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.
Samarkand @ Infantry road
Halli Thindi @ Bull Temple road
If u are fed up with all those masala doasa and filter kapis from dharsinis and sagars in Bangalore, still have an appetite to taste the traditional karanataka cuisines, then try 'Halli Thindi'.
This is a small food joint in near bull temple, basavangudi. They serve all the rural flavours of karnataka : ragi-roti, mangalore bajji, godambi dosa, mangalore idly, sukkina unde, sajjappa.. sound weird!!.. dont decide with the names, each one are really yummy rural dishes..
My personal favorite here is akki-roti (rice roti) and mangalore idly. Akki roti is at is best here, it just melts in to the food pipe along with the butter. Mangalore idly is similar to regular idly but shaped like a 'cup' garnished with coconut oil.
Even the regular rice bath is faboulous here. they have an array of un heard desserts, like 'sajjappa', sukkina unde, 'kobre unde' along with the laddoos and the very own kesari bath.
They have lot of items in their menu, yet to be tried by me.. but every time the sajjipa and their mangalore bajji's never let me discover something new :)
This is a great place for having a fabulous south indian breakfast or for a quick and yummy snack by evening.
I see lot ppl from distant places like jp nagar, btm.. flock here to revive their rural appetite.. of course also to have a dip with their own nostalgias
i just forget to mentions something.. 'halli' means 'village' in kannada.
