Barbeque Nation - Grill Paradise

 With both of my brothers-in-law visiting me from the US, and a day off from office resulted in quite the day out. Started off with some shopping and by noon we were starving. Being around the JP Nagar area in Bangalore, we decided to head to Barbeque Nation there. The concept of grilled food with low amount of spices, oil and fat seemed to coincide with their views, being from US and all :-) 

 We reached the place around 2 pm and were promptly shown to our table. Being a weekday, not much of a rush or wait. The waiter promptly gave us all our options. There is no A-la-Carte menu here. You have a Starters package followed by a buffet lunch with a welcome drink thrown in. Two of us chose Non-Veg while the other chose the Veg starter package. Coming to the details - the center of the table is hollowed out where a grill is kept. This is where the food is cooked on skewers. Right at your table - served piping hot.

As can be seen, food is cooked at your table and you have an array of sauces and dressing to spice up your fare. Reminds me a lot of the street fare you would get prowling the alleys of Hong Kong. For the veggie lovers, the choice was any and all of mushrooms, potatoes, pineapple, mix veggies, cutlets and paneer. For the meat lovers it was 3 types of chicken, prawns, fish, mutton seekh kebabs and chicken leg pieces. The food is unlimited, meaning you can keep ordering as much as you want of any item and the waiter would keep replenishing the skewers. They also served us a welcome drink (which is part of the package). I would recommend the Masala Cola which is a mixture of jal-jeera and coke and spices with a healthy dose of pudina floating on the top. 3 sauces (curd and pepper, tomato salsa and hot chilly) along with 3 dressings (vinegar, soy chilly and mustard) are provided to flavor the meat as it cooks.

 Once you are done with this, you can proceed to the buffet lunch spread which is typical of most Indian restaurants (salads, rotis, rice, 3 side dishes - veg and non-veg, biriyani and curd rice). We skipped the buffet lunch by just taking a small peek at the curd rice and then proceeded directly to the dessert array. Dessert had a mixture of cakes, tarts, Indian sweets, ice cream and cut fruits. The fruits were fresh and they promptly found their way into our plates. Out of all the dishes, 3 dishes stood out for me - the Moong Daal halwa soaked in creamy milk with saffron and pista, the phirnee (a form of rice pudding) which was not too sweet and was slightly spiced to perfection and finally the Angoori Jamun (mini gulab jamuns) hot and perfectly made.

Fully stuffed and almost half-asleep from food intoxication, we walked away. Let me tell you the best part, all this and more at a fixed price of Rs. 475/- + taxes only. I found that absolutely worth every single penny and the quality of the food was delectable indeed.

Location: 67, 15th Cross, JP Nagar 3rd phase, near Daily Bread bakery, Bangalore

Cost: Value for Money

Ambience: Good

Service: Extremely friendly staff

Quality: Exceptional