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- 3 Reviews
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- Been to 3 Places
- Burrping since Feb 18, 2008
- Burrping fromBannerghatta Main Road, Bangalore
Reviews by harisharora
Mar 01, 2008
Museum Inn, 1 Museum Road, Museum Road, Bangalore
Good
Mutton Chops + Chilled Beer = Nirvana
Last Thursday a bunch of us from work decided to eat diner together. We called up Barbeque Nation, Samarkand and the likes but tables weren't available till 9:30 pm. Suddenly we remembered Angeethi and they were available. I suspect that all the nice places are busy because of Business Dinners and since Angeethi doesn't have the upscale ambiance, its easier to get a reservation.
Anyways, I have been to Angeethi lots of times for lunch but not very often for dinner. We ordered chicken kebabs, mutton chops and some veggie stuff which I conveniently ignored. The mutton chops in Angeethi are the best that I have had almost anywhere. The meat is soft, juicy and the spices are great. Don't miss them if you like mutton. Combine that with chilled beer and you are talking nirvana.
The main course was Dhaba Chicken (chicken cubes in spicy gravy), dal tadka and a paneer dish that I again didn't pay any attention to. The chicken was great as well and combined with the hot tandoori rotis, it was perfect. One point about rotis at Angeethi. They are whole wheat rotis (like they should be) and dough doesn't have maida like lots of other hotels in Bangalore.
I loved the place. It is not a place where one would like to go for a date or for business dinners but fantastic place to go with friends and family and enjoy the food. BTW, if you are a vegetarian, the food isn't out of the world there. My recommendation is based on non-veg food.
Avoid the paan there. Regulars at Angeethi do not eat the paan offered there because they charge obscene amount for that. Just come down to the street and buy it from the shop right next to Empire. The pans there are great.
This review also at my blog http://dudespeak.blogspot.com
Feb 25, 2008
No.3 Home Elegance, Museum Road, Bangalore
Good
Get Namaste'ed at Ada Hind Ki
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink... ~Epicurus
A few of us friends meet around once in a month to wine and dine ourselves in a restaurants. Usually we try different restaurants everytime we meet, so in that spirit we decided to check out Ada Hind Ki. A new restaurant on Museum Road in Bangalore.
On arrival at the restaurant, the porch is sorta like hotels so one could drive up the door of restaurant and hand over the car to the valet. Three people converged on me to take the keys of the car when I stopped. A bit over-enthusiastic perhaps, but can't be faulted on that.
One has to climb a wooden staircase to reach restaurants upstairs. I am not a big fan of those because they creak with every step and remind me that I need to get rid of that paunch which prevents me from seeing my errrr.... feet. Once I climbed up the stairs two ladies dressed up in traditional attire, probably awadhi because that's the cuisine that is served there, greeted me with a big Namaste. Now, I am all for Namastes in big restaurant but it felt extremely weird. I wasn't sure why that bothered me till I realized that not only they had their hands folded (like it should be) but they bent down by a huge amount. So much so that it felt completely artificial and stupid. I asked for my table and the enthusiastic waiter again did a big Namaste to me and took to the table where some of my friends were waiting but not before someone else did another Namaste.
They have indoor as well as the terrace seating. The decor is contemporary although I liked the terrace better. The table tops are designed like wooden matrix. They look great but things can, and do drop from those holes.
Lets talk about drinks. I ordered Mohito and it was brown in color and it left me searching for a mint flavour in it. A friend ordered Mai Tai and it was more of a pineapple juice than a cocktail. Considering these drinks were priced in excess of Rs 350/-, I would recommend people to stay away from them. After those we switched to good old Smirnoff with lime cordial.
For starters we ordered Punjabi Pakode ki Chaat which was basically batter fried vegetables with curd and other garnish on top. Not bad but nothing great either, worth skipping in favor of something else. The chicken kebab that we ordered was great and so was potato pepper fry (cooked baby potatoes tossed in pepper sauce).
For main course we ordered Paneer and Chicken with assorted breads. A very safe bet as far as North Indian food goes. Usually after a few drinks and starters, main course is but a formality for us but the fact that I liked it means I would love it if I skip the starters.
There was no coffee available and we were way too full for desserts. The bill was around 5K (including tips) for five of us. When we were getting ready to leave we were greeted with, you guessed it right, Namaste!
Overall, a good North Indian place that is worth a visit. They can't replace the wooden staircase but I hope that they tone down on their Namaste. Get more class, instead of their backbone, in it.
This review also at my blog (http://dudespeak.blogspot.com/)
Feb 23, 2008
Asha Plaza, 80 ft Road - 100 ft Road junction, 4th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore
Good
Good Italian Food
It was Valentine's day and I and my wife went out for lunch. With a two year old daughter and a very busy office schedule, lunch is the best we could hope for. We had read good reviews about Via Milano and hadn't got a chance to check it out, so we headed for that. Bangalore traffic has become a nightmare even during lunch time so by the time we reached Via Milano, we were famished.
Via Milano is located next to Sony World on Kormangala 80 feet road, right above the Reebok showroom. There is valet parking available. The decor of the restaurant is very chic. One side of the restaurant has couches and the other sides has usual tables. We preferred the normal table as opposed to couches because we felt that couches were more suitable for lounging with drinks and snacks as opposed to a full blown lunch.
We were in a mood for a glass of wine but the choices were very limited. Most of the good wines were available by the bottle. Since both of us had to go back to work, we picked one from the list available. Either it was my imagination or the size of glass but I felt that amount of wine was a tad less that what it should have been considering we paid upwards of Rs 220/- for a Sula white.
We ordered a mushroom lemongrass soup and vegetable salad. While we were waiting for that, we paid our attention to the bread. The bread basket was served with the usual balsamic vinegar and olive oil. There was a third edition too, some sort of chili oil. The bread was great.
The soup was served in a cup and from distance it looked like a pineapple juice or boiled moong dal but it tasted much better than either two. The salad was good although there seemed to be generous amount of olive oil in it, there goes my one week of low fat diet.
We finished our soup and salad, ate all the bread and even those breadsticks while waiting for main course. If salt and pepper shakers were eatable, we would have eaten them too because we were hungry and these guys take long time to serve food. I had ordered Chicken tortellini and my wife had ordered Penne with roasted vegetables. When we eventually got the food, we unleashed ourselves on it. Penne was good. The sauce in tortellini was a bit too rich. A little less cheese/butter would have been nicer.
I guess we forgot all about the time they take to serve food and made the mistake of ordering Tiramisu. However, it was delicious and made up for the waiting time.
Overall, we had a good time. Wish they had better choice of wine by the glass and a little healthier (lower fat) food and faster service wouldn't hurt either. We paid around 2K for two of us including tips.
Will I go again ? Sure, but I like Sunny's better.
Review also at my blog dudespeak.blogspot.com