Blind Spot

The menu,bright green with a jaunty elephant on the cover— in case the amnesia has already set in— has a quintessentially English breakfast,with regulars such as eggs-to-order,bangers and mash with bacon,full English breakfast and liver,bacon and onions. We begin our meal with a brown onion,ale and cheddar cheese soup (Rs 155),served with a shot of fizzy ale that you may add to the broth,and a roasted chicken celery and blue cheese soup (Rs 155). The onion soup with the ale was rich,and the chicken-celery soup,a bit runny,but nonetheless flavourful.

The DJ was spinning some hip hop that seemed a little incongruous,but unobtrusive enough to let us focus on the knick-knacks in the restaurant— like the elephant-shaped cabinet knobs,elephant-print photo frames and a row of books. Coming back to the menu,we couldn’t help notice that the potato,cheese and steak options on the menu call out for some good alcohol to wash them down,but the restaurant is yet to get its alcohol license. For the mains we had a meat and potato pie (Rs 325) and a mustard and ham stuffed chicken breast (Rs 325). The portions are delightfully,well,elephantine and the attention to detail— the salad piled up neatly on the edge of the plate,a sprinkling of dill on the chicken—commendable. From here,unfortunately,it was a steady decline.

We quickly laid our forks to rest as the pie’s pastry was unpardonably rubbery,and the minced lamb and potato stuffing stale. Though the chicken was copious,it was unevenly cooked and ultimately way too chewy. The dessert,a twin ice cream cake wasn’t thrilling,the two layers of butterscotch and chocolate were like any other average ice-cream stacked with a layer of cake. The ambience is great,the prices perfect,but the food so far,only makes for bad memories.

Meal for two:1500 plus taxes
Address: M 25,First floor G K I,M Block market
Contact: 30631260-69

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