Pan Asian

Rest : Pan Asian
Meal : Late Lunch
Date : 7/2/2007
Location :ITC Grand Maratha, Airport
Company : Ze Wife

Experience- the best decored restaurant at the grand maratha easily. nice wide bodied place with windows as well as dim corners. The staff is friendly and service prompt.

Drink :Water

Food : tom Yum soup which was top notch. not taste heavy on any elements ,plenty of balance. the dim sum was of cottage cheese and mushrooms (juliened) went very well with the hot garlic sauce and the soya sauce. the entrees were veggies in an obonga sauce (which is a brown soy based sauce) the noodles were pad thai noodles, thai style with peanuts.

On the whole the meal was excellent, the tastes were rich and varied, the service was quick and efficient. only problem is the hotel is too far from the city to every become a regular haunt. the prices as well are quite nicely 5 star

Food 9/10 Service 9/10
Damage : 2100($35)

Moti Mahal - Nariman Point

Rest : Moti Mahal
Meal : Dinner
Date : 1st Feb & 10th Feb 2007
Location :INOX & CR2
Company : Hector, Edie, Leo, Gautam, Wife, Arti, Rahul, Rishab, Sam

Experience- Dim lit, classy ambience, minimalist yet functional. this facility is comfortable and the experience can be easily very private due to the psuedo booth set up.

Drink :Kingfisher, Heineken

Food : We stuck to the basics both times, dahi kebab (too dry) paneer tikka (excellent) stuffed potato (eeek) the main course was dal makhani (good) paneer kadai (excellent) malai kofta (very good) navratan korma (good) along with some garlic naans, their pulao is very different and extremely tasty.

I must also say that the food dosent hurt your stomach the next day, appraently because the spices used are from their own kitchen.

The point was to take my friends from new york and london on for a good indian meal and it worked well as they were all very happy with the food.
The staff is fairly accomodating and pleasant if slightly scatter brained.

Food 8/10 Service 8/10
Damage : first time meal for 4 (2000) second time meal for 7 (4900)

Oriental Blossom

Rest : Oriental Blossom
Meal : Dinner
Date : 30/12/2006
Location :Marine Plaza, Marine Drive
Company : Pie

Experience- A nice classy ambience, the service is good and they have a nice options of seating and private banquets.

Drink :Water, Tiger

Food : We started with the Tom Yum soup and i must say its the best tom yum in the city thus far. We decided to skip the appetizers and go straight to the food. The food was dissapointing, i didnt spend enough time on the menu i think and i might have ordered incorrectly. We got the stuffed mushrooms in garlic sauce and the pan fried noodles.
They were both allright, the noodles were well done and the taste was ok. The mushrooms were not bad but werent exactly my thing coz i like a bit more spice and taste in my chinese.
All in all the place def has potential and i cant think of any alternatives to go to other than CG83 or Golden Dragon.
We got some dessert as well, the irish cheesecake (ok) the marbled mousse (average)
Rating : Food 7.5/10, Service 8.5/10

Damage : 975 ($21)