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Reviews by roopashree.bn
May 08, 2008
68, 8th F Main, 3rd Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore
Rated: Good
For Mango Lassi :)
It’s the season of mangoes and you get one of the best Mango Lassis here.
The other tryable options are varieties of kulfis, faloodas, ice creams, fruit salads, fresh fruit juices etc
Please don’t look for a great ambience as this place is almost on the road side and if you are lucky enough, you may also get to sit. There are around 10 chairs and small tables placed next to those chairs
My personal favorite here is the mango lassi. One could also try the sweet lassi, last lassi and the masala lassi to name a few
The crowd is a mixture - from kids to teenagers and college goers to oldies
I would say, one could try this place to quench thirst in Jayanagar
May 05, 2008
86, Spencer Building, Church Street, Bangalore
Rated: Poor
Cockroach in More Kozambu :(
Me and my friend wanted to have a leisurely lunch and decided to try our hands on the chettinad food @ Coconut Groove.
The ambience was purely Kerala like and felt good on a sunday noon to have found a not crowded restaurant amidst the two busiest roads in Bangalore.
We ordered the thein elneer which was soothing and the spicy rasam which was good but, would definitely be enjoyed more during winter and monsoon.
Moving on to the main course, we ordered rice and more kozambu - had just started to eat and found a cockroach in the more kozambu. Yuck!! :(
....and the worst part is, none of the waiters / manager had any kind of guilt on their face when we informed them about this issue which pissed me more.
I would not recommend this place to anybody. For the price they charge on each of the items on their menu, the quality of food and the service provided is pathetic. Now I know why this is place not crowded.. on a weekend too
Feb 19, 2008
No.9, Ramanathan Street, Usman Road, T.Nagar, Chennai
Rated: Excellent
For Super Soft Idlis
Never heard of this before and our entire gang bumped into Murugan Idli Shop during our loafing session in Chennai.
It was crowded and we had to wait for around 10mins and what we got to eat is definitely worth a wait.
Somebody told me, the first idli shop belonging to this chain, was started during the pre-independence period. People from Chennai could throw more light on this if they have the relevant data.. Anybody listening???
The claim they serve the best Idlis.. and they really do. The most amazing, soft idlis are served on a plaintain leaf with 3 kinds of chutneys - Coconut, mint and tomato and ofcourse Sambar. All of us got busy in trying out on whatever was served. After a moment of silence, completely satisfied, we opened our mouth to talk - to order the next round of idlis!!!
The sweet pongal was delicious and the dosas were too huge. The Vada was ok. There were many other on their menu list. We did not try as our stomachs were overloaded.
The tables are closely placed and dont expect to get a separate table for your gang / family. You wanna enjoy the idlis, be ready to share the tables with the unknown. Dont worry, you would not be too bothered after you are completely engrossed in eating idlis
We were out with complete satisfaction and all praises to Murugan Idli Shop
I give it a Two Thumbs up!!
Feb 14, 2008
55/1 Gowdia Mutt Road, Royapettah, Chennai
Rated: Good
The Original
Who on earth doesnt want to try their hands on the original? So were we waiting to do that.
After enjoying the high current waves @ the Eliots Beach, we had a small brainstorm session, came to a consensus and decided on The Ponnusamy Hotel.
The meat eaters crave to have the food from here as they provide the taste buds with the exotic variety. The Rabbit Roast, Titar, and lot many to list down.
Few of us had the veg chettinad meal which consisted of vegetable kootu, sambhar, rasam, tomato & onion gojju, dal chutney pudi with servings of endless ghee and the curd and the buttermilk. A few others tried their hands the chiken biryani (there was more chicken than the rice - though my friends tried gobbling all up, finally gave up), titar masala (it is supposed to be a small bird with very less flesh and more bones), the kaadu koli and the fish fry.
There was a disappointment too as my friends could not try on the rabbit roast which was not available for the dinner.
Hard core non-veggies can experiment with their taste buds trying on the variety of meat cooked in the typical south Indian Masala.
Since, this was the first Ponnusamy Hotel, the ambience is not very modern unlike the other branches, parking can be on the road, the service is pretty fast and the price is very reasonable.
Whatever.... Its THE ORIGINAL :)
Feb 14, 2008
Hotel Quality Inn Aruna, 5th Floor,144/145 Sterling Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai
Rated: Good
Food with Magical Aroma
Wanted to try new and something different after a tiring day @ Chennai. Conversed with the auto driver telling him what kind of a restaurant we are looking for in my broken tamil and let him decide on the restaurant.
Guess what!!?? He dropped us at an amazing place :)
It was a pretty big complex and contained the boards of different restaurants. We were delighted and very thankful to the auto driver who let us curb our hunger in style.
The complex consisted of Mainland China, Tandoor, The Pub Hub and the Sigree. All this, we gotta know comes under the Speciality Restaurants Group.
Didn't wanted to try Mainland China and Tandoor as we have them in Bangalore.
We thought we would try our hands with The Pub Hub. Since, many of our friends were Teatotallers, we changed our decision and stepped into Sigree. The restaurant was huge and Spacious, very well lit (infact it was too bright, hitting us from all the directions). They played the old hindi instrumental which is supposed to be very soothing and melodious to the ears but unfortunately it was just tooooooo loud. The tables were low, wide and broad
Sigree, basically means food cooked in a snails pace in an iron vessel (An ethnic vessel called Lagan) over charcoal. For most of the dishes, they claim, a variety of ingredients is soaked and cooked for as long as 40 hours.
The ambience was good and we gotta see a different crowd from what we saw in the mornings. It was hot and happening and my guy friends finally gotta see gals with skimpy clothes and were more than happy as they were missing all this from the time we stepped into chennai.
Now, coming to the food part, we had amazingly soft rotis, a mixed-veg gravy, chicken gravy (my friends loved it so much, they relished licking their finger)
Then came the most interesting one.. The Biryani :) It had such good aroma, we were all flat over it. Completely fell for it. It had a very different aroma.. Very different from the one we get in Bangalore. The rice was perfectly cooked with a pinch of Kesar
Few of us also had drinks but, nothing can beat bangalore in that. They did not have a menu card for the drinks. Hence, the waiter had to give us the list orally and he wasnt good enough in doing that.
Overall, the seating was perfectly placed, ambience was good, food was delicious and amazingly good, music was too loud (Should I say Noisy??) and the lighting was too bright. Having 3 restaurants and 1 bar, there was very less parking space (Was not a problem for us as we caught a auto rickshaw)
Highly recommended for the first timers @ chennai
and definitely for people who hail from chennai :)