The best things about birthdays is Obviously the party. 2 of my friends had birthday last week and we decided to celebrate it with lunch.
I normally volunteer myself on such occasions to decide place for 2 reasons.
1. It gives me opportunity to check list the options available.
2. I can suggest the places which I have not tried yet.
For these 2 reasons I selected Made in Punjab for this lunch.
The hospitality of Punjabis didn't disappointed us.
The ambience is good. The seating arrangement is either for 4 or for 6. So if you are in bigger group, this could be little inconvenient for you. But this I felt was the only drawback of this otherwise customer friendly restaurant.
They offer both a-la-carte and buffet. For obvious reason to try and taste more, we decided to have buffet.
They serve the starters at your table. The very first dish itself was innovative and delicious. It was sev paapadi. These were 3 paapadis normally used for sev puri. The green chatanee made up of pudeena and coriander, and the sweet chatanee were applied on it. Then there was topping of curd and sev.
This was so yummy that we had 2 rouds of it. One more thing which I liked was fruit masala. Fruits like apple and guava were cut in to pieces and dipped in masala and then roasted a little. This was really new and fantastic. The taste was great and the newness of the recipe was exiting.
Paneer tikka masalaa was superb as usual. The veg patice was good too.
Non veg starters were pleasant tasting. Specially the roasted chicken and the crispy Amritsar fish fry. Being hardcore fish lover, I repeated the fish and sev paapadi.
Then we started with main course. The table arranged with salad and pickle was tempting.
Many options were available for both veg and non veg. The mutton curry needs a mention. I have eaten mutton at many places but everywhere you get it like this. This was really nicely cooked. It was soft as paneer. In the Indian breads, the naan and butter roti were nice too but the highlight was lachha paratha. It was wonderful.
Wait, everything going so great. What if I tell you that the best is yet to come.
The creamy chicken was the standout dish of the day. Reddish gravy with soft chicken and cream over it.. oh yum yum.. Even while I am writing it, I can feel that taste on my tounge.
The chicken biryani was nice. But after having so much of food there was very little place for anything. And I had to keep some place for deserts.
Kheer and laukee halwa also known as dudhee halwa were the sweet dishes. The halwa was mouthwatering. It was amazingly great.
Wait our journey of getting amazed never end here. The tissue paper here were most unique. It was just a small roll, smaller than a half chalk. But when the waiter pour a little water on it, it grew bigger in size. This was so funny that just to see it again, we asked one more tissue. The waiter must be habituated to this. He smiled and repeated it again for us. The tissues were sainted.
Then comes one more magic box. A box with six little drawers in it. All these drawers were having mouth fresheners.
It was such a cute thing that I couldn't stop myself from clicking it. And I was not surprised to see the family on the neighboring table was doing the same.
Then came the bill. The cost for the buffet was 550 per person excluding taxes and service fee. After the bill came we realized that we have a 10% discount on my office id. We requested them to change bill and again the request was honoured with a smiling face.
Overall like bhangada.. here too the Punjabis rocked..
- Chandan Tahasildar.
I normally volunteer myself on such occasions to decide place for 2 reasons.
1. It gives me opportunity to check list the options available.
2. I can suggest the places which I have not tried yet.
For these 2 reasons I selected Made in Punjab for this lunch.
The hospitality of Punjabis didn't disappointed us.
The ambience is good. The seating arrangement is either for 4 or for 6. So if you are in bigger group, this could be little inconvenient for you. But this I felt was the only drawback of this otherwise customer friendly restaurant.
They offer both a-la-carte and buffet. For obvious reason to try and taste more, we decided to have buffet.
They serve the starters at your table. The very first dish itself was innovative and delicious. It was sev paapadi. These were 3 paapadis normally used for sev puri. The green chatanee made up of pudeena and coriander, and the sweet chatanee were applied on it. Then there was topping of curd and sev.
Paneer tikka masalaa was superb as usual. The veg patice was good too.
Non veg starters were pleasant tasting. Specially the roasted chicken and the crispy Amritsar fish fry. Being hardcore fish lover, I repeated the fish and sev paapadi.
Then we started with main course. The table arranged with salad and pickle was tempting.
Many options were available for both veg and non veg. The mutton curry needs a mention. I have eaten mutton at many places but everywhere you get it like this. This was really nicely cooked. It was soft as paneer. In the Indian breads, the naan and butter roti were nice too but the highlight was lachha paratha. It was wonderful.
Wait, everything going so great. What if I tell you that the best is yet to come.
The creamy chicken was the standout dish of the day. Reddish gravy with soft chicken and cream over it.. oh yum yum.. Even while I am writing it, I can feel that taste on my tounge.
The chicken biryani was nice. But after having so much of food there was very little place for anything. And I had to keep some place for deserts.
Kheer and laukee halwa also known as dudhee halwa were the sweet dishes. The halwa was mouthwatering. It was amazingly great.
Wait our journey of getting amazed never end here. The tissue paper here were most unique. It was just a small roll, smaller than a half chalk. But when the waiter pour a little water on it, it grew bigger in size. This was so funny that just to see it again, we asked one more tissue. The waiter must be habituated to this. He smiled and repeated it again for us. The tissues were sainted.
Then comes one more magic box. A box with six little drawers in it. All these drawers were having mouth fresheners.
It was such a cute thing that I couldn't stop myself from clicking it. And I was not surprised to see the family on the neighboring table was doing the same.
Then came the bill. The cost for the buffet was 550 per person excluding taxes and service fee. After the bill came we realized that we have a 10% discount on my office id. We requested them to change bill and again the request was honoured with a smiling face.
Overall like bhangada.. here too the Punjabis rocked..
- Chandan Tahasildar.
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