Quite
often, I tend to enjoy eating food in the confines of my home for various
reasons. Most often being that, “I am lazy to get dressed for a restaurant or may
be enjoy a movie alongside a drink and lots of food.” No points for guessing,
the food source is usually a takeaway or home delivery. While this happens
quite often, it is the first time I am putting this down on record.
The Home-Bound Series that I'd like to call 'maison lié' series begins with a take-away from ‘Annapoorna’ an Andhra style
restaurant housed in ‘Hotel Annapoorna’. This is an age old joint that has been
serving up delicious Andhra style fare for decades. The ambiance here is very simple and basic
with nothing more that can be written about.
Menu:
Annapoorna
has a laminated one page menu with limited but more than sufficient listing to
cater to ones need. The listing includes biryani, non-vegetarian starters, veg.
meals and for take-away they also have carrier meals which suffices for 3 – 4
members.
What we ate:
For our
take-away, we placed our order at the cash counter and requested for banana
leaves to be provided as well with our parcel. What we took home to devour was
a portion each of chicken roast (Rs. 100), mutton fry (Rs. 120), chicken
biryani (Rs. 110) and mutton biryani (Rs. 130).
Starting
from the bottom right and moving clock-wise is mutton biryani, chicken biryani,
sherwa (gravy) and raita for the biryani, chicken roast and mutton fry. The
biryanis were full of flavor yet light and easy on the stomach. Though both the
biryanis were delicious; the milder and more balanced flavor of the chicken
biryani appealed more to my taste buds.
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The lack
of flavor in the chicken roast left me disappointed. On the other hand, the
mutton fry was packed with flavor and spices. The aroma of the mutton fry was
sufficient to fall in love with this preparation; needless to say it tasted
divine.
Verdict:
Since we
did a take-away, I must mention that the biryanis came packed in individual
aluminum foil packets and the rest were packed in boxes. We did not need to
wait for long for our food to be readied to takeaway. The restaurant was kind
enough to oblige when we asked for banana leaves to be provided as well.
Two of us
had a hearty meal and were stuffed to our throats by the time we finished. For
this meal, we paid just Rs. 460 all inclusive (there are no additional taxes
and charges). Oh! No packaging or container charges as well.
Quick Tips:
Go here
for a scrumptious and a quick meal, Andhra veg. meals, chicken biryani and
mutton fry. CAUTION! Mutton fry is high on spices.
Do not go
if you cannot take the spice or ambiance is your prime focus.
Address: 6th cross, Gandhinagar, Majestic Area, Bangalore
Phone Number: +91 80 25352218 / 22912755
