Racecourse road

I dont know how i missed writing about this place since i have been going here quite regularly. Was originally introduced to me by a colleague of mine from Dharwad.

I have always gone there for lunch of Jowar Rotis. What do they serve

- Kalu (legumes), Badnekai (Baingan) curry, Soppu Saru (greens), Raitha : All fantastic
- Unlimited Jowar rotis...hot off the tawa with butter... the focus of the meal
- Red chilly chutney...yum
- Ground nut chutney dry.. .have it with Jowar Rotis. I like to mix this with Curd
- Rice / Sambar / Rasam / Curd : Average
- End it with Banana / Pan

Wallet factor : 60 bucks for the lunch.

Overpriced and avoidable Indian-Chinese restaurant. Only the fried rice and the beer was decent.

We tried various chicken, prawn and fish preparations all of which can only be called 'edible' at best.

Went there for lunch with a friend on Friday. I am from Kerala and my friend from North Canara. Lovers of good food.

We had the South Indian Fish Thali and Kane Masala Fry. One of the best Masala Fry I have ever had. Very good. Encouraged with this we wanted to try the Squid and Clams, but they told that it will take about 15 minutes to prepare. May be some other time. The fish thali also was good. You get a fish curry, a piece of fish rava fry, some vegetables a choice of boiled / normal rice. Really worth for the 50 bucks you pay for it. Booze available. Beer cost Rs. 150. Fish fry was Rs. 150

A bunch of us ended up here when Ruchi was in town. I had never been to the place before. I like going to places where I'd go often—that often means that the place has to be good, and not terribly expensive.

Some of us were a bit apprehensive—it being at Taj and all. From the way I'm writing you must've guessed that this place ended up not being expensive. Right. And thank God.

So, yeah, this place is nice. The bar is called 'The Blue Bar'. It's located in the gardens of the hotel. However, when you enter, you might get a tad confused—there's a Vietnamese restaurant close, called 'Blue Ginger'. It's kinda weird—the entrance leads to both places. Of course, you won't have trouble figuring out what is where.

The bar is circular and huge. There's about two (one-and-a-half?) feet of space around the bar. And there's open-air seating space around the bar. If you come in late on a weekend, you're assured to get no place to sit. Music's techno (well, at least the day we were there).

Booze is not costly. A bottle of Kingfisher costs 120 bucks (that's cheaper than Taika, by by the way). Peanuts are complementary. :-) Bacardi (small) costs 200 bucks or something. No idea about the cocktails.

Nice crowd too, by the way.