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Novelty tea house..sowcarpet

We reached there anyhow ,asking evrybody and when we saw the exterior, my hubby was sorely dissappointed and told me..you came here all the way for this..I was sheepish, couldnt say anything..frankly i too never expected this..ambiance..what is that..its very conjusted, no place to move or sit properly, seats are torn, walls are chipped.Good for take away only..on top of that they dont served dinner on sundays..its only snacks. We started with lassi..sweet one and it was good, but nothing special,next masala papad..it was totally yummy, very good. Since everybody was praising their pao bhaaji, we ordered pao bhaji, and it was really good, they serve more bhaaji than needed , so that they can ask you..do you want more pao..ofcourse at extra cost.. Next we thought of Aloo tikki and corn sandwich...first one they serve with dollops of curd, whereas we are habitual of eating completely covered with curd, and when we asked him for more, the waiter said we dont put extra..hellooo..even hawk

My Fortune....cathedral road

We tried the Saturday night buffet over there..Since its five star we expected good ambiance and we were not disappointed..one thing I liked was the spacious seating. In the moctails they had just one variety but it was  totally to go for..very yummy. Then in the vegetarian starters he brought vada, pakora and fried vegetable and all of them were good. In the main section they had very good bread section, then we tried paneer khurchan, ma ki daal, dahi vada , green mix veg and there to southern style vegetables too.....they had lot more variety ib non veg. Though the variety was not much but the food was good...... In the dessert there were many baked varieties 4 types of icecream, karachi halwa and bread pudding...whatever was there was very good and tasty but i missed indian desserts something like gulab jamun or jalebi. Service was prompt and courteous..I liked it. It cost us 899/ per person because we had taken groupon coupon , otherwise I think it is 1200

Little Italy

We went to this place in Beasant nagar. Got the table immediately. Ambiance is very nice and cosy and gives a very clean feeling with starched table cloths and all. Service is also quick, we ordered Long Island in Mocktails and veg,cream soup and both were totally to go for..very nice Then we took special tacos and pizza..both were very good, yummy,My husband was so happy to find this place. Since both the dishes had paneer, we were totally stuffed and didnt have any place for dessert, but they had nice variety including Tiramisu. Now i would like to point out 2-3 small things, like in service he always brought the dish first then plates then cutlery whereas it should be the other way round. Both the dishes were very tasty but for tacos, I cant say that they were authentic Mexican..for that we need guacamole and sour cream, but I know that with the prices of Avocado so high in India, its difficult to manage that in  a reasonable price. All in all a very good experience..its pur

DELHI HIGHWAY

I was looking for a north Indian vegetarian restaurant, so this week we tried this one.  Compared to other restaurants in this category I found the ambiance quite good..with decor seating and space.Luckily we got the table immediately, otherwise there was waiting later on. I was happy to see mocktails on the menu and so we ordered lassi and Pommegranate moctail, lassi was nothing special but moctail was good and so were the starters..dahi ke kabab..they we yummy. In the main course we tried delhi highway special daal and kadhai paneer..Daal was awesome..best I have tasted in Chennai, kadhai Paneer was also fine, in the breads, missi roti wasnt worth it but naan and kulcha were good. There was enough variety in desserts also, but we were full, so didnt try anything. All this came at a price of 1700/..so if we had ordered desserts also, .complete meal for two wouldnt be less than 2000/..may be a little more They have a thali on weekdays for 499/.nett..why cant they

Raintree Annasalai

I have tried raintree in Alwarpet but never this one, so I gave it a try yesterday. We tried Their multi cuisine restaurant..Kitchen. It is quite spacious, but seating and all is quite ordinary, secondly I dont like the glass walls on the inner side..it gives you the feeling that you are eating on the road. On Sundays they have five live counters for pizza ,pasta dosa etc. There were two mocktails..and fruit mix was quite good. In the starters they had fried vegetables chineses style, tawa fry, kabab, papdi chaat etc...I liked only kabab.,, vegetable soup was quite spicy. In the main course there was quite a lot of variety in vegetables, salad, breads and they had dahi vada also...I liked ma ki daal,daal tadka, pulao with sulatana and zuchhini...First time i saw somewhere kesar paneer, but it was just ok. Naan were good. In the dessert section, they had good Indian sweets..I loved them and then some baked delights, icecreams and fruits. Top it all with coffee or tea..

DELHI DHABA

This Sunday we were looking for a good north Indian joint on ECR as we like to drive thru that road,but now that road has become a total concrete.such fast development though its a sore to the eyes.I was searching the net, asked few friends and then zeroed on Delhi Dhaba..Its opposite to VGP Beach and there are three restaurants together..one Malgudi,one Delhi dhaba and one for fast food. We went to Delhi dhaba..it has a retro bollywood ambiance with old heroes pictures everywhere. Bamboo legs of tables are fine but otherwise it looks very old. Outside it was looking good with village look but then the weather was hot and I wanted to sit inside in airconditioning. The one who took the order looked like an old fat clerks you see in offices..nothing pleasant about him.On the table there was a card telling us that they have two chef special..paneer kabab and vegetable kababs platter..we ordered tomato soup and veg.kabab platter, as we tgought we will order pane er in main di