Phone : 25594666
Email : tpbl@theparkhotels.com
Website : theparkhotels.com
Food : 3.5/5
Service : 3.5/5
Ambience : 3/5
Meal for 2 : Rs 1500
A quick lunch date on a very busy day took us to Monsoon at the Park. This tastefully done up 24-hour restaurant serves multi-cuisine where you can take your pick from a well planned menu of Mediterranean, Indian and South- East Asian cuisine.
Tenderloin with green pepper sauce
The tenderloin with green pepper sauce was piquant and fresh on the tongue - mind you, these were not green bell peppers but green unripe berries of the pepper plant. The mushrooms and potato fries served alongside were a perfect foil for the mild but fiery taste of the sauce on meat.
BBQ Quail with grilled veggies, jerk seasoning and balsamic reduction
Next was the barbequed quail with jerk seasoning , grilled vegetables and balsamic reduction. Sounds like a mouthful, doesn't it? It tastes equally delectable! The meat was moist and tasty and the seasoning complimented the subtle charred flavour of the dish.
And now for my favouritest part (pardon my English, I lose control when I talk of dessert!) of this review - chocolate mud cake with icecream! I had never had mudcakes earlier and I am glad my first one was at Monsoon. Because I now truly believe that nothing can surpass the lusty mudcake I had here.
No chocolate is too much chocolate!
The sight of rich chocolate sauce oozing out of the warm cake is like poetry to the eyes of a chocoholic! This dessert is meant to be savoured slowly, taking time to enjoy the gooey warmth of the cake with the cold sweetness of icecream. Yummy!!! This is definitely a must try for those with a sweet tooth.
Also on offer at Monsoon is a sumptuous buffet during lunch where I could see some divine looking desserts (needless to say, I always spot these first!).
Pricing is a bit on the higher side but this restaurant is worth a visit - atleast for the mudcake :)
Did you know.......
..........................that chocolate is a mild stimulant to humans mainly due to the presence of theobromine? It is much more potent for horses, and its use in horse racing is prohibited.
..........................that the muscle tissue from where the tenderloin is cut does very little work, so it is the most tender part of the cow and thus the name?
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Seriously. More affordable places please.
yeah.. was there a week back.
I didn't like the ambience though.. The whole section looked like an after-thought to me.
The non-veg platters were heavenly.
The tenderloin that I ordered came sliced into smaller "discs" (quite unlike what you expect a steak to be) and there was no mushroom with it :-(, although I was told it would. Anyway, they brought down a separate serving of some yummy mushrooms for me.
The Milanese chicken was a let down.
For dessert, I ordered the tasting of chocolote goodies.. yumm!! Maybe, I should've tried the mudcake too. :-)
Oh, it IS expensive..