Ruth Dsouza Prabhu

Flambe, recently opened in Koramangala, occupies two floors of a building and has an enclosed family restaurant as well as an open air lounge upstairs which can get pretty noisy. We opted of course for the family area and found it surprisingly empty at 8.30 on a Saturday night. It remained that way till we left. This is a multi-cuisine restaurant that claims to specialise in flambe. Multi-cuisine it is and the selection of sizzler and flambe is surprisingly limited to a page and half both combined.

For starters, we ordered Buffalo Wings, more with the hope that junior would eat it. The menu described it as paprika-marinated, shallow-fried chicken with sour cream. We didn`t quite get the zing of paprika when we ate it and the sour cream was more mayo sauce with a tangy flavour, but overall, it was simple, hot and nice

I asked for the Pollet Saute Chasseur. This was a flambe and was described as pan-grilled chicken breast with chasseur sauce. The flambe interestingly is made at your table. A mobile kitchenette is brought over and the staff is more than keen on your watching how your flambe is made. Taste wise... it was nice.

Husband opted for a sizzler-grilled chicken with borderlaise sauce. Again the platter was loaded with meat, vegetables, et al. -- nice without being spectacular. A friend who was with us opted for Spaghetti al pollo which was supposed to be chicken in brown and cream sauce. While the portion was generous, the sauce was pretty bland and the chicken dry, making the dish difficult to eat.

For junior we ordered the Vegetable Pulao, which all of us agreed was the best dish. It was made in clarified butter, was loaded with tender vegetables and could be had as is. The three of us kept sneaking spoonfuls from the serving dish.

The staff otherwise were pretty attentive and the rest rooms were clean. With two breezers thrown in this meal came to around Rs 1200. Decent for 3 and half people.

Address: #93, 2nd and 3rd floors, 5th cross, 6th Block, Koramangala

Cuisine: Multicuisine, flambe

Cards Accepted: Yes

Wallet factor: Rs 800 for two

Courtesy: http://onruthprabhusplate.blogspot.com/

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