Located dead opposite BSE, Spices & Flavours wins your hearts by offering you the best of North Indian and Oriental cuisines, ofcourse with a personal touch of their chef. I expected it to be a bit bigger, but size doesn't matter and SNF proves it with very good service and delicious dishes. The mystic blue, posh white and golden coloured theme gives it a very royal touch. The cushion-y walls is what made me feel so cozy. The interiors radiate perfectness. Just sitting there, taking in the aura makes you feel that you have come to a lovely place, and your tummy is going to be really happy!! ( If you don't mind your wallet being a bit sad!) Also, they are on Zomato gold, so there is some compensation for gold members!
Now, coming to the main event, the deciding factor, the thing that matter the most, FOOD!!
P.S - Some of the dishes have their quantity reduced for the sole purpose that I can try more no. of dishes.
Lets go in the order, I ordered it,
ORANGE FANTASY - (3.5/5)
The menu stated that it was a blend of orange and strawberry crush. I was expecting the colour to be resembling orange, but it was closer to patchy green, thus reducing the appealing factor a bit. The slice of lime attached to the rim shouldered all the presentation weight, which I guess was too much for it. But my standpoint was shattered when I took the first sip, and it tasted so pulpy and fresh. A good drink to sip on guys!
WATERMELON STRAWBERRY COOLER - 4.5/5
It doesn't get any refreshingly better than this! The sweetness of melon, and the tangyness of berries, delightfully fused together with minty soda, now thats what you call blenders's pride. The simplistic approach managed to amaze me even more. Plus the slice of water melon on glass rim, along with the chopped pieces did a great work in making me drool. While its bright red colour added fuel to the fire of thirst which was bubbling in me by looking at it. Highly recommended!!
SAGO POPCORN - (4.7/5)
A newly curated dish, yet to be even introduced in their menu. This dish shows how creative the chef is! Sago means sabudana, and I don't remember having any dish prepared with this ingredient leading the palate, apart for the obvious sabudana kichdi and sabudana wada. These are small, spherical crunchy poppers, filled with sago and mozzarella cheese. The crunch, along with the soft sago and lovingly salted cheese makes it really delicious. But thats not all! The chutney served at the sides takes this bad boy to the next level. The red chutney, is tomato ketchup, with add on of some spices and sugar giving it a lovely sweet and spicy tang. The other chutney, is the regular coconut one which just wins your heart with its chilled attribute. Again, a highly recommended dish!
BHARWA PANEER - (4.2/5)
Another drool-worthy dish. Huge chunks of panner, like really huge are used like breads while a mixture finely chopped veggies, special spicy sauce and cheese is sandwiched between two pieces of mouth watering cottage cheese. Now, I'll be honest here, the masala used in this dish was a bit too spicy for me, but it didn't stop me from appreciating this delicious dish. The panner chunk, isn't very soft so you actually take your time enjoying it, along with the stuffing and letting the masalas seep out of it. The portion size is humongous, cause they know you won't be satisfied with less of it! Try it and ENJOY!!!
ITALIAN CREAM SODA - (4.2/5)
Again, a simple, sweet and refreshing mocktail. The Italian soda, was somewhat like a bubbly mixture of strawberry and raspberry, cause it was really fruity and sweet. Then they used a bit od icecream and infused it with soda, making it into a flully creamy soda face. Mind you its not icecream, its the soda cream and it too tasted yum! I would have loved a bit more in the presentation department, but its taste was something we all will love!
BARTENDER SPECIAL SHAKE - (4.8/5)
The name made me believe that it might be a freak shake, but I was proven wrong, atleast partially. It was not excatly a freakshake, yet it was freakishly tempting! The top was devilishly garnished with kitkat, oreo cookie, choco sticks, cookie crumble, chocolate dust, sugar dust and I guess a couple of more items. I thought okay, this might be it, lot of garnishing and filled with the regular chocolate shake inside, but boy I was mistaken. The whole shake was very thick and luscious, so thick that it got difficult to drink it with a straw. What made it thick you ask? All the items I mentioned above! They were not just used as garnishing, but also as major ingredients in the shake making it super duper chocolaty!!! This drink is not to be under estimated, it can literally fill you up!! If chocolate is your sin, this can take you to seventh hell!
CHEESE MASALA TOASTIES - (4/5)
This dish closely resembles the cheese masala toasts that you get at any sandwich-wala at the street corner. But instead of taking in the dish directly, the chef has added a personal touch to the dish. A personal touch of 'spices and flavours'. Instead of letting cheese be the major component of this toasties, equal importance is given to veggies and the masalas which added the real taste to it. Plus, the breads was so crunchy, it added a different feel to the dish all together. A thumbs up for innovation and taste.
GANGARI ALOO - (3.7/5)
This one is a potato based Bengali starter. Its small pieces of baby potato, sauted with lots of tradational bengali spices, giving it a really lip-smacking spiciness. The blunt tasting potato just serves as base while the real deal of the spices mix takes the lime light. It was a bit too spicy for my pallate as well, but I did not regret getting my mouth burnt due to the spice level.
SHASHLIK SIZZLER - (4/5)
A good friend of my recommended me to try out their sizzlers, and so thats what we did. We went for the shashlik sizzler, which consisted of a portion of rice and noodles on the either side of the bed of veggies. I particularly liked the stir fried onions. Well not to forget 2 really big pieces of panner with really appealing grill marks on them, loaded with the shashlik sauce. The noodles has amongst them purple cabbage which gave it a really attractive attribute and texture. The shashlik sauce is the real deal. It has a very peculiar taste, one which literally takes the taste pallet to the next level!
GULAB JAMUN LASAGNA - (10/5)
No, my math isn't gone poor guys, I literally gave it a 10 on 5 for being soo soo good, and deserving it. This dessert is the boss of every dessert there in town. This legendary fusion of 3 popular Indian sweets can put any international dessert at shame. So by the name, you might have got some idea what it might be. Just like the lasagna, this one too is a layered dish. The bottom most layer comprises of delicious, soft and hot gulab jamuns. Then there is a layer of chilled rabdi on top, while a coating of our favourite 'motichur' laddo crumble seprates the two! Thats not all, its garnished very well with dryfruits making it more tempting. This level of sweetness is actally not easy to comprehend by the human brain, unless you go and try it yourself. The three layers of sweet are supposed to be enjoyed together, and see yourself getting high on it. The best part, its very appropriately priced, unlike a few dishes which I felt to be a bit over priced. The hot gulab jaumun and the chilled rabdi works super well, while the motichoor binds it together! H.I.G.H.L.Y R.E.C.O.M.M.E.N.D.E.D. If you visit this place and don't try it, I swear you'd be the biggest fool ever!
Being someone who loves non-veg, upon realising thay this place does not serve it, at the back of my mind I was a bit disappointed. But trust me, SNF will brutally shatter all your doubts with it delicious and mouth watering vegetarian dishes! I honestly can't wait to tru out their indian and oreintal mains, as well as pizzas and pastas! Also want to stuff myself with GULAB JAMUN LASAGNAA!!!!
Happy Burping!!!
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