Sunday 3 April 2016


The Kabab Studio - Unique Dining Experience


Last week I had a chance to visit this place and what  I thought initially as just another kabab joint turned out to a a unique dining experience by itself and made our Saturday  night something to be remembered.

The Kabab Studio has a lot to offer in its menu and surely there is something for everyone. Located near the Bangalore Race Course and near Shivananda Circle, this place is quite nostalgic for me as I was a regular to restaurants in this vicinity during my college and initial working days.  It is on the Terrace Floor of Goldfinch Hotel.  

Upon arrival we were greeted and led to our seat.  The interiors were quite catchy with dark colours being the choice for the décor. The seating is quite comfortable and quite contemporary in style, also giving a good view of the kitchen too.  The food is laid out at the centre with the Green and Red coloured lids to indicate the Veg and Non Veg. Novel thought....

Once we settled down, the staff explained us the menu as well as the ingredients of each dish with the spice levels.  I was actually impressed by this and also helped us to choose what we wanted to eat as the menu was quite elaborate too. The place had live music with songs from the yesteryears being sung which added some entertainment. 



The drinks was something which I looked forward to as the presentation was quite unique as well as the mixes quite right.  The Smoking Martini, to Pinacollada to Spicy Guava, Virgin Mojito was just wow.  The presentation was a killer which made us wait for the next drink as the thought on how it would be presented kept us excited .  Each Cocktail had a unique blend of the flavours and just right  The spicy Guava drink (mocktail) was a bit too spicy for my liking.

With this unique presentation, the repeat drinks order was quite obvious. The presentation makes us kind of wonder how would the next drink be presented.  Yes that was the excitement which made us order a few more.





The grill is placed on the centre of the table and we had the panneer tikka, murgh malai tikka, mushroom, fish.  All just right and had six variety of sauces/dips like chilly, mint, garlic, sweet tomato etc.  Loved it with the dips.  There were some chaats and Dahi puri was one which stood out.  






The main course was quite a huge spread with a good choices for salads too.  I really loved the tossed salad and the chicken salad.  The main course though not a huge spread by itself it was just right.  Some of my personal favourites were on the menu (Thai Green curry). The rotis and butter nans were served on the table. Served not in the traditional way but in a mini truck.  Some thoughts have been put on the presentation.  Yes, it does go a long way.


The rotis were crisp and nan had a dollop of butter. The basil noodles was very soft and nice.  I was in love with the Thai Green Curry which I had with some plain rice.  The starters and the chaats had actually made us full and we needed to have the desserts too.


 



So the options are like Indo Chinese with a dash of Italian which kind of suits me.     Would have loved to taste the biryani, the aroma of which was very inviting but save some space for the desserts.




Desserts :  The desserts section itself was a bit different with rabdi and Kiwi cheese cake being the highlights and of course the ice cream with Oreo was also equally good.  We did have a repeat of the rabdi.  




Conclusion :  I had a great time and the food was wonderful .  Service was very good with both Ram (Chef) and Vikas (Bar) making sure that were served well and explaining us in detail about the cuisine.  What more could I ask for.

I would definitely recommend this. 

PS :It can get quite crowded on weekends so advance table bookings are recommended









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