California Burrito

California Burrito is a concept of Mexican food. I compare this to US largest chain Chipotley. 

Let's experience this relatively new outlet on Bannerghatta road, Bangalore.

Address:  417, Bannerghatta Main Rd, Sundar Ram Shetty Nagar, Panduranga Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076

Our visit to this place was on Monday for lunch. As expected less crowd, good service and clean place. Staff was cool too.

Location and Parking
Location of this place is amazing, you can zip your vehicle from main road to this restaurant just before Arekere junction. Although, it has limited parking.

Ambiance and Store look
Fresh and cool look. White and Red color lifts your mood. Staff explains you the process well. So if you are here first time, do not hesitate and ask help!

Our Order

Rice Bowl with Paneer (Regular), 

Over all quantity was sufficient, We did not find "our" taste in Rice. Since we live in rice eating part of the country. No one can mess with Rice. Which is the main ingredient. 

We loved the freshness. We will visit this place again.

Snachos We liked the whole recipe, especially the Chipotle sauce on top of Nachos. It has fresh creamy feeling and tasted tangy and spicy.  Perfect for 4 pm snack. 

We were not happy with the Nachos. Oil over nachos was visible and we could taste Oil.

What pinched us?

a. The cost of Guacamole was 49 rs (excluding tax). I think this should be reduced.

b. Oil over nachos was visible and had a typical different taste. I prefer my Nacos to be dry.

Recommendation:  Go and Enjoy your Meals!

Chai Point

Beverage market in India have many giant foreign players, especially those serving Coffee and Soda. Chai Point is an Indian start-up aspiring to capture market via Tea rather Coffee. 
At this point of time they have outlets in Bangalore and Delhi.

Every other organization in this segment wants to be Starbucks. Starbucks is famous for their innovative products/menu which they had developed over years.

Let's experience this Chai Point outlet, located @ Bannerghatta road, Bangalore

Address:  Ground Floor, Opp. Meenakshi Temple, Bannerghatta Main Road, Hulimavu, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076, India

Ambiance and Store look

Store color looks cool and attractive. Menu is well categorized. They serve standard and popular Tea flavors. Snacks and Breakfast is also part of their option

Our Order

Masala Tea and Ginger Tea, The tea was steaming hot and was served in paper glasses. I could taste and smell the spices in Masala Tea and the flavor of Ginger was evident in Ginger tea.

I never expected this to be just perfect. The ratio of Water, Milk, Sugar was also close to what I like. I felt they made this Tea for me. 

Price

I paid, 57 Rs with Taxes for a cup of small tea, by the way they offer Medium and Large size of beverage as well. 

I found this to be at higher end. But, when we can spends 100's on Coffee I am sure this is affordable.

Other Chai Options near Bannerghatta Road

You can't go wrong with your Chai in Disney Bakery in BTM layout. The only problem is it has no place to sit and their are insane smokers.

Look at the below blog to view loads of other sophisticated and classy tea outlets

1. http://www.polkacafe.com/top-tea-places-in-bangalore-806.html

Recommendation:  Go and Enjoy your Tea!

Burger King, Meenakshi Mall

Yummy Vegetarian Burgers! Thinking of Burgers, mcdonalds will hit your mind first, especially if you have kids because they serve cocktail of Burger, a Burger with Toys. 

BurgerKing (Meenakshi mall, Bannerghatta road) is another option. This restaurant is relatively new restaurant then McDonalds.

Address:  4th Floor, Opp. Meenakshi Temple, Bannerghatta Main Road, Hulimavu, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076, India

Restaurant have a welcoming ambiance,

The restaurant is bright and have a welcoming ambiance with balloons all over the place and King hat at each table. At Burger king every customer is a King not necessary you have to be a child.

 Menu options

Wide variety of choices, We ordered BK Veggie Meals, Medium size and Crispy Veg.  

B K veggie Meals is a combo of Burger, Pepsi and Fries.  

With Small, Medium and Large, the burger size will remain constant and portion of Fries and Soda (Pepsi) will increaseTaste

We loved the taste of burger, the vegetable pattie was crispy and had onions as vegetable. The Vegetable Patie and Onion with-in the slice of bread was marinated with sauce and it tasted good.

Restaurant Smells Good

If you visit any fast food store especially a (KFC, McDonalds)  they have a peculiar smell of Oil, there was none at this place.

Recommendation:  Go and Enjoy your Burger @ Burger King, Meenakshi Mall

Chung Wah

We were strolling in Jayanagar 4th block and our urge to have Chinese food ended after looking at Zomato rating. 

It was 8 PM, the street looked deserted and dark, there was a big banyan tree just opposite to restaurant.  The entry of the restaurant was disappointing. Let's find out the rest.

Cuisine: Chinese 

Address:  63, 18th Cross, 3rd Block, Above Java City, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560011

Let the Saga begins

We started with Starters (Chilli Crispy Vegetables and Veg Manchow Soup). The service was good and staff of the restaurant were smiling and prompt.

Soup and Chilli Crispy Vegetables were both not fresh. The soup tasted like made from ready to consume powder and Vegetables disappointed us.

Our expectation dropped after consuming starters and we ordered safest dishes in restaurant. 

Main course

Sauce was Mashroom Chilli

Fried Rice and Steam Rice

Fried Rice has abundance of  mattar or peas and sprinkle of carrot. Appeared to us like Peas Pulao (refer to Recipe)

By the way you can find fresh Peas at www.zopnow.com or www.bigbasket.com or at ww.motherdairy.com. Our preference is always Safal Peas when we cool Pulao

Food Quality:  The food was a mess. Nothing had a fresh feeling. I expect Chinese food to have lot of vegetables. It should be easy to identify what you are consuming.

Service: I liked the service of restaurant, the only thing which grabbed our interest to sit in the place was service and terrace.

Final words: Edible but can not relish 

Recommendation:  Go with lower expectation. 

Biryani Pot, DLF New Town (Take out - Delivery)

Food delivery has changed the way restaurant business operates. They not only have dine-in options for the customers but have food delivery options as well. 

No doubt people are benefited from them. I have an ability to order by lunch or dinner by using two popular services like  Foodpanda and Swiggy. 

Saturday, 24th June. Our order was from Biryani Pot, DLF New Town 

Cuisine: Indian

Address:  Begur - Hulimavu Rd, Rukmaiah Layout, Hulimavu, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076

Price: 639.20

Main course was: 

Food Quality:  The food was a mess. The quality of paneer and mushroom was low-grade. Both were dry and I had difficulty to chew.

The food has more oil than gravy. The amount of Oil in food container was overflowing.

Packaging and boxing: The food was packed in plastic container and was covered by polythene. Oil was spilling all over the place.

Final words: Food left all of us at a state of shock. The tasteless food didn't only ruin our meal but  it also left us traumatic.

Recommendation:  Please do not try this, you may fall sick.

Summer Drink, my favorite Packaged Buttermilk

You must be enjoying your summers and desperately waiting for rains.  If you are in south India pre-monsoon has already begin and weather must have started to cool down.
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Recently I had a visit to Delhi and it was HOT! Bangalore feels like a hill station to me now.

This summer, I consumed lot of packaged butter milk and I though of trying other brands as well. Honestly my first and last choice was Amul Masti but if we look around there are other products which are worth trying.

I will write down about following three products

The contenders and content

Value Per 100 g/Product	Mother Dairy	Parag	Amul Masti
Energy	10 Kcal	Not printed	29.3 Kcal
Protien	1.1 g	2.5 g	1.7 g
Carbohydrates	1.4 g	Not printed	2.3 g
Sugar	0.0 g	Not printed	0 g
Fat	0.9 g	1 g	1.5 g
Saturated	Not printed	0.6 g	1 g
Trans Fat	Not printed	0.1 g	0.1 g
Calcium	45 mg	20 mg	Not printed
Sodium	Not printed	500 mg	Not printed

Amul (http://www.amul.com/products/amul-pouchbuttermilk-info.php) 

Cost: 12 Rs

Packing: Tetra Pack

Quantity: 200 ml

My recommendation: Yes, I liked the spicy taste and is similar to Mother dairy. Well spiced and have a creamy taste.

Mother Dairy (https://www.motherdairy.com/Product/2)

Cost: 12 Rs

Packing: Bottle

Quantity: 200 ml

My recommendation: Yes, I liked the spicy taste.

Parag (http://www.paragmilkfoods.com/go-buttermilk.php)

Cost: 12 Rs

Packing: Tetra Pack

Quantity: 200 ml

My recommendation: No, it has a bland taste. Even though it says spicy but not worth the taste.

I also will recommend Paper Boat (http://www.paperboatdrinks.com/). 



In India, Buttermilk is such a basic product that none of the manufacturers can go wrong. Every (most...) household in India knows how to make it.  
A product can be out of market if do not have a balanced taste and right spices.

Enjoy your butter milk, but prefer to have a fresh product rather packaged one.

Jain Chawal Wale, Connaught Place, New Delhi

Delhi was a pit stop on my way back from our visit to Holy Shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji. 

Delhi is an interesting city and I must say every one crave for Delhi Street food.  

I found that Chandini Chowk, Paharganj is not the only place for street food in Delhi. You can find them everywhere and we found right at Connaught Place. 

We found Jain Chawal Wale in the heart of city (Connaught Place) and credit goes to Zomato. 

A supper crowded, much relished street food joint in Connaught Place, New Delhi.

Cuisine: Indian

Address: P-1/190, Connaught Circus, Connaught Place, New Delhi

Price: Will not bleed your pocket.

Main course was: 

1. Khadi Chawal  (70 Rs)   😁

What to expect: Rice, Kadhi, Pakoda, Papad and Onion. 

Everything is served on one place -  all mixed together.  - Worth Trying

2. Rajma Chawal (70 Rs)   😁

What to expect: Rice, Kadhi, Pakoda, Papad and Onion. 

Everything is served on one place -  all mixed together.  - Worth Trying

3. Choley bhtoorey (60 Rs)  😚

What to expect: Choley, Bhtoorey, Onion and Pickle  - Not worth it

Bhtoorey are reheated. They were thick and Choley were not that great. May be i am not a fan of Choley bhtoorey

4. Lassi  😚

What to expect: Lassi in a disposable glass  - OK

Lassi is not topped up with cream unlike Amritsari Lassi Wala, Chandni Chowk

Final words: Food is OK. This place is certainly not hygienic. With no shade. It perfectly fits a street food definition :)

Recommendation:  Enjoy the crowd and street food of Delhi. Visit this place in evenings when sun cools down during summer.