TechieFoodie

I’ve been to Shaack in Anna Nagar about 3 or 4 times, and I’ve ordered home delivery from them, another 3 or 4 times over a period of almost 1 year. Except for one instance where their delivery person messed up big time, my experience with Shaack has been consistently phenomenal throughout. Before I go into elaborating my most recent experience, let me tell you one thing about Shaack: Shaack is one place where you just cannot go wrong. Be it their Italian, be it their Pan Asian Cuisine, everything is just perfect. I’m not a big fan of Pan Asian cuisine, but Shaack completely changed my perspective. Now for the experience (I’ll keep it as short as possible, giving you more time to go through the food shots) In our most recent visit, we ordered for: Pho Soup Veg, Cajun Spiced Potato Wedges, Clay Pot Rice Veg, Malay Potato Curry, Tender Coconut Souffle, Red Velvet Cake in a Jar.  In our previous visits, the dish we had enjoyed the most was  Blackened Cottage Cheese ...

I had been to Sketch – The Cafe, Nungambakkam few weeks back (2nd October to be precise), after a standup comedy show in Music Academy. I was quite hungry and decided to visit Sketch around 9.50 PM. This was not my first visit, though during my first visit, I had only tried their Bruschettas and had loved those. To my surprise, when I walked in, I noticed that they are in the process of closing down. So I checked with them if they can serve me, and to my surprise, they were quite eager to serve me ! (Not a very common thing when you happen to walk into a place when they’re obviously closing down for the day and that day being a public holiday). I promptly ordered a Vegetable Filo Pastry, Spinach and Mushroom Pasta, and a Miracle Mix . Vegatable Filo Pastry:  I don’t understand why they’ve named this as a Pastry, since there was nothing “pastry”-ish about it. But hey, who am I kidding? I loved this ! Filled with Cheese, it was our Indian Samosa’s...

After a great meet with Headstart folks in CCD, we went on to Apoorva’s Sangeetha Veg. Restaurant (ASVR) nearby for a quick dinner. Pradeep, Charen, and Sandeep from our group settled for Dosas, while Jim ordered for Rotis and I ordered Garlic Naan. Jim and I ordered a Kadai Mushroom for splitting between ourselves. Garlic Naan : It was more like Garlic butter naan and it was quite good. Kadai Mushroom : Yummy ! Service: While the overall service was good, there was small peeve that I felt: We had specifically requested to bring all the food items together so that we can all start eating together, rather than one person waiting for their item to arrive. However, the Kadai mushroom and Naan arrived some 10 – 15 mins after all the other items had arrived, making that particular instruction meaningless. This was the only negative point I felt. Price: I don’t remember the exact bill amount, but I remember it to be somewhere around 600 odd, which, for 5 people, is quite VFM...

I’ve been to this CCD Outlet in Anna Nagar West (15th Main Road) numerous times, and sadly, their only consistency has been with their drop in quality and service. In fact, it has been dropping so consistently like that something that drops from the trees when you go out wearing a new shirt. Thus, the week before last, when I went here, it was with some apprehension. I was proved right with my apprehension. I ordered the Pomegranate Lemon Frostea, which was mentioned as Rs. 95 in the menu. This is how the conversation went: Person at CCD Counter (Him): Rs. 174 sir Me: But how? It shows Rs. 95 Him: Taxes extra Me: Taxes add up to almost twice the price is it? Him: Flavors are also there na Me: What flavors? Him: Pomegranate, Lemon flavors Me: But I didn’t ask you to add the flavors, I just asked you to give me what’s listed in the menu Him: Sorry, but that Rs. 95 is only for plain iced tea. Me: It clearly mentions Pomegranate Lemon Iced Tea Him: No, we’ll bill tho...

I went to Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) – The Square in Khadar Nawaz Khan Road, Nungambakkam couple of days back, to meet some new friends from Headstart Network and to discuss about Headstart Chennai Chapter. Since I reached a bit early, thanks to me living less than 6 Kms from the place, while the rest had to come from the other end of the city in the evening traffic, I ordered for Veg. Momos and Mocha Square to kill time. Veg Momos: Dry, but otherwise tasted decent. But they were most definitely overpriced at approx. Rs. 170. Heck, I could get much better momos for Rs. 55 near my home in Anna Nagar. Mocha Square: Bleh. I thank god I didn’t take my GF over here. She would have poured the coffee on my face and broke the cup over my head. It was a grave sin committed against coffee. Description says this: The espresso with swirls of chocolate sauce topped with steamed and foamed milk. Reality: It was thanni (water) with some amounts of coffee podi (powder) and milk added to it, ...