate the place...which according to the ad, was opp. Malige Hospital, Crescent Road, near Racecourse road..blah..blah, we finally found out it was in the lobby of a hotel called the 37th Crescent.
Well, it was a seafood speciality place..according to what we'd heard.
What we hadn't heard was that it was also a super-expensive seafood speciality place.
Anyway on entering, the first thing that blows your mind away is the ambience..ultra-posh styling, lights, everything! All the waiters were dressed in actual sailor attire. Although I didn't recognize who the head waiter was, my friends did. No it was not Mohanlal himself...It was another Mallu actor called Ponnu. Very fake english accent but very courteous as well. He was taking the orders on his PDA as well-well!!
Well, one look at the Menu, and my stomach (already grumbling not havin eaten anything the whole morning) turned into a sailor-knot. Well, you guessed right - It was the bloody prices!!
To give you an idea,
Idly 65 - Rs.150
Vada - Rs.150
One freakin kerala paratha!!! - Rs.40
All other dishes - Rs.250 to Rs.350
Other delicacies like crab, squid etc - Rs.800 and above!!!
Well, the four of us felt like fish out of water! Although the idea of just drinking the water and walkin out did cross our minds, we decided to stay and explore the "Harbour" further.
And no..we didn't just order a kerala paratha and share it, we actually did order good stuff, all-be-it with a glum face knowing that we were burning a hole in our pockets.
The place was soooo "over-the-moon" expensive that my friend Nithanand commented, "Ippam mansallayee Mohanlal orru velliya actor aayee poyannu." lol.
You might imagine that such a costly place would be sparsely populated, but oh no! it was full...hardly an empty seat...all richie-rich families, achayanmaaru...and the odd northie couple too.Well, we did get time to have a nice long chat among ourselves after ordering,because it took like 1 hour to get our food! Grr..the wait was so irritating we started wondering if it was Mohanlal himself who was sweating it out in the kitchen trying to prepare lunch for us!!
But the good part was...when the food finally arrived..it was worth the wait. Mmmm...Finger-licking to be exact..and that is exactly what we did, cos we knew each lick was worth like 5Rs!! (perverts can stop reading right here.) We blew a lot of money, but it's a pretty decent place to go like once in a blue moon, or maybe more often if you win a lottery or something.
May 01, 2007
Seafood lovers rejoice
We had a near perfect experience last evening at Mohanlal's Harbor Market restaurant located on the ground floor of the 37th Crescent Hotel. It was a Monday evening, hence, understandably, the place was not very busy. The service was excellent. Whether the standards hold up on a busy evening, it remains to be seen. Our waiter took the order on a wireless enabled PDA, and answered questions about the menu very well. The interior is stylish and tasteful.
Our appetizer was a stir fried cauliflower dish. The florets come looking blood red, with sprinkles of freshly grated coconut. The curry leaves providing an interspersed dark green contrast. Contrary to expectation, the florets were neither fiery hot, not deep fried, but just very very good. The main dish was Allepey Fish curry, a yellow base preparation (yes, more Coconut!) with King Fish, brought fresh from Calicut, guaranteed to be no more than 12 hours old. The accompanying Kerala Paratha and Thatthu Dosa were perfectly done.
It was hard to find anything to criticize, except perhaps the 1980s remixes, which did not quite go with the ambience and food.
Crescent Road has two fabulous Coastal Cuisine restaurants --- the other being the excellent Sanadige (Mangalorean) located within Goldfinch Hotel, about 200 m down the road.