Panchali Restaurant, Pune
Om Chambers, Opp Jangalee Maharaj Temple, J M Road, Pune. Phone No : 020 2553 4157 / 3022 3687
1800 hours, 19th August 2014, Tuesday:
Panchali is located on the busy Junglee Maharaj Road in Shivaji Nagar. A premium, highly populated area, mostly by collegians. Its a multi cuisine restaurant serving South Indian, North Indian and Chinese food.
Panchali is located on the busy Junglee Maharaj Road in Shivaji Nagar. A premium, highly populated area, mostly by collegians. Its a multi cuisine restaurant serving South Indian, North Indian and Chinese food.
Its a brightly lit space, a whole wall length mirror, and a fish tank to top. Quite spacious with comfy seating. Deep inside you wouldn't realise that there is a labyrinth of a way and the restaurant is much larger than it seems.
I call for a Mysore Masala Dosa. INR 70.
Traditionally Mysore Masala Dosa represents a fiery version of the ubiquitious Masala Dosa. So its a Masala Dosa with its inner surface lined with a spicy chutney. The chutney can be either the hot green chillied one or the breathing-fire red chilly garlicky one.
The Mysore Masala Dosa of mine had the green chutney minus the spice. A bland chutney, composed of onion and mint, but no green chillies. It also had slivers of coconut sprinkled on it. I had a couple of bites disappointedly only to realise that I had more woes in store for me. My MMD had something else too. It had a gelatinous, sweet chutney as well, presumably and hopefully of tamarind.
Not only was the essence lost, the whole concoction was ruined.
The verdict:
Panchali has stabs of ill advised innovations. Innovations are good only so long as they are not utterly incongruous with the raison d'etre of the food and do not border on insanity.
The ratings, they go like this.:
The Food Quotient : Food Quality 2 / 5, Food Choices 3.5 / 5, Food Portion 3 / 5 Food Presentation : 3 / 5
The Other Determinants : Location 3.5 / 5, Cleanliness 3 / 5, Warmth 2.5 / 5
The Hygiene Factors : Ambiance 3 / 5, Space quotient 3.5 / 5, Delivery time 3 / 5
The Conclusives : Food Price 3 / 5, Honesty 4 / 5, Overall Experience 2 / 5, Will I Visit again 2 / 5
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