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- 13 Reviews
- 8 First to review
- 4 Places Added
- Been to 13 Places
- Burrping since Aug 13, 2007
- Burrping fromGreenlands, Hyderabad
Personal Stuff
- Occupation
- Business
- Favourite Books
- Columns : Shashi Tharoor (Sunday TOI), Books: Atlas Shrugged, Rich Dad Poor Dad ,Benjamin Graham & Peter Lynch... recently read Five point someone.
- Favourite Music
- Dire Straits, Hindi & Bengali songs
- Favourite Drinks
- Whisky with soda
- Favourite Movies
- Good films - Indian and Foreign. Namesake, Omkara, Rang De Basanti,
- Favourite Foods
- Any good food preferably non-veg. Have special liking to Chinese and South East Asian food. And of course Bengali cuisine (Phish)!
Reviews by eroych
Mar 19, 2008
Next to Eat Street, Necklace Road, Hyderabad
Good
Breathtaking View and Thai Food
Waterfront is bang next to Eat Street on Necklace Road. The place has an enclosed air conditioned restaurant but the best part is the open air seating next to the Hussain Sagar lake. The place provides a breathtaking view of the lake, the tank bund opposite, the Buddha statue and is easily the most scenic place to have your dinner in Hyderabad.
Another USP of this place is the great Thai food it serves (it also serves Indian and Chinese). Try the satays with peanut sauce and coconut based Thai Chicken soup (Tom Yam Phak...). For the main course I recommend the Thai Fried Rice and rice noodles along with Khao Phad Chicken (Chicken cooked in cashew nuts and red chillies).
I found the service fairly quick (though given the great view I would not mind a slower service. The place gets pretty crowded by 8:30 PM so book in advance and while booking reserve a table next to the lake. There is a cover charge of Rs 350 per person, but as the place is quite expensive a meal for 3 will cost you upwards of Rs 1200.
Mar 19, 2008
Raj Bhawan Road, Khairatabad, Hyderabad
Excellent
Breakfast at Tewari's
Tewari Brothers is possibly one of the best places to have breakfast. It opens sharp at 8 AM. You have a choice of namkeen items like Khasta Kachoris, Samosas, Panner and Bread Pakoras. My favorite breakfast here is Poori Chole. Also try the stuffed capsicum pakoras - I have not tasted anything like it in Hyderabad.
Tiwari also has a range of sweets all available in the morning. You will find a number of students and office goers feasting on Gajar Ka Halwa. And dont forget to end it with a glass of lassi... reminds me of my student days in Varanasi.
Tiwaro Brothers is fairly easy on the pocket... a sumptuous breakfast will not exceed Rs 70. Visit on Sundays for Peas Paratha with Alu Dum.
Feb 29, 2008
ANR Centre, Road no 1, Opposite City Centre, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Good
Barbeque Buffet
Barbeque Nation is part of an All-India chain of restaurants situated on the ground floor of ANR Centre opposite the City Centre mall in Banjara Hills. The place has a lunch and dinner buffet.
What is different about this buffet is that a grill is set up on your table and starters on skewers are placed on this grill. We had starters of chicken, paneer, vegetables and achaari aloo. Various marinades, condiments, and butter are kept in small bowls on the tables which you can add to the food being barbequrd on the skewers to suit your taste. It is a delightful experience and the staff just keeps on bringing an endless flurry of food to be barbequed and consumed. Try experimenting by grilling the chicken in different marinades and they do really taste different each time!
They also have a full course meal to have if you still like to eat more after having the starters. For us there was chicken lemon grass soup, roast chicken in mint sauce, sea food salad , thai broccoli green curry as well as the Indian laal chicken. The buffet also has its fair share of sweets and desserts.
The overall ambience is nice though the place tends to get very crowded. This place is definitely worth a visit for the experience it provides.
Lunch buffet is Rs 250 plus taxes whereas the more elaborate dinner buffet is Rs 400.
Feb 10, 2008
Opp City center Mall, Banjara hills, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Good
Sizzlers and Steaks
Yoko sizzlers is a nationwide chain of sizzler outlets. Mumbai has about a dozen of these and I had heard from a friend there that they serve good steaks. As they opened up in Hyderabad, I was always interested in visited them for a bite.
The Hyderabad outlet is in a shopping centre bang opposite City Centre Mall. The building also houses Neerus boutique. The restaurant has a ground floor and first floor sections.
The menu has an extensive choice of steaks and sizzlers - chicken, mutton, fish and beef. Since we were 3 persons we were advised to go for 2 sizzlers. Our choice wer Garlic steak with cheese and Mixed grill. The side items we ordered were some garlic bread and cheese on toast. Please note that the sizzlers here do not come with rice, noodles or bread and you need to order them separately.
The Garlic steak with cheese was a very large chunk of beef steak along with cheese and vegetables. I liked the flavor and taste of pepper sauce in it. You can also have a variant with mushroom sauce if you want.
The mixed grill preparation was spicy and somewhat an Indian version. It had chicken, mutton, liver and beef pieces as well as sausages. Somehow one does not expect Indian spices in a steak joint and I did not find it that good. The Garlic Bread and Cheese toast were fresh and tasty.
The menu does also have burgers and steaks as well as soups and cocktail salads.
Visit the place for a change of cuisine. Cost was Rs 900 for 3 persons.
Feb 02, 2008
48/1 St. Marks Road, 1st Floor, Above KC Das Sweet Shop, St. Marks Road, Bangalore
Good
Bengal in Bengaluru
Bijoli Grill is one of the most well known caterers of Kolkata. They have tied up with Bangaliana of Bangalore to start this restaurant in St Marks Road. The restaurant is in the first floor above the famous KC Das sweet shop in the Church Street- St Marks Road crossing.
This is an air-conditioned joint serving authentic Bengali food. On the menu are delicacies such as Kobiraji cutlet, Fish Orly, Radhabollobi-Alur Dom. Fish items include Bhetki Paturi, Ilish sorshe and Chital Maccher Muitha.
Pricing is medium... a fish dish is around Rs 100-150 whereas delicacies like Chital Fish is Rs 170. I started with a fish orly and graduated to bhetki paturi with rice. This is bhetki fish is Bengali mustard based marinate baked inside a banyan leaf. The final dish was Ilish jhal- Hilsa fish cooked in typical hot and spicy Bengali gravy. All the food were well cooked and tasty. The proprietor told me that they fly in the Ilish everyday from Kolkata.
After a sumptuous lunch/dinner, one can go down to KC Das sweet shop just below the restaurant for a huge choice of Bengali sweets.
Dinner for two persons here can cost around Rs 400.