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Crown-Residency tower( Anniversary special menu )

Looking for a place to pamper someone or make someone special ;your search ends at the Crown.They have got all it takes to make someone special.

• Cake-check,
• Bouquet-check
• Rooftop,check
• Amazing food-check
• Photograph-check

All you need to do is pick up your phone and give a call to Crown!

The menu has some mouth watering starters,main course,breads,rice and desserts.You can pick 2 starters of your choice and 2 main course from the options in the anniversary menu.

Gulaoti kebab

Veg starters

Crown has come up with a special menu called Anniversary special.They arrange everything for you at 1999 INR plus taxes.
Crown has outdoor and indoor seating.We sat outside and surprisingly it was pleasant.You get a great city view from there.

Mutton curry

Mixed veg

Paneer kalimirchi

The food was good,especially the mutton and chicken curry.The mutton was rich with flavors and had a north Indian touch to it.The chicken gravy was the typical Punjabi style.The veg was not bad either. Paneer kalimirchi had a lot of pepper in it as the name suggests.

Chicken peshawari

In the desserts they have ras malai,strawberry mousse and chocolate brownie.I liked the brownie,it was fudgy and melted in the mouth.The ras malai was good too.

Desserts

All in all its a good package for 2. If you want to spend a lovely evening with that someone special.

Amethyst cafe,Chennai

The place has one of the best ambiance in the city.A huge garden area,vintage feel indoors with wooden furniture and lovely seating around the verandah.
The moment you enter you would fall in love with the place.The lush greenery and some amazing flowers will take you away from the hustle bustle of the city.
You can sit here for hours and hours together and no one would bother you.Enjoy a cup of coffee with some soothing music.The hot coffee is served with a chocolate which has a coffee bean in it,which totally rocks.
The place has some amazing desserts.Potato wedges are outstanding.

The baked mascarpone cheesecake is out of the world here. Look for the specials of the day, fish is amazing here. Thai green curry, cold watermelon soup, Ginger cooler
have been tried over and over again.
A great place to spend some quality time with yourself or loved ones.

A meal for 2 would cost you around 1500 here.
Address- Entrance Next to Corporation Bank, Whites Road, Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600014, Padmavathi Rd, Gopalapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600086, India
(Landmark Express avenue or opposite Sathyam cinema parking)
+91 44 2854 1917

Food Walk-Mylaopore!

Chennai Food Guide is a social platform created to talk about food.Lot of events and workshops have been organised by the admins,food-walk being one of the many events.It is mostly organised on weekends to avoid disappointments and to ensure maximum participation.
 As decided by Chennai food guide,we all met on Saturday afternoon for a Food Walk in Mylapore since the Mylapore festival was on,it made a perfect place for a food walk.Mylapore is the heart of Chennai and the most oldest part of the city as well.Mylapore festival is held every year in January around a great temple.This place that is proud of its arts, culture and tradition.

The Landmark

Bunch of around 20 people loaded with big cameras headed straight to attack some finger licking food with their shutterbugs.The first eating stop was Rayar's mess,never eaten at such a place,it was really exciting :) for me.The mess is in a small lane,opposite this house shown in the picture above.

The first look

It was a small mess tucked up in a narrow street.We were all given banana leaves.You have to clean the leaf with water as told by a CFGians  before the food is served,thanks for teaching me :).We all ordered a variety of food itmes so we could get a taste of everything.

Gulab Jamun was the first of the many things served to us..The size was quite big,very soft and not that sweet-Perfect!!

Gulab jamun

We then went on to order some more vadas dosas etc, Potato bonda, was the next dish on my plate and was ok,It was like Aalo vada which you get in Mumbai for the same price.Soft outer crust filled with potato,very subtle in taste not spicy at all.The food is priced at such low prices that is hard to imagine.

Potato Bondas

The rawa dosa was crispy and filled with flavor..The sambhar and  chutneys were superb.The green one being really hot.

Rawa dosa

The place really gets crowded,there were lot of people waiting outside.You are supposed to finish off  and leave asap.The next stop was Mami mess,it was a 10min walk and we crossed the Temple,Stalls.The place was super crowded with a lot of energy as the Mylapore festival attracts a lot of people and devotees..

 

 

 

The place was full of colors.People selling neck pieces,bangles,earnings,toys etc etc.The walk was fun and we reached Mami mess in no time.It is located in a small lane called Pichu Pillai Street, Off East Mada Street., diagonally opposite Kalathi News Paper Mart.

 

This place has self service,known for its bhajjis,we ordered bhajjis aand coffee.The green chilly was my favourite hot and not that spicy,there were a few more bhajjis famous in the south.

Vazhakai bajji and molaga bajji

The coffee was strong as told by the people who had it.I just clicked pictures as the other mixed and enjoyed it.

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Mylapore festival begins at 4PM and being a weekend the place was supposed to attract a massive crowd so we skipped a mess and headed to Kalakal Cafe where people interact and spend time with people with special needs.As we left we saw people cleaning the roads for Kolam contest,more than 3/4th of  road was blocked for it.

 

A day well spent that involved a lot of walking,eating,meeting a lot of new people and a social cause in the end.