Times passed by, the journey through the city of gardens has come to a halt and I am back where i was. Unlimited fun, outing, good food, best feel of nature and achieving lot of moments that are captured for a lifetime. A stay for six months brought in so many changes in day-to -day life that things seem so different being the way I used to.
The fast paced life along with the feeling of being calm, surrounded the mind being at such a place. The college life, new experience of exploring new places to hang out n unending eateries. It seemed like a package for fun and frolic. The changing weathers and swinging moods, led to reaching to places that did not even turn up on planning. From small road side eateries to some of the posh restaurants, all seemed to have been added to the list of visiting week after week.
A challenge to complete the studies successfully and adding a degree behind a degree was the priority. But along with this came so many other things that made life more exciting and elucidating. A journey that would be cherished for a lifetime and wish to be there back soon.
Happiness at its core, its a place where one craves for more.
Showing posts with label Bangalore. Show all posts
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Southern Taste Bud(die)s
The time is moving on with exploration of various flavors across the food points in Bangalore. The new venture this time was to taste the traditional southern flavors at the most reputed and visited place for the meals. MTR(Mavalli Tiffin Rooms) is a must visit to enjoy the various southern spices within a meal. Starting with few starters to the main course everything comes unlimited with the price paid. Though on a little expensive side its really worth the pay for the various dishes served on the platter(on the banana leaf of course!!). A walk to remember took place at the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens before we could enjoy the meal, as being really excited that we reached an hour earlier before they could open up. A heavy meal that lingers all your taste buds is the true experience gained from here.
Another rich experience of the same flavor came in the same week at MTR Maiya's which is a more sophisticated place for a meal. A long wait for around an hour was even agreed to eat at that place looking at the crowd even on a weekday as holidays had approached and nevertheless people are big foodie out here. A clean hygienic place with ordinary and special meals both serving unlimited dishes, just that the latter added a few more dishes. A meal could keep one filled for whole day and feel contended to eat at a great place.
Initially having thought as MTR Vs Maiya's but finally I realize that both places are exquisite in their own ways. Visiting these places really makes one crave for the real southern taste buds.
Another rich experience of the same flavor came in the same week at MTR Maiya's which is a more sophisticated place for a meal. A long wait for around an hour was even agreed to eat at that place looking at the crowd even on a weekday as holidays had approached and nevertheless people are big foodie out here. A clean hygienic place with ordinary and special meals both serving unlimited dishes, just that the latter added a few more dishes. A meal could keep one filled for whole day and feel contended to eat at a great place.
Initially having thought as MTR Vs Maiya's but finally I realize that both places are exquisite in their own ways. Visiting these places really makes one crave for the real southern taste buds.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Foodie Weekend
Exams taking a toll the last week and long unending hours of study and less sleep, called for a great celebration this weekend to mark the end of it and getting back in to the exploration of Bangalore.
With the exams ending on saturday, it really meant that a great lunch would indeed make it special to start off. For this special lunch i landed up in a great northern cuisine style place called Mast Kalandar at Brigade Road.
Mast kalandar is set up on the roof top with cool breeze making u still temptingly wait for the hot and delicious flavor of the northern spices added to the food. It has limited set of items, but such that fulfills everyone's desire and the taste. With a range of combos consisting of Rajasthani rotis and sabzi, to pure north indian food to the biriyani platter, it makes the meal not only enjoying but also colorful. With a starter such a dahi puri and a welcome drink of Shikanji (Lime juice), which is the basic drink that one could ask for, still makes it the best. A full meal with essential requirements well made, hygienic conditions and great ambience is a definite place to visit with friends and family. For details visit http://bangalore.hungryzone.com/index.php/restaurant/Mast-Kalandar-Church-Street/5139/North-Indian-Food-in-Combos/church-street
Sunday marked the start from the movie Kurbaan and then the flavor of South Indian meal for lunch to linger on the tongue. With a desperate wish to eat the south indian meals, a place called Krishna Cafe attracted us. Its placed in Koramangala, a place with buzz and usual humming around. Its a very usual set up of a restaurant, served rice and other varients like poriyal, sambar, vada, applam, payasam, curd, buttermilk etc. on the banana leaf and u can keep asking for more and more to satisfy your hunger till u end up finging no place to put in another bite at very reasonable price. good quality food and efficient service from the staff states its uniqueness.
Evening was more delighting with dinner at an exquisite restaurant 'Jalpaan'. Situated opposite to Nethradhama, kanakpura road, it establishes itself on the higher end. Expensive on the whole it serves a range of north indian dishes which makes us think as to how to go on with ordering the food, but ends up in a great taste. Being Sunday and huge crowds at the hotel makes people wait for atleast an hour, which really makes lose patience if accompanied with children and huge storm of hunger in each one's stomach knocking for food. The service was slow, but the feel good factor was added by the receptionist who kept smiling though people kept raging their fire on her. Well thats what they claim to stand for- Service with a smile. With a little more improvement in the efficiency of the staff, it would make it more of happy experience than just a ere visit.
With the exams ending on saturday, it really meant that a great lunch would indeed make it special to start off. For this special lunch i landed up in a great northern cuisine style place called Mast Kalandar at Brigade Road.
Mast kalandar is set up on the roof top with cool breeze making u still temptingly wait for the hot and delicious flavor of the northern spices added to the food. It has limited set of items, but such that fulfills everyone's desire and the taste. With a range of combos consisting of Rajasthani rotis and sabzi, to pure north indian food to the biriyani platter, it makes the meal not only enjoying but also colorful. With a starter such a dahi puri and a welcome drink of Shikanji (Lime juice), which is the basic drink that one could ask for, still makes it the best. A full meal with essential requirements well made, hygienic conditions and great ambience is a definite place to visit with friends and family. For details visit http://bangalore.hungryzone.com/index.php/restaurant/Mast-Kalandar-Church-Street/5139/North-Indian-Food-in-Combos/church-street
Sunday marked the start from the movie Kurbaan and then the flavor of South Indian meal for lunch to linger on the tongue. With a desperate wish to eat the south indian meals, a place called Krishna Cafe attracted us. Its placed in Koramangala, a place with buzz and usual humming around. Its a very usual set up of a restaurant, served rice and other varients like poriyal, sambar, vada, applam, payasam, curd, buttermilk etc. on the banana leaf and u can keep asking for more and more to satisfy your hunger till u end up finging no place to put in another bite at very reasonable price. good quality food and efficient service from the staff states its uniqueness.
Evening was more delighting with dinner at an exquisite restaurant 'Jalpaan'. Situated opposite to Nethradhama, kanakpura road, it establishes itself on the higher end. Expensive on the whole it serves a range of north indian dishes which makes us think as to how to go on with ordering the food, but ends up in a great taste. Being Sunday and huge crowds at the hotel makes people wait for atleast an hour, which really makes lose patience if accompanied with children and huge storm of hunger in each one's stomach knocking for food. The service was slow, but the feel good factor was added by the receptionist who kept smiling though people kept raging their fire on her. Well thats what they claim to stand for- Service with a smile. With a little more improvement in the efficiency of the staff, it would make it more of happy experience than just a ere visit.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Firangi Paani/ Sahib Sindh Sultan
With an ongoing journey to explore all places in and around Bangalore, I landed up at a finest restaurant named Sahib Sindh Sultan at the Forum Mall in Bangalore. With its exceptional and mind dangling ambience and the great artistic touch given to the shades of the place, it really soothes each one's soul. It gives the feel of the perfect romantic atmosphere to spend best time with your loved ones.
Set up with the look and remembrance around the time when the sultans ruled over India, the restaurant by the BJN group, is designed in such a way that one would feel having reached to those times. Each customer is treated being like a sultan with the grace and pleasant meal served on. From the clothes designed for the waiters and manager, who actually has worn a uniform of a security personnel, the music of olden times, the tone of engines heard every now and then, to the specially designed coach. It would really amaze one as to how much of artistic work has gone into designing such a restaurant.
The food served is another unique feature or one can call it their USP. With a complimentary stater in the form of soup sticks and tempting side dishes would make one take a guess instantly as to how the entire course of meal would be. The names of the dishes themselves portray how royal and rich them seem to be. Their welcome drinks include rich flavors of saffron and sandalwood. Th quantity served is proportionate to the huge hunger one would carry to this place. Each bite would make one feel the real taste of the spices and varieties that the Sultans enjoyed as a part of their everyday meal. With such a good ambience around, one would feel like asking for a minute more, any number of times before leaving this place.
A very special moment celebrated here would add more happiness and memories is definitely certified. The smiles carried on by each of the staff member makes it still more pleasant and alluring. A little on the expensive side, but a place that offers one so many things under one roof is definitely worth the pay. A place must to visit when in Bangalore.
For more details you can visit http://bangalore.hungryzone.com/index.php/restaurant/Sahib-Sindh-Sultan/16/North-Indian/koramangala
Set up with the look and remembrance around the time when the sultans ruled over India, the restaurant by the BJN group, is designed in such a way that one would feel having reached to those times. Each customer is treated being like a sultan with the grace and pleasant meal served on. From the clothes designed for the waiters and manager, who actually has worn a uniform of a security personnel, the music of olden times, the tone of engines heard every now and then, to the specially designed coach. It would really amaze one as to how much of artistic work has gone into designing such a restaurant.
The food served is another unique feature or one can call it their USP. With a complimentary stater in the form of soup sticks and tempting side dishes would make one take a guess instantly as to how the entire course of meal would be. The names of the dishes themselves portray how royal and rich them seem to be. Their welcome drinks include rich flavors of saffron and sandalwood. Th quantity served is proportionate to the huge hunger one would carry to this place. Each bite would make one feel the real taste of the spices and varieties that the Sultans enjoyed as a part of their everyday meal. With such a good ambience around, one would feel like asking for a minute more, any number of times before leaving this place.
A very special moment celebrated here would add more happiness and memories is definitely certified. The smiles carried on by each of the staff member makes it still more pleasant and alluring. A little on the expensive side, but a place that offers one so many things under one roof is definitely worth the pay. A place must to visit when in Bangalore.
For more details you can visit http://bangalore.hungryzone.com/index.php/restaurant/Sahib-Sindh-Sultan/16/North-Indian/koramangala
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Melting Moments..
Memories are best friends is a belief which is truly being experienced. As each day passes on every little thought becomes a memory, whether good or bad, they do have a hidden meaning in each of them. With the two phases of fun already portrayed in the previous blogs, the next set came in as meeting friends who were long known but could not get a opportunity to meet them. Finally it came on a Sunday, and the very own Forum mall set the perfect platform to roam around.
This meet made me know my friends better and also to get to know what they essentially thought of me. It all came in a positive note and healthily( as i had two glasses of juice, really needed!!!) Time moved on to bring in more surprises in the future week. Staying back with the cousins as we used to in our childhood days.
The times of being children are most remembered thinking of the numerous mischievous acts done and also having lotttttt of time available to spend with each other. Four classes played Uno for whole noon, late night outing for an ice cream, driving through faster to reach home before it starts raining heavily and a sigh of relief noting we were not that late.
This part of fun extended to another day of shopping on the most poplulous areas in Bangalore- The Commercial Street and Brigade Road, with not so much hopping as such, but happiness of having spent time with each other. Back home in the evening with another round of we cousins outing to have special 'Akki Roti'. Heavy dinner followed by Ice cream, a walk for 2 kms, on the way a bite of pani puri, n having fun seeing one of my cousin dying hard to fight with the spicy chilli she chewed thinking it to be potato. Ah.. It was like one of the most beautiful evening spent after years with cousins like this.
These moments do not occur so usually now, as each one of us are equally busy in our own fields of study. Hence these memories melt into each one of our hearts to be cherished forever.
This meet made me know my friends better and also to get to know what they essentially thought of me. It all came in a positive note and healthily( as i had two glasses of juice, really needed!!!) Time moved on to bring in more surprises in the future week. Staying back with the cousins as we used to in our childhood days.
The times of being children are most remembered thinking of the numerous mischievous acts done and also having lotttttt of time available to spend with each other. Four classes played Uno for whole noon, late night outing for an ice cream, driving through faster to reach home before it starts raining heavily and a sigh of relief noting we were not that late.
This part of fun extended to another day of shopping on the most poplulous areas in Bangalore- The Commercial Street and Brigade Road, with not so much hopping as such, but happiness of having spent time with each other. Back home in the evening with another round of we cousins outing to have special 'Akki Roti'. Heavy dinner followed by Ice cream, a walk for 2 kms, on the way a bite of pani puri, n having fun seeing one of my cousin dying hard to fight with the spicy chilli she chewed thinking it to be potato. Ah.. It was like one of the most beautiful evening spent after years with cousins like this.
These moments do not occur so usually now, as each one of us are equally busy in our own fields of study. Hence these memories melt into each one of our hearts to be cherished forever.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
An Undestined Paradise- Phase II
In a move to explore new places having arrived to the Garden City, the lush green gardens created by nature, catching ones eye moves one to other big malls created by human hands. Having recently visited the Forum Mall here its a huge one as normally other malls are and a keen observation would make one realize its a place for roaming around like in gardens rather than a serious shopping option.
A huge crowd draws in everyday, maximizing the most during weekends. Hand in hand people move around seeing those extravagant shopping stores, delighting ones wishes but restricting on the wallet terms. The crowd here enjoys the most at the food court (which charge no less in comparison) but provides a great seating place and hygienic surrounding to enjoy the eating moments.
Apart from this they also hold in special events wherein they call in people for performance, like i saw a team from Karnataka forming a dance attracting larger crowds to stay tuned to their performance and beats. Then a whole round of quizzes and other form of shows to make people stay there beyond the time they wanted to be there.
Nevertheless its the best way to spend your day with family and friends, for shopping movie or just freaking out.
A huge crowd draws in everyday, maximizing the most during weekends. Hand in hand people move around seeing those extravagant shopping stores, delighting ones wishes but restricting on the wallet terms. The crowd here enjoys the most at the food court (which charge no less in comparison) but provides a great seating place and hygienic surrounding to enjoy the eating moments.
Apart from this they also hold in special events wherein they call in people for performance, like i saw a team from Karnataka forming a dance attracting larger crowds to stay tuned to their performance and beats. Then a whole round of quizzes and other form of shows to make people stay there beyond the time they wanted to be there.
Nevertheless its the best way to spend your day with family and friends, for shopping movie or just freaking out.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
An Undestined Paradise
Its been like a journey with the winds and waves to move across from one place to the other. Never to have thought to shift to another place for a living for quite a long time, i landed up in Bangalore. Its indeed a paradise when u start finding out there is much more beyond what one explores. From official buildings to parks to numerous places to hang out, the list seems endless.
Within a short duration one would get to know so much about this place, that one would say ' I need more'. A small journey throgh the city and i found mind filling aroma from the fresh breeze at the parks, to ups and downs n the roads due to metro being constructed, the huge and small shopping centers ( definitely the more u take from them its less ;) ), the parliament( Vidhan Saudha) to having had the first time experience at the McDonalds, loved it.
The fresh climate and the rains ; the feeling of being lazy around with it, is the best feeling one would get out of here. Still its buzzing with lot of professionals and business people, the vendors and lots of small eateries existing. The varieties would range from a small outlet to huge ones. All in all its a place for all ranges. One thing of course that would not soothe the mind and body would be the traffic. It really takes most of the time, usually more than the work that u were out for. It all calls for patience. I m having a gr8 time out here.
A sip in life with the journey beyond home.
Within a short duration one would get to know so much about this place, that one would say ' I need more'. A small journey throgh the city and i found mind filling aroma from the fresh breeze at the parks, to ups and downs n the roads due to metro being constructed, the huge and small shopping centers ( definitely the more u take from them its less ;) ), the parliament( Vidhan Saudha) to having had the first time experience at the McDonalds, loved it.
The fresh climate and the rains ; the feeling of being lazy around with it, is the best feeling one would get out of here. Still its buzzing with lot of professionals and business people, the vendors and lots of small eateries existing. The varieties would range from a small outlet to huge ones. All in all its a place for all ranges. One thing of course that would not soothe the mind and body would be the traffic. It really takes most of the time, usually more than the work that u were out for. It all calls for patience. I m having a gr8 time out here.
A sip in life with the journey beyond home.
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