Talking about good food in the midst of a shrinking economy, ever growing unemployment and layoff is blasphemy; The Hoggers, know. That's why they insist on talking about it, to inform you that food is indeed a great survivor! In order to beat the mundane chores of daily life at Alliance, they went on a spree to crack down the best restaurant on Lavelle’s Road. It was sheer eagerness from Fickle Fin that resulted in coaxing the rest into zeroing on 3 Storys, a restaurant just off the strip. Paneer Pat missed out as he was playing Tarzan, in vain, to his girlfriend!
The Hoggers made a beeline entry and hit it to the roof top. The view was pretty similar to the one that Kadamba had offered; the brightly lit UB city for a skyline. They had a categorised menu with pretty much everything on it costing the same. The restaurant had laid emphasis on coastal cuisine as their speciality. Goan, Manglorean and Kerala food were in abundance. The Hoggers had Mushroom Bulchao and Stir Fried Prawns for starters. The prawns had no texture and were easy on the spices. It lacked the usual flavouring which were very prominent in coastal cuisines. For a change, the mushrooms were delicious and put in an effort to impress The Hoggers. The place served drinks, this added a dash of excitement into the eyes of Beer Bob & Brewmaster Bryan. Alas, Bryan was disappointed as they served only beer, namely Tuborg & Kingfisher. Tuborg was just bland and seemed like the hops & malts went in for a toss. KF was just the usual but the chill made it quite interesting.
Coming to the main course, Fin shuffled the menu and chose to have the Goan Egg Curry with Whole Wheat Paratha. The others had Chicken Biriyani, Kerala Parathas and Manglorean Chicken Curry in distorted quantities. They also ordered some Sanas, which is a Manglorean rice cake. The food was pathetic to state the least. The biriyani, ordered by Sloppy Sam, was the worst among the lot with nothing going right for it, not even the raitha. It however did not make a difference to him as he licked his plate clean. The chicken curry was overcooked and tasted more like soup. Surprisingly the egg curry was pretty decent but not worth the Rs 150 price tag. The Hoggers were bewildered at the slush which was served as dinner. Yet, they pooled in the cash & walked away with heads held high. And they lived to tell the tale.
The Pseudo Sophisticated couldn’t make it, though. It seems he was busy getting a tattoo of his face, on his face and that he’d aired his thoughts to the rest on 33.33 FM.
Venue – 3 Storys, Kasturba Road Cross, Off Lavelle Road, Bangalore
Recommended – Don’t even think about it
Music – Does not exist
Variety - **
Quality - **
Value for money - *
Ambience - **
Service - **
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