As I had to postpone my Aruku Valley Trip due to logistical issues, we thought of utlizing the saturday to dine out again.
We wanted to taste some good sea food, as in Fish & Crabs & Prawns sort. This search landed us at Fish Land, Lakdi Ka Pul. Oh! My Boy!!! It's so damn sick. We walked in to find the ambience to be similar to a Bar & Restaurant kinds. Except that the ambience at Bar's are a bit more darker with low light. This was a bit on the other side with lot of lights. But the overall feel was the same.
Well, moving further, we had out seats to order something. Wanted Apollo Fish and Golden Fried Prawns. Ordered Cream of Chicken Soup, which was to be followed by Apollo Fish and Golden Fried Prawns.
Cream of Chicken at Fish Land isin't worth speaking about too. It turned out to be the worst things we ever had. Then came the most anticipated dish APOLLO FISH & GFP's.
For the first time, i've seen Apollo Fish Gravy . What was missing was a couple of Roti's, so that we could have it as main course. The same was the case with GFP's. It was just kind of Pieces of Fish/Prawns, dipped in Corn Flour and Shallow Fried. It wasn't crisp or had that taste in it. I could smell the raw fish in Apollo Fish.
I had a word with the Manager about the fish and this guy had the guts to tell me that this is the way actual Apollo Fish is made. Man, is it for the first time that I had Apollo Fish?
The Prawns, less the told, the better it is. Prawns were none other than a couple of pieces of prawns thrown in a batter made up of finely chopped Green Chillies, Onions, Carrots, Cabbage, Beans, Turnips, Radishes and etc etc etc. I could only find vegetables and no prawns at all. That pathetic it was, I literally had to wade my way through these vegetables to search for my Golden Fried Prawns.
And to my surprise, those weren't Golden Fried Prawns, but were something like Prawns 65 sorts, with loads and loads and loads of Corn Flour on top of it, that too not fried, but the fried part was damp.
We could not take it any longer and with a long discussion with Manager regarding the food, I thought it was better to leave the place, so that atleast I can go somewhere else to eat something. It was already 10:45 and it would obviously take us long to reach any other decent place.
Customary Bill with wasted food: Rs. 715/-. Guys, this is plain loot. Avoid Fish Land, it isin't worth it.
Hungry and devestated, we wanted to eat something good and worth while. Alex Kitchen was the next place on our mind (thanks to my wifey, she suggested Alex Kitchen). We were welcomed at Alex Kitchen with 3-4 families eagerly awaiting for their turn & was given to understand that it's rather tough to get a seat here.
So, we moved on to Chang Hua
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(Langde Ko Looole Ka Sahaara)
Chang Hua welcomed us into the outlet, with just a small table in the corner vacant and all others full. We took our seat and waiter fished out the menu card for the order. Without even a single glance at the menu card, I ordered for our ever favourite Golden Fried Prawns, Fried Basket Noodles (Chicken). Added Chicken Fried Rice & Golden Fried Prawns as Take Away too (this wasn't for me, but for my siblings back home).
Then came the bill: 630/-
All said and done, Chang Hua was far far better than Fish Land.