Restaurant Hopping

We finally made it to one restaurant mentioned in the resolutions post. Mansukh’s- The thali, though was priced higher, was heavy, filling and tasty. Giving Rasna as juice was a downer.No ambience can be expected as it had dhaba kind of setup. I think ala carte menu is served downstairs but we did not have time to check it out. Bought yummy khakras from the counter. Menu is changed every week. Similar to Saravana Bhavan’s Gujarati restaurant Rangoli in TNagar (but only in terms of menu:)

Two more reviews of this place are here and here.

La Shaakahari has become our favourite haunt. Tasty Tasty food-one drawback, its very crowded on weekends. So better book a table in advance and arrive on time.Last time we went, we had Peshawari Naan and my son gobbled it down. The side dish portions were very less compared to the costs but for that taste, one can afford to indulge once in a while.

Cafe Tapas-Long time ago when ArtNavy came to chennai, we visited her at this cafe. Bhelpuri was good, a small cafe like setup ensured cozy setting. Menu was limited though.

Zha Cafe-Again, when Monika Manchanda visited chennai, we met her at this cafe. Interesting decor-small separate rooms and the one which blew me away was the theatre room. We can bring cds and screen a movie for our friends. Did not eat much but shall visit again with family. one gripe-small room like setting made it difficult for us to call the waiter often. One’s shouting prowess were tested here:)

Bikaneri Bhojanalya-Small dhaba like hotel, tasty food but sick decor. Can eat there once in a while when you do not want to spend much on food.

Pasta Bar Veneto- I kept seeing ads for this place and finally we visited it on my birthday’s eve. Pizzas were served within 15mins. Pastas were not that tasty when compared to La Shaakahari.Serving needed some fine tuning. College goers will find it nice and secluded. we are planning to visit it again for the yummy hand tossed pizzas.

Hearing so much about Sandy’s, Cream centre and Crimson Chakra. These are in my radar now.

Edited to add: We wanted to go to Matsya either in Tnagar or in Egmore but we have been twice unlucky. While hunting around, we found this small dhaba like hotel called Curries ‘N’ Chutneys opposite Ethiraj College. One cannot see this from the main road. Its teeny weeny but north indian thali is yummy and extremely pocket friendly. We 4 adults+1 kid hogged one afternoon and the bill was less than Rs.300/- Evenings might be crowded with college goers but once in a while, it is worthy waiting for yummy clean hotel food whose taste borders on home made food.