🍁 Tryst Cafe

Restaurant Review

The entrance would make you wonder if it is really a cafe or just a small bakery. They have a bakery when you enter.

Once inside, the cafe is bit modern. They have seating both inside and outdoors.

If you sit inside , they have wide range of books to keep you company. We sat outside . They had a Tryst garden theater for special occasions. They had decorated the area as a artificial grape yard. There were lots of cats and a dog. We went there in the afternoon , Since its December , that explains the pleasant climate.

We ordered Chicken Steak. The Utensils were cleanly wrapped in a piece of paper. They served the chicken steak with mushroom sauce , mashed potato and some roasted veggies.

The mushroom sauce was delicious and we asked for extra. The chicken was a bit dry and hard , the potatoes were cold. But the veggies were hot and perfectly seasoned. The quantity of the chicken and veggies was more than enough for the both of us.

The cats came near us and had a puppy face waiting for us to feed. We gave it a piece of green bean, which it finished off quietly . We gave it a little bit of chicken too . The funny thing was those cats never touched a bean after having tasted the chicken ( If you do not like pets , i would suggest you to sit inside ) . 

It's an ideal place to go out and spend time with friends. I would surely visit this place again , especially for the ambience (and mushroom sauce) 

🍁 Dialogue in the dark

Restaurant review

We have been wanting to go to this restaurant for a long time . We planned for a movie along with dinner here.

This is located in the third floor of EA mall , we had pre-booked the table. We paid for the meal and got the tokens. We had to deposit all our belongings, phones, handbag and any light emitting things outside . They provide us with a locker and keys for this purpose.

The tokens given were quirky which were in different shapes , Circle for Veg and Square for Non veg. Since its dark inside the tokens help them to serve us the type of meal we had booked for. 

 As we entered inside it was pitch dark. A voice guided us through the pathway. We had to form a line and then walk one by one . Javed was the person who welcomed us. He led us to the table and made sure each one of us sat down in the allotted chairs without any difficulty .

We were given hand sanitizer first ,which the Five of us had to fumble and pass around in the dark.  Trays with cutlery were placed right in front of us.
The essence of this restaurant is to experience the absolute darkness for which our eyes could never adapt until even the very end. With our visual input totally cut off, our other senses are heightened and we had a nice time chatting. No smart phones gave rise to some quality time being spent together with friends along with good old conversations and gossips.

The person who served us was Velmurugan who was visually challenged ably handled our entire dinner proceedings from seating us in the right place to serving us the food. He placed a lunch box in front of us , which was pretty hot. It had 3 tiers , the contents of which was not informed. It was up-to us to find the contents by using our gustatory perception . 

The first box had 2 chapatis rolled in a tin foil. It had a chicken tikka and a chicken kebab. The second one had Rainbow pulao and the third one had the butter chicken gravy. The food was good but not great. But the point is,taste is not the main reason people come here.The limited options and non availability of a menu-wise-ordering system can be a little bit of a turn off for some people.

 Once we were done we had to arrange the lunch box in the same order. Wet tissues were given in the end.

After the meal , we had a nice conversation with Velmurugan. Later we were led to the light. Once we exited the restaurant we were blinded by the light.

Overall it was a new and exhilarating experience , this was my second time there . Would surely come again and like to experience the exhibition tour 
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🍁 Dinner at Hamsa

Restaurant review

We made reservations in hamsa to celebrate my husband's birthday . It is a vegetarian fine dining restaurant . The logo is of the hamsa bird itself . It was a place of spectacular opulence , the hallway was impressive and filled with royalty.

We were welcomed inside and served with a welcome dish in a vintage bell shaped silverware with the hamsa bird for the handle . It was of intricate workmanship.

The welcome sweet was gulab jamun. I usually like my gulab jamun soft and hot , as it was served for us to begin with it was a bit cold and firm.

                

They gave us cold towels to freshen us up and the people who served us were pleasant .

The lighting was shadowy , romantic and candles were lit . The candles were placed in bowl which resembled that of a lotus.

For the soup we ordered Tomato Shorba , which was a tomato and dhaniya (corriander) soup. It was served generously in a cute black bowl.

There was complimentary papads which was spicy and crispy.

Appetizer we ordered 3 dishes , Paneer sanufiya being the first dish . It was a fennel spiced stuffed paneer sandwich dish , which was delicious .

Next one was Jaipuri Bhindi , which was fried , crispy okra coated with gram flour . which was a bit oily for me.

We also had one more paneer dish called the Bharwan paneer which is paneer stuffed with nuts and spices which was also good. 

It was a north indian restaurant so we had to order Butter Naans and rumali rotis. Gobi adrak paratha was to mention . We had the Kadaai paneer and Gobi dum musallam. It was luscious . We also ordered idiyappam , which is one of my favorites , it was silky and soft , But we had no special side dish for the idiyappam we had to eat it with the paneer and gobi masala.

Even the after-mint came in a special box.

The bill came in a Silver antique cutlery , which was delicately worked . 

Overall this place had a exquisite ambiance 5/5 , Food comparatively i would rate it to about 4/5 and the service 5/5 . I would surely visit the place again just for the ambiance and to try out new dishes.

🍁 My Visit to Dragon's Den

Restaurant review

Just as the rain falls , we visited this place for lunch called the dragon's den in adayar .

Rainfall themed  big french windows , was elegant and exhilarating . The ambiance was good with slow Chinese music in background .

Our first order was soup . We ordered jade soup and hongkong noodle soup which was well-seasoned.

Next we ordered the Chef special Chilli egg , nice and spicy with capsicum and chillies.



Of course , since it was a Chinese place we ordered chicken lollipop ,was flavorful (a bit sweet for me!), 



Finally the mouthwatering dim-sums served in a bamboo basket along with a sweet sauce to dip . Freshly steamed and hot . 

Overall experience was good . 

Pleasant ambiance!

Fast and good Service !

Not heavy on the pocket !

And a nice time with friends .