Sahib Singh Sultan @ FORUM

Went to this great place with a couple of friends. First of all the theme took me by surprise, a British Ruled India platform, the train cabinet was amazing, the details, the silverware, the outfits of the captain simply fitted.

My little niece is very fond of this place, she loves the bread sticks with the cheese dips that comes in the beginning. Its so soothing :)

We had the kakori kabab and paneer tikka that comes with cheese an smashed potato sandwiched between paneer slices. As expected both were excellent. That too the kakori kabab, i will say for sure, its the best in Bangalore.

We ordered the chicken with a spring onion gravy (the name escapes me right now), for the main course and it was great. We had a roti each and then thought of having a biriyani

Got to know from the waiter that Chicken biryani here is not a dum biryani, but just chicken with gravy mixed with rice. So ordered Lamb Biriyani, I must say the dum biryani was superb. Most places the meat in a lamb biryani is very chewy and not very easy to gulp down, but here it was soft and tender. Perhaps 'one of the best' biryani I ever had.

"Sultan sherbet" & "Lemonade" with a hint of Sandalwood are must try in the drinks menu

You may need to book a table a day in advance. But it's worth it.

Sahib Singh Sultan
Level 2 - FORUM Mall
Hosur road,
Bangalore
BJN Groups

Beijing Bites @ Banashankari

The best place for Chinese in and around Kathriguppe Circle, Banashankari, a relatively restaurant-deficient region of Bangalore is Beijing Bites. Apart from Chinese, specialty tag, they also serve thai cusine. I hav no idea about Thai food here, its mostly the Chinese stuff which I have tried.

The Chinese food is quite good, my favorites include- American Chopsuey(Crispy), Lung Fung Soup, Golden Dragon chicken and the Tofu dishes served here. Tofu is fresh and quite well made in the couple of dishes I have tried out here. For the not so veggies Chicken is quite good, right from the regular Chili Chicken to fried one, perfectly crisp, Golden dragon is one great starter, which i never miss in all visits. :) Another Crispy starter which they serve here is Crispy Veggies which are quite good says my friend.

The food is not that greesy. I tried Kothai in Thai which was OK. You can have Chilli-Butter-Garlic noodles along with all the stuff, they go fine with most of the stuff.

Its a simple place with no nonsense Decor with a few Chinese Chilly info posters on the wall, and neat and clean sitting. The only problem here is they havnt managed the aucostics :(. Its very noisy if atleast 70% of the seats are occupied.. The staff is quite friendly and responsive.

They offer a Home Delivery service too.


Beijing Bites , Kathriguppe Circle, Kathriguppe Main Road, Banashankari, Bangalore

Hyderabadi biriyani

aah.. finally the finest hyderabadi biriyani at Bangalore.. when i heard this from my friend, i was not too much excited, as in past, i was not fully satisfied with all those tall promises and claims people made..

But this time, i was not let down.. Hyderabadi Biriyani is the name of the place, on airport road, proved to be a place which deserves the name.

The only complaint i have about the biriyani served here is, its a bit greasy, a little over dose of ghee. I don't think a real biriyani buff wont bother much about this, unless he is a real fitness freak.

The other issue with this place is parking space, u have to roam all around to park ur vehicle, but, u wont regret that for the splendid biriyani they serve :)

Address
Hyderabadi Biryani
98, Skylark Plaza, Airport Road, Bangalore
Phone 32514613, 32514614

Silver Metro @ Madiwala

Silver Metro is a theme based restaurant inspired by a Metro train station. Its located in the 3rd Floor of Total mall in madiwala, near madiwala police station. Stratergically located :).
Run by Ohri's.
The Grand Buffet, lunch and dinner are served in the ambience of a Metro station, with all those glazy lighings.

I tried the buffet dinner. They have good variety of choices in both veg and non veg. The chicken dumsums was really good as in a speciality chinese restarunts.
Though the chikcen muglai was not at its best, their fish tawa was fine. they have assorted breadspread, raithas, chats, a really gud dhalmakhni, raithas and relly huge spread of salads. The desserts and ice cream was also good.

I wud say, i really liked their starters and dessert/salad over their main course :).

They claim to have well stocked bar, but i cudnt get my fav KFStrong or draught.. finally ended in having KF Premium :(

Its really a 'Good value for money' place, the dinner buffet they serve for 179+taxes is really worth enough.. so, although the place is big, it still gets crowded, u must be lucky to get a cozy corner seat in this metro.

Hyd Mahal @ Church st.

Hyd Mahal located on Church street serves Hyderabadi and North indian food. It is located alongside the RR restaurant. (its part of the famous RR Andhra restarunt, i hope)

The food is quite tasty, but the best thing about this place is their biryani. Though its not the perfect Hyderabadi biriyani, i'll say its the closest to the Original Nawabi Biriyanis served in Hyderabad. A perfect blend of spices and flavor, i wud say its little more spicy, but still it adds to the taste. The ambience is good, dim lighted, suitable for date too..

But the service is not in par with ambiance and the taste, they misses a dish each in all the three courses we ordered.

we went for the regular murg shorbha (chicken soup) and kali mirchi murg for starters. I just loved the shorba, other than all those soups served in most of the eateries as clear soup, sweetcorn.. $%%^@!$, this is no nonsense soup, just a tasty spicy chicken soup . (It just reminded me the taste of soups we get in rural places)

We ordered the mutton biryani, ymm.. it was damn good..  with clear mix of spices perfectly cooked cubes of lamb.. slurrp... it was really really gud.. other than those biriyanis served in nagarjuna's or nandhini's.. again i'll say.. it was close to the perfect. :)

We had a taste of  Boneless chicken/Nawabi Murgh Roti/Lassi .. nothing to blame.. i wud say. A good decent restaurant, in all ways [taste, ambiance, economy].

If you just enter in the church street from brigade, just as soon as u get in to the street u'll see on the right hand side, HydMahal, sitting alongside the other well knwon local restaurant Andhra RR.

good service and nice ambience

Samarkand @ Infantry road

One of the best places to go for North West Frontier Cuisine in Bangalore is Samarkand. They serve some awsome foodhere. They are very cool right from from attending to phone bookings to allotment of tables, service, food, ambience etc. etc. Feel like going to the place again and again, the whole team takes care of you very well, from entrace(hostess) to the waiters. The Manager of this place is very pleasant and capable man, who handles toughest of the toughest problems very neatly.

The sheek kababs they serve are the best in the town, the chutneys too, they serve with the starters are heavenly. The ambience also adds to the flavours :). sittting in a dark hole like atmoshpere in afghan settings and having the kababs with your fav drink can make you high than expected ;)

The mutton biriyani they serve here is the real afghan biriyani, no other places in bangalore can boast of a afghan biriyani, they are all look alikes, but in samarkand u get the real one. My friend ordered for dum pulav.. and man it was also so cool.. i genrelly hate having pulav' at speciality restarunts but this was a pleasent shock, they have made it really yummy.

Nalli ka salan made my day.

But i wud suggest something for veggies, avoid this place.. this is a heaven for Redmeat lovers.

Hotel Prasanth @ Gandhi Bazaar

Are u a non-veggie, are u fed up with all those butter-sixtyfive-manchurian chicken dishes served with thick flour pastes, u r looking for some place where u feed ur self with a traditional liver fry, poti (intestine - குடல்), thala maamisa (தலக்கறி), naati fry (நாட்டுகோழி ப்ரை) stuff.. here u go.. just step in to Prasanth Hotel in gandhibazaar. In the midst of Basvanagudi, with all those fruits/vegetable shops and silk Saree showrooms, is this small clean no frills non-veg hotel. Hotel Prasanth.

you never get any fired rice, macnhurians, chicken 65, naans, kulchas'.. nothing.. just ragimudge, chappati, biriyani and plain rice.. thats it.. the main course menu stops here. :)

I have learnt the ragimudge they serve here tastes heavenly along with nati-kuruma ( Country chicken gravy). Im not a ardent fan of ragi, i have tried it couple of times and had some bad experiences, with my inability to eat it without the mudge getting stuck to my tooth. My north kannadiga friend nearly dives in to the plate once it is served and even he cudnt teach me the expertise way of having ragi-mudge.. so. i nver try it afterwards (these grapes are sour).

I usually start with a couple of chappatis (a decent ones.. no maida, full wheat). The side dish varies with the mood it may be either the plummy liver fry, the spicy poti fry or at times a plain chicken fry. they also serve a good anjal fish fry, though it dont go well with chappati's.

After those chappatis, its the turn of rice.. dont ever spend a second to choose between the mutton/chicken/nati biryani from the menu.. they serve the same rice, with just mixing 3-4 pieces of flesh as per ur choice, so better settle with 'jeera rice' the same biriyani rice without any flesh/bone in it.

The last part is more interesting one in having a complete non veg feast, the piping hot rasam, which they serve as 'complimentary drink'. Its a cute way to finish ur spicy lunch/dinner.

The very peculiar attitude of the waiters i observe here, in this place, similar to that one of those waiters from Velumilitary and amma mess in chennai, they never bring the bill to your table unless the plates are cleared. u finish ur meal, wipe out ur hands in the finger bowl and sit relax with the tooth pick, then arrives the bill, which to ur astonishment is very very low, at least to bangalore's standards. I really love this part, unless u dine in a posh restaurants, it may be those nandhinis/nandhanas or sagars the wiaters use to bug u with 'next sir!' type of questions and once u say 'u r done' they immd flash the bills, even before u finish ur meal. I luv this place for this attitude more than its food :)

mm.. keep in mind, there is one new eatery jsut a couple of building next to this place, which is named 'New Prasanth Hotel', dont ever bother to step in to that place.. its no where near to 'Prasanth Hotel' s standards. there is some mockery going on ter.. i have been fooled once, by trying them. beware!
This place is in the I floor above the silk showroom, they have a very clearn familroom too in the second floor !!

Kebab Magic @ RV Road & East End

The one great place for chicken lovers is kebab magic. I have been to their east end branch, but my frequent is the one in RV road opp to vijaya college. The place is most famous for takeaways, i used to find the ppl standing in Q's on Friday/Saturdays nights to takeaway their fav. rolls. grill chickens and kebabs. This is a fast food chain run by some mallu Uncle, who claims they specialise in Arabic tastes - agreed, the chicken rolls they make are really more Arabic.

The Executive Biriyani' which they serve mostly during lunch time is a big hit. You can see lot of executives, who roam all along the city braving the sun, smoke and traffic, hit this place for lunch, I hav seen both east end and RV road branches filled with marketing executives, college kids and nearby techies flocking arnd for lunch(you can find lot of ppl from sonata software in the RV road eatery).

Executive biriyani consists of Biryani rice, one Parota, one chicken leg piece, one pice of chicken 65, one boiled egg, and a glass full of Grape juice. The combination provides full justice to the hungry stomach and also the wallet - thats the main part to be left satisfied for most of the executives - this combo comes for just Rs:55/-. Only the veggie executives are left with no choice here :0.

The other best thing you get here in the evenings are the different chicken rolls..'Shawarma' rolls are their speciality. Chicken and butter shows no difference in a tasters mouth.. they give a juicy feel and melts in you throat. Man. their rolls are really grt!. Every time i taste their rolls, i cant control of 'waanaa more' thing..

Usually i spent some minutes watching the chef in action. Chicken is hung in some vertical rod and they are slowly roasted as it is rotated. The trained chef chops off some minute bits of the slow roasted flesh and adds some spices and onion to it, thats it the main part is ready. Then he takes the smooth waffer like roti, lavishly puts some butter on it, weave it all along the roti, put the main part over that and the roti is rolled up. here comes your 'rolls' - delicious.

They also serve the famous Grill chickens, though this is quite decent here, i feel there is a still more better place to have those Full grills, will write about that soon.

ClayPot @ Maruthi Nagar

Madiwala area in Bangalore is bachelor heaven, one can find lot of small, cheap, tasty, diverse - all Tamil, kerala, andhra, bengali, orissa, punjabi - eateries there. Mostly every thing is flocked with the IT bachelors.

One of those for keralite speciality cuisine is Claypot - i still wonder why most of the mallu restaurants have a stylish english names in contrast to tamil or andhra eateries which are usually named as 'bhavan/mess'. Ok. let the name may be in English or Latin.. we dont give a damn care abt that.. until our taste buds are happy. :)

Clay Pot os a real real small restaurant in the mid of maruthi nagar layout. The parattos they server are great, the real kerala paratoota swinged in air, to give a smooth finishing :). They are really 'spongy'.. so soft.. The first thing that makes you refreshing is that mild warm 'jeeraga vellam', Man!! after struggling the day with chai's from vending machines and smoke filled signals you come and sit here, just have a sip of warm jeeraga vellam.. you are all set to treat your taste buds and fill your belly without burning your wallet.

The Chemmeen roast - prawn roast - they make is delicious, as it arrives to your table the aroma of coconut oil spreads in air along with the masalas, I bet no soul on the earth - who likes mallu food - can complain about ClapyPot. The very traditional karimeen pollichchattu is at its best here.

I started with parottas and chemmen roast, gulped them almost like a starving dog :), then i ordered for couple of appams with kerala chicken curry.. that was a meal from heaven. For all these heavenly made dishes -for two- it was some 175 bucks.. JUST 175 bucks.. @ a cost of a redubull boss..

The appams wer good, but the porratos with chemmen roast made my day. If you are a veggie, you have a option of 'kadalai curry' - chenna or kerala veg curry too.

Really a cool place to have ur daily dinner, ofcourse if you luv kerala cusine. :)

Inchara - JP Nagar

Do you live in the highrised apartments of JP nagar 'n'th phases, you feel sick to drive along the ring roads to find a cool eatery, do you get frustrated with the traffic to cut across the city and reach MG road / residency road for a pleasant drink/dinner.. here is the best choice INCHARA.

Of course this is a very popular multi-cuisine restaurant in JP nagar, still there are people who dont know about this. This is a cool place - a garden restaurant - with lot of greens and shrubs all around, a fountain, a pretty large aquarium.. sounds interesting rite? You get an option of sitting in candle light or in isolated areas under tiled roofings..

Imagine sitting in a isolated place, with your best company, and having a sip of you fav drink.. just a minute drive from the traffic infested ring roads.. i swear, u'll forget all those curses that flooded in your ears while zipping the traffic :)

I wud say, dont try to explore or experiment with the menu here.. the service is quite slow.. so opt for regulars, buter naans, chilli chicken, dal makhni.. they will never disappoint you.

after all those greens, fountains and lightings they too have a miserable points those plastic chairs.. i dont know how they zeroed down with that.. it sort of gives a feel like you are sitting in some cheap restaurant, but again the tail wagging tropical fish in the aquarium cheers you up.

Just when u r returning from ur workplace with all those plastic smiles and pre-defined cheers, to ur highrises, just get in to inchara, stroll along the greens stand aside the aquarium get a place under the mangalore tiles, order for ur drink.. BOSS.. thats heaven.. thats heaven.. :)

Inchara is in the puttenhalli main road, toward those brigade high rises from the ring road, before the lake.

Copper Chimney

If you are with a good company, some were near MG road, residency road.. thinking of having a lovely dinner.. the best choice is Copper Chimney - the one in the fifth floor in the Bangalore Central Shopping Complex.

The best part that strikes you once u enter this place is the ambiance.. If u are lucky enough to get a place by the glass windows, facing the MG residency road stretch.. i bet u, thats going to be your ever unforgettable date ;)

Punjabi food is at its best here, but of course, not the best in the City (sounding politically correct?) Kebabs here wont disappoint you and the biriyani too.. The lahori chicken i tried was also good.

If u want to spend a memorable evening and quite a decent North-Indian food, then, copper chimney is the Best place in the town.

Though a foodie, like me, who just wanders in the street fighting hard to satisfy his taste buds, will not be satisfied with all those ambiance, pleasant waiters and amazing utensils :).

Bombay Post @ Carlton towers

Bombay Post is a ideal post for eating out with a group of friends. It just flies u back to the era of 60s, the posters all over - Dev anand, nargis.. the soothing melodies of rafi-ji, man this is a great place to enjoy mumbai's authentic cusine. There is lot of place of privacy here. The whole place is charming and warm.

You get a fresh-clean sugarcane juice from their kithcen. They have baida rotis and chaats as veggi starters and great kababs and batti ka chop for we non-veggies too.

My fav for the main course was chicken patiala with kulchas. I have heared the panner here is too gud, havn't tried till now, hav to.. next time. but his chicken patiala always wins :). The dum biriyanis they serve, both chicken and veg are sure worth trying.

They have a lot of dessers, yeah kulfi's too.

Bombay Post,
Carlton Towers,
1, Airport Road,
Bangalore,