Wine, Dine and Dance - Chandi Chowk

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The weekend came and I went looking for a place to dine. Had heard that Koramangala had a couple of “must-see” places and so I decided that I must see them. Drove around the place looking for a place so that parking wasn’t too much of a trouble. Went past the National Games Village and saw a brightly lit “Chandni Chowk”. A dhaba! One never sees dhabas in the middle of civilization I thought. Parking space was ample. So we parked easily and went in. The interiors were a huge surprise. All colourful and festive. We walked on gravel, treading cautiously to see that no uneven stone from the lot stabbed you on the heel. The seats were made of huge stone blocks covered with cushion (thank god for that!). The curtains were semi-transparent and were multi-coloured. Sequin work could be found everywhere. The walls were covered with pictures of the most popular stars from Bollywood. On look at the menu and you’d definitely see the Punjabi influence. There was “Beer-sheer” and “Wine-shine” for you to drink. “Lassi-vassi” was definitely good. I also had a large of “Vodka-shodka”. The starters had a lot of tasty panner, spicy and definitely to my liking, For the main course, we had an assorted roti basket with 6 rotis. And handi o go with it. The dal too tasted good. We were stuffed by then and decided to give a miss to the desserts which had a couple of Bengali sweets. Surprisingly there was no Gulab jamoon on the menu and when I asked the waiter he said there was! The waiters there are not too sure what’s on offer. It turned out that there was no Gulab jamoon after all.