Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Ah Nishant, nice to see a few words from you! Are you ready yet to rejoin the human herd? Deepa. On 1/9/07, Nishant Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I suddenly feel so validated for all the times (read ALL the times) that I have instead chosen to spend my time at Barista - where the waiters smile and/or flirt with me at their own discretion and my advances, where they allow me to sit for as long as I want to and where the food is overpriced but clean and nice and somehow comforting in its blandness and tastelessness. Thanks for the link. It was worth a smile and a sigh. Nishant On 1/9/07, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 09-Jan-07, at 11:43 AM, Aditya Kapil wrote: > > > I met some friends at Koshy's (Bangalore) for a meal. Not the best > > experience in recent years. Pity... I used to like the place at one > > time. > > > > http://thebangaloretorpedo.blogspot.com/2006/11/restaurant- > > reviewkoshys.html > > The food at Koshy's is indeed overrated. Someone in the comments > mentioned MTR as a better example, but having discovered a full- > bodied cockroach in the sambar at the Rajajinagar outlet once, I want > to have nothing to do with that place either. > > -- > Kiran Jonnalagadda > http://jace.seacrow.com/ > > > > -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Visiting Scholar, NCU, Taiwan. # 886-911-508346
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Only Place is still pretty good. So is Millers 46. Shezan does sell some excellent raw beef though. Perfect for home grilling. As for Koshy's, I'm still a fan. Though I can't say really why... On another note, hello all! I'm not sure what the accepted norm for self-introductions are but here goes. 27, from (and in) Bangalore, studied law, bored intellectual property lawyer, work in the processed food industry now, love the work, interested in technology, Apple fanboy (embarrassingly so), compulsive restaurant diner, blogger (http://doesthisthat.blogspot.com/ and http://linkyslove.blogspot.com/ ) and general goof-ball. On 1/9/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Aditya Kapil wrote: [ on 03:05 PM 1/9/2007 ] >So what's your favourite place now for beef steaks? Shezan (now back on Lavelle road) used to be pretty good. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 shiv sastry wrote: > I believe veg only restaurants in Bangalore have a serious problem - because > they are the worst places to sit down and eat. They have too many customers > and there are places where the queue consists of people standing right next > to your table watching you eat and coughing over your dosa waiting for you to > finish. Darshinis are a better bet if you want a "veg only" place. Can relate to that with our forays to RR and Nagarjuna :) around Brigade Road, but then there was this Persian joint we went to which had Andhra Pizza :P (/me pokes Ramakrishna Reddy) - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFo6XwXQZpNTcrCzMRArvMAJ45iGQnjjfBpStvoamwCJQ2TvbRtwCfT5fg FyYU4xnHj1uZow2eFvp1jYg= =TuvT -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Aditya Kapil wrote: [ on 03:05 PM 1/9/2007 ] So what's your favourite place now for beef steaks? Shezan (now back on Lavelle road) used to be pretty good. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
I will take you up on this the next time in Blr. Adit. On 1/9/07, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Aditya Kapil wrote: > So what's your favourite place now for beef steaks? If you give me advance notice, I can make you a good steak. :D
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Biju Chacko wrote: I'm not sure if it's the best place for steak, but I like Herbs and Spice in Indira Nagar. Don't know if that's the branch/sibling of the one in Pune, but the one here serves oh-so-passable fare It's not. -- <<< * >>> Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine Indiranagar, Bangalore Visit us @ http://www.shiokfood.com Phone: (080) 4116 1800
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Biju Chacko wrote: > I'm not sure if it's the best place for steak, but I like Herbs and > Spice in Indira Nagar. Don't know if that's the branch/sibling of the one in Pune, but the one here serves oh-so-passable fare - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFo32TXQZpNTcrCzMRApE/AJ99mtTAiyU6ICeFf05Snqr3Tg9sZQCdEHK3 Rs+/dFyXKz5wm0t8Z+a5Dfs= =wZC1 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: I met some friends at Koshy's (Bangalore) for a meal. Not the best experience in recent years. Pity... I used to like the place at one time. http://thebangaloretorpedo.blogspot.com/2006/11/restaurant-reviewkoshys.html Even in the early to late 90s .. their food's been quite overrated, even the trademark aapam / stew (let's not even go anywhere near what they call a "steak" please) I've never figured out the appeal of Koshy's, perhaps because I wasn't born in Bangalore and so the whole "Koshy's is part of Bangalore history" deal hasn't really mattered to me. I look for good food and service (and if it's high-priced, ambience too), and the rest is of little use. The "old" part of Koshy's is always noisy and smoky, and looks like it was last cleaned in the 1950s. Heck, even the "new" air-conditioned part looks neglected. When I went there a month ago, the sofas were caked with dirt, which didn't inspire too much confidence. As for the food, I don't think that I've ever had anything there that made me want to go back and have it again. The only think half decent there was the prawn curry and rice (though it always needs a good shake of salt.) > Aditya Kapil wrote: Ever tried the fillet mignon at Sunny's. They understand 'rare'. Have'nt been to the new Only Place. Any feedback? I had dinner at Sunny's last night and it was pretty darn good. I shot this picture of the fillet mignon at Sunny's some time last year: http://flickr.com/photos/themadman/52942152/ This was served medium. Madhu
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Aditya Kapil wrote: So what's your favourite place now for beef steaks? If you give me advance notice, I can make you a good steak. :D -- <<< * >>> Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine Indiranagar, Bangalore Visit us @ http://www.shiokfood.com Phone: (080) 4116 1800
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
I'm not sure if it's the best place for steak, but I like Herbs and Spice in Indira Nagar. In fact, Gabin and I are known as "the steak brothers" there because we always order steak there. :) -- b On 09/01/07, Aditya Kapil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So what's your favourite place now for beef steaks? Adit. On 1/9/07, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just that my standards have gone up as better > Restaurants have opened in Bangalore. > > >
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
So what's your favourite place now for beef steaks? Adit. On 1/9/07, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: just that my standards have gone up as better Restaurants have opened in Bangalore.
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
The new Only Place is pretty average. I don't think their food has deteriorated -- just that my standards have gone up as better Restaurants have opened in Bangalore. On the other hand, The Only Place's prices have not kept pace with inflation, so they've become far better value for money than they used to be. -- b On 09/01/07, Aditya Kapil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ever tried the fillet mignon at Sunny's. They understand 'rare'. Have'nt been to the new Only Place. Any feedback? Adit. On 1/9/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (let's not even go anywhere near what they > call a "steak" please) > > >
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
On 09/01/07, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 09-Jan-07, at 11:43 AM, Aditya Kapil wrote: > I met some friends at Koshy's (Bangalore) for a meal. Not the best > experience in recent years. Pity... I used to like the place at one > time. > > http://thebangaloretorpedo.blogspot.com/2006/11/restaurant- > reviewkoshys.html The food at Koshy's is indeed overrated. Someone in the comments mentioned MTR as a better example, but having discovered a full- bodied cockroach in the sambar at the Rajajinagar outlet once, I want to have nothing to do with that place either. I remember reading somewhere that there was a split in the family, and that one part runs the food processing unit and chain restaurants and the other runs the original place on Lal Bagh Fort Rd. -- b
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
On Tuesday 09 Jan 2007 12:29 pm, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > Someone in the comments > mentioned MTR as a better example I believe veg only restaurants in Bangalore have a serious problem - because they are the worst places to sit down and eat. They have too many customers and there are places where the queue consists of people standing right next to your table watching you eat and coughing over your dosa waiting for you to finish. Darshinis are a better bet if you want a "veg only" place. MTR is ridiculous both as an eatery and as a much touted "tourist attraction". As for other eateries - take your pick. Koshy's, well... They serve fish and chips but there's not much fish and not too many chips. But where else do you get fish and chips? shiv
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Aditya Kapil [09/01/07 13:20 +0530]: Ever tried the fillet mignon at Sunny's. They understand 'rare'. Have'nt been to the new Only Place. Any feedback? Adit. filet mignon, eh? it can be very good indeed, if done right. thanks, if i come to bangalore again i'll take a look
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Deepa I could not have put it any better. Last year I went to MTR and it was a disaster I left halfway through my lunch...Koshys was the same. I think people are drawn to these two places from their fond memories of yester years :-) Kamla Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I do think that Koshy's and MTR have fallen a victim to their own reputations. Deepa.
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Ever tried the fillet mignon at Sunny's. They understand 'rare'. Have'nt been to the new Only Place. Any feedback? Adit. On 1/9/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (let's not even go anywhere near what they call a "steak" please)
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
I suddenly feel so validated for all the times (read ALL the times) that I have instead chosen to spend my time at Barista - where the waiters smile and/or flirt with me at their own discretion and my advances, where they allow me to sit for as long as I want to and where the food is overpriced but clean and nice and somehow comforting in its blandness and tastelessness. Thanks for the link. It was worth a smile and a sigh. Nishant On 1/9/07, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 09-Jan-07, at 11:43 AM, Aditya Kapil wrote: > I met some friends at Koshy's (Bangalore) for a meal. Not the best > experience in recent years. Pity... I used to like the place at one > time. > > http://thebangaloretorpedo.blogspot.com/2006/11/restaurant- > reviewkoshys.html The food at Koshy's is indeed overrated. Someone in the comments mentioned MTR as a better example, but having discovered a full- bodied cockroach in the sambar at the Rajajinagar outlet once, I want to have nothing to do with that place either. -- Kiran Jonnalagadda http://jace.seacrow.com/ -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Visiting Scholar, NCU, Taiwan. # 886-911-508346
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
On 09-Jan-07, at 11:43 AM, Aditya Kapil wrote: I met some friends at Koshy's (Bangalore) for a meal. Not the best experience in recent years. Pity... I used to like the place at one time. http://thebangaloretorpedo.blogspot.com/2006/11/restaurant- reviewkoshys.html The food at Koshy's is indeed overrated. Someone in the comments mentioned MTR as a better example, but having discovered a full- bodied cockroach in the sambar at the Rajajinagar outlet once, I want to have nothing to do with that place either. -- Kiran Jonnalagadda http://jace.seacrow.com/
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
I do think that Koshy's and MTR have fallen a victim to their own reputations. Deepa. On 1/9/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Aditya Kapil wrote: > I met some friends at Koshy's (Bangalore) for a meal. Not the best > experience in recent years. Pity... I used to like the place at one time. > > http://thebangaloretorpedo.blogspot.com/2006/11/restaurant-reviewkoshys.html > Even in the early to late 90s .. their food's been quite overrated, even the trademark aapam / stew (let's not even go anywhere near what they call a "steak" please) And not a very honest menu either. I remember a time around 2000 when I ordered breakfast there. Wanted an omelet. There's various omelets for around 35..40 rupees each. So the waiter suggests that I try a spanish omelet, which isn't on the menu, but what the hell, it should be priced similarly is what I figured, and ordered it. One omelet (which didn't exactly make me go Ole') later, the bill arrives .. Rs.120 or something like that. They really do love to stiff their customers, don't they? I rarely if ever go to Koshy's these days if I'm in bangalore. If I want non vegetarian food there's the ever present Imperial, or that tiny hole in the wall mallu joint right next to the MG road signal (forgot what it was called but open at all hours of the day or night) srs
Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
Aditya Kapil wrote: > I met some friends at Koshy's (Bangalore) for a meal. Not the best > experience in recent years. Pity... I used to like the place at one time. > > http://thebangaloretorpedo.blogspot.com/2006/11/restaurant-reviewkoshys.html > Even in the early to late 90s .. their food's been quite overrated, even the trademark aapam / stew (let's not even go anywhere near what they call a "steak" please) And not a very honest menu either. I remember a time around 2000 when I ordered breakfast there. Wanted an omelet. There's various omelets for around 35..40 rupees each. So the waiter suggests that I try a spanish omelet, which isn't on the menu, but what the hell, it should be priced similarly is what I figured, and ordered it. One omelet (which didn't exactly make me go Ole') later, the bill arrives .. Rs.120 or something like that. They really do love to stiff their customers, don't they? I rarely if ever go to Koshy's these days if I'm in bangalore. If I want non vegetarian food there's the ever present Imperial, or that tiny hole in the wall mallu joint right next to the MG road signal (forgot what it was called but open at all hours of the day or night) srs
[silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'
I met some friends at Koshy's (Bangalore) for a meal. Not the best experience in recent years. Pity... I used to like the place at one time. http://thebangaloretorpedo.blogspot.com/2006/11/restaurant-reviewkoshys.html This ranges from the indifferent to the downright insolent. I hear they have some waiters union and thats why they get away with it but when Im paying more than what the meal is goddamn worth,I want to get my food fast,no back chat and bring my @#!$ change back Adit.
