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 We were looking for a good breakfast place on a weekend early morning and since this opens early, we decided to check this out.  They have some interesting menu options and we tried some of the Andhra specialities.  We starred with the gunta punugulu which is basically paniyaram. They were soft on the inside and crispy outside; served with coconut chutney which made it even more flavourful. Next, I had the upma pesarattu . I've had these two separately but was my first time having ti together. It does taste great as a combination too.  Then we had the Karnataka combo tiffin . This has a mangalore bun, akki roti, rava idly, khara bhath, kesari bhath, and coffee. I really liked the managalore bun. It was fresh and slightly sweet.  The akki roti had some nice flavours to it, especially when had with the yellow curry along with it.  The filter coffee no doubt was very good as expected.  It did get quite crowded by the time we were done.  Overall, i...

 This is a restaurant which serves food from Andhra Pradhesh and surrounding parts of India and they invited me to try out their food.  We started with the famous guntur prawn. It was flavourful and spicy. I really like this appetizer.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Udit 📷 [Famished Explorer] (@uditss) on Sep 16, 2020 at 8:02am PDT Then we had the chicken 65 which was also quite good.  I was pleasantly surprised to see vegetarian starters like paneer 65 and baby corn chilli taste really delicious here.  Another item that you are looking forward to was the Nethili fry (anchovies). I'm not a big seafood lover but I did like these crunchy fish.  For the mains they have thali. It consists of a starter, curry, a dry vegetable, rasam, sambhar, rice, sweet and papad. It was pretty good.  They also have a vegetarian thali option.  We did try the gongura chicken curry too and it was good....

The name of this place definitely needs no introduction. This recently started restaurant based on the name of a superstar serves food from all of South India. They have a lot of street food items too, and it also serves alcohol.  We started with the nannari sarbath which is a famous beverage in south India and has a peculiar flavour.  For the appetisers, we first had some all time favourites like medu vada , masala vada (paruppu vadai). The vadas were nice and crispy and were served with flavourful chutneys. Then we had some fusions ones like Gobi 65 and Chicken 65 which were also quite good.  One of my favourite was the Eggnikanth . This is an egg omelet with stuffing inside. You have a choice of mushrooms or prawns. The stuffing is spicy and I totally loved it. I definitely recommend trying this out.  Another dish which was excellent was the mutton kola urandai which is like a mutton kofta; made from soft and delicious minced mutton....

It was a weekend and we were looking for a quick bite so we ended up going here.  It's not a very big place but they have a good variety of options on the menu. We started with the aloo cheese onion paratha . The cheese in the paratha was melted and we couldn't see the cheese in it. We asked for more, and they were happy to give us some extra cheese. The taste of the paratha was quite good.  I ordered a dahi kachori chaat , and it was really flavourful with ample amount of dahi in it. The ragda pattice too was good enough. I would have liked the pattice itself to have more flavour but nothing to complain about.  Last, but not the least, we had a nice cuppa chai .  The service is fast, and the staff is friendly.  Our server got us the bill without asking for it, which I didn't quite like.  Click here for delicious food and lovely places around Dubai.    

This is a restaurant located in Karama and they offered to send me food for a review.  Since my family is vegetarian, I asked for pure vegetarian food only.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Famished Explorer [ UDIT ] (@uditss) on Dec 7, 2019 at 7:57am PST The delivery was on time and he did not have to call to ask for directions. For starters, they sent me the gobi manchurian. It was really good and had the comforting Indo-Chinese flavour to it. It was semi-dry and prepared in an orange-ish sauce.  Their specialty is biryani, and they sent me the vegetable biryani. It was made malabar style and packaged in a nice container. The rice was white and smaller than the usual biryani rice. The taste was really good. It had a good amount of vegetables as well as masala in it. I personally like the North Indian style of biryani more, so something with smaller rice may not be my first choice for a biryani, but if you're a fan of ...

This restaurant is located on the ground floor of Hotel President in Karama. I was under the impression that this is a purely south Indian restaurant but when I was invited to try out the food, I found out that they also serve some lovely North Indian fusion starters as well as Indo-Chinese food.  We started with some mocktails. I had the watermelon juice which which nice and fresh. They also have blue curacao mojito, orange juice, as well as alcoholic cocktails.  For appetisers, we started with dahi ke sholay . Crispy from the outside and soft and creamy on the inside, these vegetarian kebabs tasted really good.  Then we had the double dhingri which has spinach and cheese stuffed in between two mushroom and has a marination of mustard and yoghurt. These tasted cheesy and delicious.  Another amazing starter was the stuffed cheesy mushroom . It had a really flavourful orange sauce that it was prepared in and if you're a cheese lover, you shou...