Bombay Blues, Central Mall, Bangalore

@ Central Mall, Bangalore

Nothing much to write about this restaurant.

Good place if you want to sit outside and have dinner/lunch. The outside balcony is not a no-smoking zone so if you are a non-smoker than you can have a seat indoors. The food is good, the crowd is mixed (families, youngsters etc.). Service again is poor here and the food plates/bowls are not filled regularly during buffet lunch. You may see empty bowls, which is very disappointing :-D .

Bombay Blues - Average restaurant which is overly priced.To be frank - I have yet to come across a restaurant in bangalore where service is good and seating is proper. At most of the restaurants either table is high or sofa is low or distance between table and sofa is not right. I really hate a restaurant if the seating is not proper.

Three Quarter Chinese, Church Street, Bangalore

Decor at Three Quarter Chinese

Menu at Three Chinese Quarters

Three chinese quarters is situated on Church Street next to Brigade road. If you are coming from MG Road turn right from Sapphire and after NASA you will see Amoeba and there on the ground floor we have Three Quarter Chinese.

Coming back to the restaurant. Restaurant is nicely done, I don't know how to describe the decor but it is modern. There is a small black island on the entry with small candles on the table, which is a cool place to sit and has black leather sofas. Rest is the general sitting area and there is a bar. Restaurant is huge inside and so is the waiting time. You can expect minimum waiting of 30 minutes on the weekends.

The staff is english speaking and courteous; but service is poor in terms of time taken. You have to wait for the food to arrive, in the meantime you can easily forget what you ordered ;-). But, the food is delicious and well presented. You can order north-Indian or Chinese or have a combination of both.

Menu is not rectangular as you expect but a semi-circle; as you can see in the picture. The dining experience is formal. So, if you want to take your boss or that special someone for dinner or lunch, this is the place to be. But with so many people eating and chatting and music. The place can get very very noisy. So if you are a person who likes to eat in peace and calm surroundings you should avoid this place.

The prices are slightly above normal and a meal for two comes normally at INR 600.00 but, the quantities are large; so be careful while ordering multiple dishes.

Patel's Inn, RT Nagar

This place is like a hidden jewel.
Even though it is located at a very unique/isolated location; the place is nice and calm and a welcome change for RT Nagar's young crowd. There is no cafe for youngsters to hangout in RT Nagar. This place is not very fancy, but instead feels like a garage or a hanger.

Well there is a bigger surprise at Patel's inn.

A go KARTING track.
Yes a GO-Karting track/Basketball court etc etc. Next to aptts called 'White House' in the interiors of RT nagar there is a cafe with a GO-Karting track. I really love the place as you can go their and sit for hours - read magazine/sip a cup of cold or hot coffe/have a sandwich/race on the track. Also, the place is very nominal and not very expensive.

Drawback - Young crowd is sometimes very young.
;-)

I would give Patel's Inn 6/10
A must visit.

Infinitea, Cunnigham Road (Bangalore)

Infinitea is has a long list of various exotic teas and coffee.
The blue curaco tastes like blue curaco and not like a Squash.

You have option to order in a mug or in a glass and the Mugs are real huge.
This must be of special intrest for the coffe/tea addicts. The crowd is not teeny boppers or wanna bes or college people. But most of the crowd is sophistacted and intellect types.

The decor is Latin and has two floors. The upper floor is like balcony (non-smoking zone) overlooking the lower floor and entrance.

Prices are nominal cosidering the quantity and quality.
The service is quick, efficient and professional.

Cunnigham Road, Bangalore

Cunningham Road Bangalore is a nice place and quiter than busy MG/Brigade/Commerical street. It is a nice cool place to hangout on weekend not to mention it is a one way street. The reason I mention this is because while crossing the the road you have to look on only one side for the traffic; which I swear is a boon, considering Bangalore traffic.

The places to visit are Cafe Coffee Day/Barista/InfiniTea/Pizza Hut/Sigma Mall/Mac Donalds. There are few more and I will write more about them as I visit them.

Sigma mall houses all the major brands and is quiter than Garuda mall and The Central Mall.
During the weekends while all the malls are crowded and you just need to hangout and shop in peace; Sigma mall is the place to be.

Piyush Midha

I entered the office in the morning and as I signed on to yahoo.
My long time school friend typed Hi and I replied casually to it as always.

Little did I knew that he was about to give me a sad news. The news, that one of our colleagues Piyush Midha expired. Last I spoke to Piyush was few months back and he said he was recovering well and was hopeful and enthusiastic, nowhere I could sense that this would happen so soon and at such a young age.

He was a good friend during school. I still remember copying maths homework in the morning from him. As he used to always finish his work on time. The laugh and jokes we used to have on the last benches with Satija pitching in with his wisecracks.

Well, suddenly all those memories came back rushing and I froze in my seat for a while unable to reply back to my friend on yahoo. I thought why did this happen and he was recovering; this can't be true. Slowly the mails started pouring in on yahoo groups and it further confirmed that indeed this has happened.

Piyush was a very nice guy and good friend although we lost touch after school; but occasioanly we chatted or exchanged emails. He put up a brave fight against cancer.

This was a very sad and shocking news.

May his soul rest in peace.
He may not be with us any longer, but the memories and good times we shared will keep his memories alive in our hearts.

Mac Aloo Tikki and Veggie Burger

Finally my taste buds are not crying loud any longer.

I had aloo tikki burger with cheese and veggie burger with cheese = some n(thousands) calories.
But sometimes I think it fine. I am happy.

I wonder how these small things make me happy :-D
Come on its just an aloo tikki burger.

Bon apettite' (whatever way you spell it).

Mac Donald

Ok this blog is turning into Mac Donald obessesive blog.
But, I found one Mac Donald close to my place.

So the count goes to three.
Well it is strange as to how people, living here for 20 years or so are not aware of such a thing :- D (Just kidding; this is not to offend anybody).

In any case, I will have my aloo tikki burger very soon!!!
Yes, very very soon...


Bangalore is cool fun place to be. Minus the rowdy gangs of New Delhi etc.
However, the city is not deisgned to handle the number of people suddenly coming to bangalore.

I have one complaint from Bangalore

The one complaint is ----

There are only 2 macDonalds in Blore...
I repeat only 2...

I love Aloo tikki burger with CHEEESEEEeee!!!

Sacrifice today for better tommorow...

Many people say, "I am sacrificing my present for better tommorow".
But is it essential to sacrifice your happiness, to achieve something for tommorow?

How, can that make one happy?
I wonder... if you are already happy - you sacrifice your today to be happier tommorow?

I am also doing the same, sacrificing my present for better tommorow.
But, is there an end to achieveing that better tommorow?
Is this all about being in the 'rat race'? How can one separate oneself from this rat race? and be somebody who he/she really is?

I wonder!!!

Wow... this is the vicious circle of life; I beleive!!! and I am part of it knowingly or unknowingly.

Hmmm... I wonder again... why do I think so much???
:-D

I find my life very unusual, no aim, no aspirations. But, I still keep moving.
Trying to keep up and be best at whatever I do.
Am I just a machine? Following instructions.

Life, is a wonderful thing.
Something to experience, enjoy, create, see, admire...
Then why do we run for something(s) which have no end.
Given a chance I would love to explore myself
No!!!
Not when given a chance, I will have to create that chance.

Life... I would love to know about life and myself.
My true potential.
The 'real' me.

ITworld.com - Skills in Demand

ITworld.com - Skills in Demand

Okei it still seems VB is still in demand.

But it does not pay well, as compared to software professionals in JAVA, .NET and XML.