Meena Tai's - From Maharastra to Madras

Vanakkam, Makkale,

We have been trying some of the amazing restaurants back-to-back. Today, I have come up with the review of the restaurant called Meena Tai's - A Maharastrian Resto near Alwarpet.

As always, Kulfi has reviewed the vegetarian cuisine of the place on her blog - I am Stri.

Go ahead, and read it!

Fully Local - Yummy Punjabi Khana

Vanakkam, Guys,

It's been really long since we blogged here. We had been travelling and a little held up, so couldn't post frequently. Coming to today's post, it's a review about the restaurant called Fully Local.

Kulfi has already reviewed the vegetarian cuisine of this place in her blog here.

I am going to review the non-veg cuisine alone here.

Soul of Seoul @ Vascos, Hilton

Vanakkam,

Recently, me and Kulfi were invited to Hilton Hotel to try their Korean Food Festival - Soul of Seoul. It started on 11th August, the day we visited this place. It will go on till 26th August, and it is priced at Rs. 1900+tax per buffet meal.

The place needs to no introduction. It looks fancy and awesome. Situated as a large restaurant in the third floor, the place scream grandeur. The service was quite and friendly too. Coming to cuisine, Kulfi has reviewed the Veg Menu in her blog, I am Stri.

Here, I will be reviewing the Non-Veg Menu.

As we had so much food, I am just gonna mention the food that I loved, and here are those. Let's start with the desserts!

Chocolate Dosa: Yum! That's the word. I loved this a lot. Made of wheat flour, this was two favorite food of mine together, chocolate and dosa!

Visit The Book Fair - Things To Do In Chennai #5

Hi, Folks,

If you are in Chennai right now, then what you must be doing is visiting the Book Fair. The Chennai/Madras Book Fair started as early as in 1977. It, generally, is an annual event that happens every year. And, for past few months it is happening in YMCA Grounds, Nandanam. However, this year, the Chennai Book Fair is happening in The Island Grounds, Chennai. It started on June 1, 2016 and it will go on till June 13, 2016. There are 3 more days for the book fair to go, so better late than never, do visit the book fair.

Chennai Book Fair

Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai - Things To Do In Chennai #4

Vanakkam, Makkale,

As you all know, we are doing "Things To Do In Chennai" series. The recent place that I visited in Chennai was Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Chennai. Despite knowing about this place for almost 25 years now, I never happened to visit this place until very recently.

Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai is the first branch center of the Ramakrishna Order in Southern India. It was started in the year 1897 by Swami Ramakrishnananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Besides Swami Ramakrishnananda, the Math was visited by Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Brahmananda and Swami Shivananda. The motto of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission is: For one’s own salvation, and for the welfare of the world {Source: Here}

Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

The moment I entered this Universal Temple, I was spellbound by its mighty infrastructure. It is so gigantic, marvelous, and beautiful, to say the least. These pictures have no filter, and taken through a mobile camera, yet the beauty of the place is so beautiful that it reflects in these pictures.

Chennai To Pondy - Things To Do In Chennai #3

Hi, Makkale,

This is an overdue travelogue that we wanted to share with you all as soon as we started this blog. However, I have been procrastinating this until now. We took a 2D/1N trip to Pondicherry/Puducherry, and here is what our experience was like.

Pondicherry!

Disclaimer: Pondicherry is a place that pretty much every Chennaite would have visited. This post is no itinerary or must-do kind of post for this city. This post is more like a travelogue of our personal experience.

VB Signature - Blurring The Lines Between Cuisines

Vanakkam,

The first thing that pops into my head when I hear about Vasanta Bhavan is how conventional and predictable its menu is. Well… This place successfully breaks that trend. I can comfortably say that this is the best Vasanta Bhavan I have ever been to.

Mocktails - VB Signature

There aren’t a lot of places that I can compare this to. I mean, who else serves a Thai flavoured Kothu Parotta?? Read on...

Tawa 9 - Nachos & Kulfi are on Cloud 9 - Restaurant Review

Vanakkam, makkale!

Nachos told me that I am like Leech from X-Men, when I am near Triplicane or Mylapore. He claims that I turn everyone around me to be a religious and/or preach purity and virtue to them. LOL! It is just where my heart is: in the crooked, crowded streets of Triplicane and Mylapore. I recently took him to this place called Tawa 9 after reading about it in my friend Katie's blog. I immediately wanted to try this place, and dragged him there.

Located in Venkatakrishna Iyer Road, RA Puram, right next to the Domino's Pizza.

The moment I entered inside there, it was a casual dining ambiance with normal furniture. This wall art caught my eye though.

Dine @ Etc - Things To Do In Chennai #2

Hi, People,

You might have already read my dining experience in Etc Cafe & Restaurant over here. This post is under our Things To Do In Chennai series. I, initially, thought of not adding restaurants in this series as I wanted to maintain it as a pure recreational series. However, this place was too entertaining and recreational that I cannot resist adding it over here. Located in the Rutland Gate 5th Street, this place is quite easy to spot using Google Maps. As I said earlier there is ample parking space with an option for valet parking too. If you are wondering what is so ravishing about this place, take a look at this.

A Seating Arrangement - Shelled out of a Bath Tub

Chocolate Ba(Zuka)

Vanakkam!

Here is my long overdue thoughts on Zuka, a dessert joint located right opposite to Hotel President in Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore. When  we decided to go to this restaurant, the first thing that intrigued me was the name. What does Zuka mean? So, I asked the almighty Google, and I got all sorts of answers from Japanese theatres to crossdressing cultures. I even got a result that simply means “Insane.” Well… In that way, this Pondicherry based restaurant is aptly named.

Zuka Entrance

Burger King, Express Avenue - Kiddie Meal Review

Hi, People,

It's me Kulfi again. What I have today is a review of the Veg Kiddie Meal by Burger King, Express Avenue. I don't know what they call that Veg for Rs. 69 and Non-Veg for Rs. 79 meal, but I call it the Kiddie Meal :)

Veg Meal With Cheese Fries - Burger King

I have been roaming around with my niece for the past few days, and she is super energetic and excited always. I wonder how she can be hyper all through the day. She and I went to Burger King today to have a light Brunch/Snack before venturing into shopping.

Why You Should Not Watch Ki&Ka?

Hi, Folks,

Your Nachos is being busy writing his Zuka experience; thus, here I am writing another blog post. I happened to watch Ki&Ka, Nachos is angry about it though as I enjoyed the movie without taking him along. So, after watching the movie, I sent this message to my friends in one of the WhatsApp groups:

Me: Ki & Ka is awesome.
Friend 1: I heard it is waste of time.
Me: No, I really like it. Finally, some movie on egalitarianism, role reversal, and anti-gender policing.
Friend 2: You are telling like this, but the whole social media is trashing the movie.
Friend 1: Yes people are abusing Balki.

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Etc Cafe & Restaurant - Vegetarian Cuisine Review

Hi, folks,

Recently The Chennai Bloggers Club and Etc Cafe & Restaurant together invited us to review the restaurant's Sea Food Cuisine. I attended this event with my little niece, and being a Vegetarian, I am here reviewing their Vegetarian cuisine. The review is gonna be a two part review; this post is about the food, and the next post would be about the restaurant itself. For those who don't know, we are doing, "Things To Do In Chennai" series, and we are featuring this restaurant.

Okay, with no further ado, here goes the creamy, yummy mushroom soup.

Creamy Mushroom Soup

Wild Tribe Ranch - Things To Do In Chennai #1

Hi, People,

Did you miss me? Nachos was back to back blogging on the page; I hope you enjoyed his posts. Well, I am back with an adventurous post. Nah, I am not typing this post while I am doing Sirasanam. It is just that I am gonna share about an adventurous day that I spent at this awesome place called the Wild Tribe Ranch.

Most of you would have heard about the Wild Tribe Ranch, which is at Ponneri. They had recently opened this adventure sports park at ECR Road. On behalf of The Chennai Bloggers Club, I was invited to visit this amazing spot and cover about it. Well, Nachos missed the event (poor Nachos...). On the bright side, he did not witness the afraid me on top of the Devil's Ramp, and I got vouchers for 4 as a return gift from the organizers, which I am gonna give to him, provided he takes me along.

Batman > Superman

Vanakkam!

By the time I booked the tickets for Batman vs Superman, the movie was already out for a couple of days and bad reviews everywhere. I tried to keep the public verdict away by shutting away from the media. But much like Ted Mosby and his friends trying to watch the Super Bowl game the next day without knowing who won, I couldn’t. Nevertheless, I managed to watch the movie with an open mind, and I am writing this not as a review but more of a perspective/general ranting from a guy who likes Batman way more than Superman.

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Bombay Kulfi: The Place Where Kulfi Called Dibs For Her Name

Vanakkam!

Before we get into details about this delightful place called Bombay Kulfi, let me clarify something. I’m named Nacho because Nacho rhymes with Macho, not because I like Nachos... Although I do; I love ‘em.

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Well, the first special thing about this hidden treasure located in Adyar is that they literally serve Bombay Kulfi. These folks receive cold storage boxes from Mumbai every other day. That trumps the first assumption anyone makes after hearing about this place. Not another Thalappakatti biriyani or Kolkatta chat joint that believes a fancy name would do the trick. What we eat here is actually from Bombay. The quality is substantially higher than any other Kulfi joint in Chennai, at this price point.

Fusilli Reasons: The Place Where Nachos Called Dibs For His Name

Hola, People,

This place is where our blogging journey started. I was suggesting Nachos that we try this place, and I was pleasantly surprised when he said he has never tried this place before. Fusilli Reasons in Kilpauk - We won't call this an Italian Foodie's paradise, but we would definitely say this is a hidden treasure for cheese lovers. Do you remember those times when your pocket is almost empty yet food cravings seem to be never-ending? This place is for such times.

Since we drove to this place, two major issues were resolved. Firstly, we used Google Maps and reached here without hassles. Also, this place is mostly crowded; as we came in a car, we took our food to our car and had it. Otherwise, it would have been quite a bit of waiting time.