Top Favorite Eat-outs in Bangalore

November 15, 2008 

It was the monsoon of ‘99 when I first moved to Bangalore. Since then, I’ve lived here for four years at a stretch and then moved in and out of the city only to return with a renewed fervour - a longing one has only for a place you feel at home. You can live for years and still not feel the pulse of a city. Pune was one such place for me - cold! The three years I lived there, I never knew which restaurants served the best Italian food or which road-side paanwala rolled the most mouth-watering paan, or which day of the week you got the best chole bature at the neighbouring sweet shop. To Pune’s credit, it was the most welcoming city I’ve ever lived in; its just that with a closed-mind of always ‘wanting to go to Bangalore’ I never made the effort to fit in. There I said it and it is a huge relief now.

Things started looking up towards the end when I enjoyed some delicious chats almost four times a week during our evening walks; never realised how those colorful chutneys could arouse one’s taste buds - an act of gluttony, is all I can say! The thought of those crispy samosas, glistening jalebis from Pradeep Sweets every Saturday morning for breakfast will make it tough for me to get into bed now. Sabudana khichdi figures way high on the list of my favorite food items now - something that I tasted for the first time there. It’s pohe and sabudana khichdi anyday over Idli/Dosa. So you get it how I felt for the food I discovered in Pune yet there was this emptiness of not knowing enough to strike a conversation when it came to places and understanding the pulse of a city.

Bangalore has changed dramatically these past few years but somethings never change like the ubiquitous Shanthi Sagars (we preferred calling them *.sagars in the good ole techie days). Even after all these years, I can confidently vouch for some of the good eat-outs around the city from where you get the best tea leaves to the most creamy malai ras, to the best soan papdi in town and where you can indulge in greasy parathas that feels like real parathas. It feels so nostalgic as I recount some of the places we have frequented in Bangalore East. Many hold fond memories - of good food ofcourse.  I am a total foodie, you can count on that; someone who eats first and regrets about calories later when the flab shows up!

  1. Casa Piccola @ Indira Nagar: Black Forest Crepes, Chocolate Mousse, French Fries, and Grilled Cheese Sandwich
  2. Little Italy on 100 Feet Road, Indira Nagar
  3. Caesar’s on MG Road
  4. Orange County @ Manipal Center
  5. Bombay House on CMH Road : Malai Ras
  6. KC Das on Varthur Road - Misthi Doi
  7. The Dhaba : Dal Makhani
  8. Lalitha’s Paratha Point near Commercial Street

What are your recommended hangouts in the city you live in?

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5 Responses to “Top Favorite Eat-outs in Bangalore”

  1. Aparna on November 17th, 2008 7:43 pm

    1. Gulab jamoon from BhagathRams
    2. Corner house Ice cream (the one on Residency road)
    3. Biryani from Nagarjuna (Residency road)
    4. Chat from Sindhi colony (Cox town) - don’t know the name of the shop

  2. Lakshmi on November 18th, 2008 6:46 am

    Is it Shankar Bhel by any chance - the one in Cox Town? And never knew of Nagarjuna on Residency Road - must try.

  3. Aparna Narendar on November 19th, 2008 6:53 pm

    yeah, it’s Shankar Bhel house. Had forgotten the name, used to visit this place often when I lived in Frazer town.
    Nagarjuna is popular for non-veg food, I doubt you will find anything good in vegetarian there.
    My sister was suggesting I try “Angeethi” and “Oye Amritsar”, she liked the food there.

  4. Jayden Thomas on May 20th, 2010 1:04 am

    i love Italian Food specially those juicy pastas. They are really delicious.”‘~

  5. Love Poems : on October 24th, 2010 10:38 am

    what i like about italian food is the tomato sauce and pasta*”;

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