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Reviews by Meenakshi
Mar 13, 2008
No.152,1st Floor, Indiranagar, 2nd Main,1st Stage, Bangalore
Rated: Average
Who said multi-cuisine = satisfy all?
Multi-cuisine restaurants mostly disappoint – they try to satisfy too many people without being particularly good at any one type of cuisine and end up being mish-mash, confused places where you can order anything from panner tikkas to schezwan chicken. However, they usually do not have names like “Pink Pepper”. I went there expecting continental cuisine – and found that my friend and I were the only people in the place. As expected there was quite a bit of pink, but not in a bad way. The upholstery has pink stripes and one of the walls is done up in various shades of bold pink and unfortunately for the waiters, they wear pink too.
The restaurant does not have a liquor license yet – but has some interesting-sounding mocktails. I tried the peach iced tea and it was good. The menu has Indian, Chinese, Thai and Continental dishes. The choices are not very creative and cover pretty much the usual five or six options which come to your mind when you think of these cuisines. Although I would have preferred to eat continental food that day, the choices did not sound exciting enough and we decided to stick to Indian. For appetizers, we tried tandoori prawns, which were ok – nothing spectacular. They had a strong taste of ajwain and my friend dismissed them as not a patch on his mom’s cooking. For the main course, we tried the murg methi makhani and the tandoori rotis. The chicken had too much methi in it and almost had a bitter after-taste as a result. The rotis were ok. The dessert choices sounded too usual and boring and we skipped them.
All in all, a very average dinner. My recommendation to Pink Pepper is to hire a chef who does a fantastic job of one cuisine or type of food and stick to only that. Mediocre is definitely not the answer. Beware, the restaurant is located in that part of Indiranagar where namma Metro is coming up – so you need to through dust and narrow roads to reach the place which is located on a cleaner side road. Service was reasonable and there is parking available on the side roads. A meal for two is approximately Rs.500.
Mar 03, 2008
Asha Plaza, 80 ft Road - 100 ft Road junction, 4th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore
Rated: Good
I like it!
A revisit to Via Milano for lunch confirmed most of my previous experiences – heavenly Italian cuisine in cool ambiance. The contemporary furniture with its clean lines and red and white colours, retro black and white hanging lamps, chic white window shades gives the restaurant a neat look without taking away any of the warmth. The white leather sofa by the picture windows which overlook Koramangala’s traffic-filled roads looked very inviting and was the perfect place for a leisurely afternoon tete-a-tete.
There were quite a few kids in the restaurant that day, since it was a Saturday, including my own – but it was still not overly noisy or boisterous. Two Americans discussed business over beers in one corner, a smartly dressed lady worked on her laptop in the bar area and there were two other families and a group of women. I am going to change my earlier recommendation of classifying Via Milano as romantic and say that it is perfect for business lunches and get-togethers with family and friends.
Via Milano has some nice imported wines by the bottle. The choices for wines by the glass are however pretty sad (two to be precise) and when we asked for the zinfandel we were told it was replaced by two other choices – one of which was a Grover’s red wine. I did not like it.
The delicious bread basket with the fresh plain and olive breads and breadsticks along with the six dips and sides appeared – the diced tomatoes, ground basil and garlic, creamy potato mayonnaise and the virgin olive oil, delicious chilli olive oil and balsamic vinegar. My daughter munched on these continuously and had a whale of a time making her own bruschetta. There are only two soup options available – both non-vegetarian – we tried the chicken and mushroom soup with gnocchi. Gnochhi is a small pancake usually made with potatoes (in this case it was) and has a melt-in-the-mouth quality like good cheese. The soup was very good although a bit too filling for one.
The rocket salad which came with pears and lettuce and very strangely a sesame-flavoured, asian-influenced (?) dressing was good though not everyone in our group agreed with me. The mozzarella and zuchinni balls which were deep fried were awesome. The margarita pizza with tomato, basil and mozzarella was good so was the penne pasta which had my daughter licking her fingers. Basic stuff but very well made. I had the spinach and ricotta annellini – it was ravioli stuffed with spinach and ricotta cheese was delicious. The most interesting looking item which we ordered was the potato pancake with vegetables. Thin-cut potatoes were fried to form a crispy pancake that was piled with multi-coloured slivers and twists of vegetables including carrots, red and yellow capsicums and zucchini. Very, very good!
Service was good and prompt. A meal for two, including alcohol is approximately Rs.1000.
Jan 02, 2008
20-21, 7th Block, Raheja Arcade, Opposite Vodafone Showroom, Koramangala, Bangalore
Rated: Good
Wholesome meal
Gramin's USP is that they cook with carefully selected ingredients and that they do not use preservatives or artificial colour in their food. The end result is that the food is delicious. This vegetarian restaurant has the best jal jeera ever,and very very good Rajasthani and Gujrathi food. The ambiance is ethnic with low seating and colourful mats and paintings on the wall. Definitely worth visiting!
Oct 16, 2007
11th Main, 4th Block (Above Health & Glow), Jayanagar, Bangalore
Rated: Good
Oasis
Really, it is an oasis in the heart of 4th block. Went there when I was tired - and had a perfect casa meal of cheese dyna stix (they are like jalapeno poppers), succulent chicken pot pie with garlic bread and the absolutely yummicious After 8 ice cream and washed it all down with a delicious iced tea. Came out happy :-) Sit at the terrace - its worth it.
Sep 25, 2007
#4,5 & 6, Kothanur Dinne Main Road, Gowravnagar, J.P. Nagar 7th Phase, Bangalore
Rated: Good
Perfect for home delivery
So you think you live in the boondocks of JP Nagar 7th and 8th Phase and there are no decent restaurants around you? Here comes Rasilaas to your rescue! Seemingly the usual ubiquitous mutli-cuisine place, Rasilaas redeems itself by serving fresh, hearty and tasty fare and doing an excellent job with quick 20 minute door delivery. I would not recommend going there for a sit down dinner or lunch, the décor and atmosphere is extremely average. But I do definitely recommend that you order from them even upto 11 pm in the night. On the whole, I think that their veggie options taste better but on the same note, some of my friends thought that their chicken dishes good too. Some highly recommended choices – baby corn koliwada, chilli panner, palak malai kofta, tandoori rotis, jeera rice and dal bukhara. Excellent choice when you don’t want to move from your couch to face the B’lore traffic :-)