thali restaurants

there is something aesthetic about thali restaurants

• its photogenic...

• it is nice that food comes to you, as opposed to you getting up and going to food. (buffet restaurants..aagh)

• the equality is also charming... the one with fat purse gets to eat exactly what the one with thinner purse gets to eat.

• only thing is that it makes you wish you had a larger appetite

blue potato

mr kenworthy made sure that his new restaurant has its share of review,
so i will be brief and precise

• the decor is unique, but would have appreciated more legroom.
• price is slightly on the steep side (relative evaluation: not applicable if you sweat money)
• the idea of ever-changing menu is brilliant
  
• the idea of live jazz classy
• i dont understand the difference between classic French-Italian and French-Italian with Indian fusion
• i totally approve it
  
• must try the desert sampler, even if the waiter discourages you
  
• either i dont like my metabolic system or the portions are too big for one person
  

Paramount

that famous sarbet shop, which can easily fool you with its inconspicuous appearance

stuck in a corner near the of college square pool, it can hardly accommodate about 15 customers. no glitzy ritzy interior, no designer glasses, the waiters are neither swanky nor do they wear fancy cloths...

in short nothing extravagant, a complete rejection of the concept of posh packaging which is so prevalent in our globalised world,......

and that (apart from the sarbets) makes it special.

nothing flashy, just all class

.... it has been like this for ninety years, and we 'college-streeters' wouldn't have it otherwise.

I personally prefer it to the more famous intellectual hangout 'coffee house', mainly because of the handwritten 'no-smoking' sign on the wall.

to left in the picture is 'coco-malai' which they claim, and i totally agree, to be their best creation.

to the right is the drink made of coconut water and in the back is the plain old lassi with no spoons to scoop out treasures.

....gives us some idyllic moments in the midst of summer.