Ever felt like monkeying around?
We sure feel like it!
We�ve covered a variety of food festivals before & this time we�re going to talk about meal bowls.
This post is all about our recent experience at the Monkey Bar, Indiranagar, Bangalore.
We�ve been in the same building many times before (to Fatty Bao) so no surprise for us. This time we�re going to talk about the ongoing �One Bowl Winter� festival at the Monkey Bar across all its outlets in Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi & Mumbai.
This is an ongoing festival which is on for about a month & a half more.
The best part about meal bowls is that everything comes at one shot so you don�t have to worry much about quantity & sides.
Without further ado, we�ll let you know which ones we tried & which ones we want to keep on trying!
Must tries: Panch Phoron & Kasundi Maach, Chicken Xacuti, Korean Bibimpap & the Kashmiri Yakhni.
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| Mutton Yakhni |
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| The Chicken Xacuti |
We also tried the Nagarjuna Inspired Chilli Chicken & the Sesame Teriyaki Chicken Bowl which are definitely worth a shot but not as good as the above. The former was a spicy chicken preparation served with parathas whereas the latter is the usual Grilled Chicken in Teriyaki sauce.
We later realized that we had missed out on the seafood bowls, which we were really looking forward to!
First up, if you love fish, you have to try the Kasundi Maach. The fish used is Surmai (clearly written in the menu). They use fresh & well layered fish for the prep. The aroma of the Gobindobhog rice & the zing of the kasundi is always a magical affair. For a Bengali, this is a must try!
The Xacuti was brilliant. The goan spices with the tender boneless chicken tasted heavenly. Moreover, the millets tasted really good & went well with the spicy gravy. We had millets for the first time so either millets have a distinct aroma or they used Ghee in the preparation.
Now for the 2 best bowls: The Bibimpap & the Yakhni.
The latter had succulent chunks of mutton in yoghurt based gravy. It comes with a serving of saffron rice & the combined aroma is overwhelming. This is a mildly spicy preparation. The Bibimpap is a popular Korean preparation with shredded beef. The beef in this case was simply irresistible. The sauce was lip smacking. This is served with sticky rice, greens, mushrooms & a fried egg.
Although it doesn�t seem much, the bowls are pretty heavy on the stomach.
For dessert, we tried some Churros, Nutella cake with ice cream & a preparation with molten chocolate & caramel popcorn. This was a full-fledged Choco-indulgence!
The Nutella cake is just amazing. The sweetness if perfect & of course: Nutella. The popcorn concept was pretty neat & worked out extremely well.
That�s all from our side!
This special menu is on for quite some time so don�t miss out. The preparations mentioned are truly mouth-watering. There are others which we couldn�t try so feel free to try them out & let us know how you feel.
We�ll be back soon with another foodscapade ;)
Till then�think about your taste buds & bon apetit!
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