We’d not visited Tamarind for a while, though its quite nearby, and what better than a lazy Saturday to drop in? Its located on the Koramangala-Indiranagar intermediate ring road. When coming from Indirangar, you’ll see it on the right after the Sony World junction. Actually, the pub on the ground floor-Enigma is more visible. Tamarind is on the first floor.
Tamarind serves Chinese, Continental and North Indian, but we’ve always had only the last, perhaps because the market leaders in the other verticals have already been clearly defined 🙂 The soup, of course, is an exception and we went with our favourite Cream of Chicken Soup. D claimed there was garlic in it, though I couldn’t sense it. I’m not too sure of this, since D was a bit woozy and even managed to pop the plastic sauce container like a champagne bottle.
For the main course we ordered a Fish Tikka Masala, which is “fish tikkas in tomato and onion gravy”, and (okay, I saw this one and though it left me speechless, I had to have it!!) Chicken Madrasy (sic), which is “chicken cooked in cardamom and coconut milk topped with cashew gravy topped with curry leaves”. We also ordered an onion kulcha and a roti to go along with it. The fish gravy was quite good, but a couple of the tikka pieces were a bit burnt. The chicken was certainly different with a distinct coconut milk flavor, which questioned its supposed Madras origins in favour of Kerala. The quantities of both were sufficient, but we had to order an extra Naan. Though there were quite a few dessert options, we were too stuffed.
The person who took our order was quite tardy, but the guy who served our table made up for it quite well. Tamarind also serves alcohol. A 330 ml Kingfisher costs Rs.85, that should give you an indication of the costs. Its quite a good place if you are a large group, I’ve never seen a place with so many seating options for large groups. I think they also have a roof top option.
All of the above cost us just above Rs.500, which was quite value-for-money, considering the quantity and quality.
Tamarind, #2, 100 ft Road, 5th Block, Koramangala Ph: 25633999
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I’ve eaten at the Tamarind on Ring Road a long time ago. Don’t remember much about what I had ordered… but i think it tasted pretty good. I’ll have to try this koromangala one out though.
arrey subah subah bhookh lag gayi. where is koramangala? bangalore, i am assuming cuz i heard the name when i was there. 🙂
man, this is so cool…wife has been taking tips from ur blog on which place to go for a meal out…for onam she went to this place called Bon South or something…while i was with my parents stuffing my face with more vegetables than a cow in paradise, she was munching on a sadya that had meat in it…damn!
i hve heard of Tamarind…the best part is all of these eating places are in and around Koramangala…loving it.
ps: i hve to really get arnd to changing ur site add on my blogroll.
eveline: hmm, worth one visit
roop: very right 🙂
tys: thanks :).. yeah, had reviewed bon south a few days back.. no arabi sadya for you? 😉 koramangala and indiranagar are both foodie paradises now..
ps: do that now, evil man!!!!