Little Italy

It was my long pending treat from my brother, so we decided to go to Little Italy for lunch.. I'm pretty regular to this place and I started loving Italian cuisine because of this place. We wanted to start on a healthy note, because we knew the ones to follow were gonna be loaded with cheese. For soup, we ordered a broccoli soup and for starter we ordered crispy potato skin with mayonnaise. For main course I ordered my favourite Lasagna, while my brother ordered ravioli pasta in white sauce. I don't exactly remember the name of his dish.

The soup arrived fast. I was extremely hungry and I finished it in no time. I found the soup to be a tad salty. After that it ended up being a long wait. My hunger was reaching its peak. There was a huge group of ladies who came about 10 minutes after we did (We finished ordering by then). They started getting their starters but we didn't get any food. We were looking at waiters coming through the kitchen door to see if our food was coming!! I know I was really hungry... We reminded the waiter about our order and he said it's coming right away.. But obviously it didn't come right away. At one point, I was so mad that I thought I should cancel my order and eat some where else. 

The starter did come along with our main course. I'm pretty sure they forgot about my starter and only when I did ask the waiter did he realise about it.. Anyways coming back to the food.. The potato skin was fabulous. My anger and hunger went down after snacking it. Now on to the main course. I go to Little Italy just for their cheese Lasagna. I think it's by far the best I've had it town.. I sometime go and order only the lasagna. Even during their brunch, I mostly end up eating only Lasagna. My brother's pasta was also nice

We didn't order any dessert because my tummy was happy and needed no more.. Their lasagna always makes me extremely happy and it's superlicous. I noticed that the place definitely needs renovation. I'm not happy with their service but I'm sure i'll keep going back for the pasta :)

3 kingdoms

I saw it on burrp that a new place has opened in KNK Road and I was excited to try it. I called up the restaurant for direction and went along with my family. I went to this place quite a while ago and I really don't remember the name of the dishes we ordered. 

My husband being a non-vegetarian opted for the lunch buffet. My sister-in-law, my niece and myself being vegetarian decided to order. When we opened the menu card, we could hardly find vegetarian dishes. I was pretty disappointed seeing the menu card while my husband was laughing away to glory. We ordered a potato dish for starter, which was basically french fries dipped in sweetest sauce.. It was quite good. Then came the hot and sour soup, which was again good. There is no Thai veg curry in menu but they said they could make one for us. It came along with rice, which again was good.

My husband commented that his non-veg was good. Overall the flavours were good but there is limited vegetarian option. They do have a private place for having parties and the menu can be customized to the occasion. 

I don't think I would be visiting this place again but the non-vegetarians would like this place a lot.

Fusion 9

I chose this place to catch up with a friend of mine for lunch. We reached there about 1 - 1:15 pm and about 5 tables were occupied. They informed us about the buffet available for Rs. 500, but we decided to check out the A la carte menu. We didn't order any starter and jumped straight to our main course. I did order a pizza, but they later told me their oven was not working. So I ended up ordering a quesadilla while my friend ordered a chicken steak.

The menu for buffet also seemed interesting and looked worth the money. The service was pretty quick on that day. My quesadilla was nice and yumm and my friend was enjoying his food as well, especially the sauce of his steak. The only negative aspect about this restaurant is there is limited choice for vegetarian.

Overall it's a good place to have lunch or dinner. It's one of the few restaurants in Chennai, which serve you alcohol. Price-wise, each dish is priced around Rs. 300. Would definitely be visiting this place again

The Madaras Kafe

I had seen the hoarding at Ispahani Centre and read about it at http://aromasofkitchens.blogspot.com. While shopping on Saturday afternoon, I wanted to grab a quick bite. I thought it was the best opportunity to try this place. It is at the basement of Ispahani Centre. It had a decent store space which can accommodate about 40 people. They have tried to bring the Madras feel in the decor.

My husband had been to this place earlier and wanted me to try the fried podi idly, while he had Lime Mint cooler. The fried podi idly is mini idly, which is fried and coated with podi. While it was still crunchy on the outside, it had a softness on the inside. It came along with coconut chutney. We then ordered Gumman Kuthu Idly. This was again mini idly sautéed with onion and tomato served with coconut chutney. The flavour was fine but I still did prefer friend podi idly over this. 

Overall, the service was very quick. Price-wise, the place was good. For above 3 mentioned items, we paid Rs. 130. I was not wowed by this place that I would go to this place to eat. If I happen to be at Ispahani and I'm hungry, I would definitely go down and eat