I'm just glad no one has suggested Empire. Though in all fairness, their grilled chicken is far better than Imperial's.
Many years ago, a friend from Delhi had just moved to Bangalore to attend college and was taken to Imperial for hist first meal. He, being from Delhi, imagined that the name alluded to a far flung branch of The Imperial in Delhi. [1] Was he in for a surprise but he did come to love the place even if it was five years later. It takes a while for people who are used to their kebabs being cooked in a tandoor to get used to the notion of kebabs that are fried. However, if you're a vegetarian, it makes for sparse pickings and their paneer and assorted vegetable curries are not worth the effort. But their food isn't spicy/hot is it? Personally, I love Imperial. And yes, I did go to St. Josephs. Their kebabs, brain fry and quail are worth traveling for and if there's a meet up there, I'm in! As for other worthwhile places, I'd suggest Anupam's Coastaal Express for Manglorean food and in particular, their ghee roast chicken, Richies for their biryani and Harima for Japanese.[2] [3] I had cobbled a Bangalore Food Search of sorts using Google Coop but haven't updated it in a while. [4] [1] http://www.theimperialindia.com/home.htm [2] http://www.tiny.cc/a6D9b [3] http://sigfood.org/Bangalore/ [4] http://www.tiny.cc/jYdyN On 1/30/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: [ on 09:29 PM 1/30/2007 ] > > Good Grief! Are you trying to kill him? Even I've stopped going there. > > Kairali near Christ College is a better restaurant at the greasy spoon > > range of the market. > > > >Udhay is going to kill you for that .. he's a regular at the imperial :) *shrug* If Biju doesn't want to eat there, more left for me, is what I say. Some random recommendations (I'm leaving out places already mentioned): Andhra food - Chili chicken at Nagarjuna on Residency Road Almost everything at Vindu near Metro on Kankpura Road Chinese - T'Chi near Philips on Edwards Road Aromas of China off Richmond Road North Indian - Treat Restaurant on CMH Road (haven't been there in years, so going out on a limb on this one) Will think of more by and by. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
