Archive about 'Restaurant reviews'

Thai Express, Banjara Hills – Good food, good service, orange elephant

Watched My name is Khan last week. Good movie. Found matter for much photoshop madness so stay tuned for the next couple of posts. The focus of this piece however, is the dinner we had after the movie. Thai Express has been catching my eye for a few months now since I pass it every [...]

Baghara – a buggered dining experience

These people tried to kill me on Sunday so I’d like to return the favour. We decided to grab lunch at a place not too far from Secunderabad and settled on Baghara. I was in the mood for some South Indian food – Andhra specifically so we headed over to this place. I remember when [...]

36 BBQ at Secunderabad – Eminently forgettable

Secunderabad is finally getting some new eateries. The group that runs 36 (Jubilee Hills) has acquired what used to be the LSG SkyChefs building near Paradise and set up two new restaurants – 36 BBQ and Baghara. Vinay, Varun and I went over on Sunday to sample their fare.
We opted for the BBQ lunch at [...]

Pumpkins, Madhapur – Decent momos at Hitec City

I’ve just got back from a hectic trip to the Himalayas and plan to write about it a little later. I first wanted to put down something about this place called Pumpkins at Madhapur. We had just finished launching Nikhil’s new blog and having missed the last cab, decided to go get something to eat. [...]

Dhruv Shanker’s Hyderabadi Haleem Highlights – Metrics published!

The last Haleem of the season did not disappoint. I decided to go to good old Paradise and sample the fare. Mustapha Al Turk (the bouncer) let me in and I got in line. Seventy bucks got me a really big portion of Haleem and a totally awesome one too. Now the quality of stuff [...]

Dhruv Shanker’s Hyderabadi Haleem Highlights – Week 2

ROYAL HALEEM, KONDAPUR
This was a small place that Navin, Cyrus and I chanced upon after work. We headed out in search of a small Haleem place. Note the term ’small’. We were in search of beef haleem and wanted to try an unheard of place for a change. I was pleasantly surprised by this small [...]

Vodka shots at Xtreme Sports Bar, Karkhana

Yesterday me and Vinay decided to go get lunch and a few drinks.. Vinay had read about the Sunday buffet at Xtreme somewhere so we decided to give it a shot. After much deliberation on which Xtreme Sports bar to go to, I suggested we go to the one at Karkhana and squeeze in as [...]