Mama Mia - II

 27-11-13

For lunch i decided to head to Mama Mia and this being my second visit i knew what i had to order.
Mama Mia non veg special.
This is the best, one can have. Almost all the vegetables are present in this pizza. I asked for lesser tomatoes, inspite of that the tomatoes were enough to make me not like it. I do not like too much of tomatoes but my mother loved it, so i ate it without the tomatoes and it tasted amazing. The chicken was meager. ( One would only not like it if he does not like tomatoes much)
Chicken Tikka
This was the best but lesser chicken. I had Dhaniya(Coriander) and that gave it a unique taste.

Rest the ice creams the owner says might be discontinued as the machine breaks down every now and then and its proving too much of a hassle to get it repaired, as a result loss of some tasty ice cream. :(

A good news for all the Mama Mia fans, a baker would be hired soon for brownies and cookies.

On a personal note,I loved the new seating area, spacious and better than the previous one.

Gloria Jean's Coffee

I have a coffee here everytime I go to Lifestyle.


I came across this place hoping to get a glass full of good coffee and this place did not disappoint me.
I ordered Creme Brulee, Signature Caramel Coffee and Iced Tea.
The Creme Brulee was good but that you will manage to get in any coffee shop and the iced tea i found mediocre but the real taste was in the signature coffee.
This he made in front of me but putting 2 scoops of ice cream in the jug, 2 shots of coffee from the huge coffee machine that lies there and something else which i couldn't figure and milk. After having served this drink to me i just couldn't forget the taste and wanted to have it everyday. There was a slight taste of caramel in the coffee and that is one ingredient that makes the coffee so tasty. This is a must have in my opinion.
The seating is not all that great with people walking past you while you sit and enjoy your coffee, there is always activity here because it in the middle of a shopping mall but that doesn't matter as long as the taste is good.

Canton Spice - II

7-11-2013

I decided to give canton spice a chance and went there to grab a quick bite.
I ordered rolls this time to be on the safer side as i had it last time and they tasted amazing.
I ordered a Chicken Manchuria roll.
It was good with a lot of tomato sauce filled along with the manchuria. The chicken pieces were small and seemed like he had filled it with the masala by adding it a little water to make the filling look enough. The amount of oil that kept dripping out my roll kept me wondering how long i would take to burn out the calories i consumed.
Overall the taste was good and one can try any variety he wishes for.
The response of the management was again great, with them offering what to order this time around and what their specialty was as opposed to last time where the waiter responded that everything was their specialty.
So pretty much satisfied and will surely head there for more rolls.

Canton Spice - I

20-9-2013
I decided to come to this place after hearing a lot of reviews about their Rolls.
Double egg rolls- Haryali Kabeb, Chicken Tikka, Reshmi Kabeb.
The Kabebs were worth every penny and very filling for a hungry person looking for budget alternatives to fill one's stomach.
The taste was good, the sauce was in perfect proportions the chicken was nice and succulent and with the exact taste of the respective kabebs.
I would suggest people go here rather than Roll Call if they want to eat a few Rolls, but beware.
Then I ordered Canton fried noodles.
The noodles were nice and crisp with no smell of egg, the vegetables were soft and nicely cooked, chicken was soft too and HAIR, well, I didn't taste that though.
This was what made me throw up. God knows if there were any hair in the rolls.
The entire dish was replaced but I didn't not have the guts to eat there again so I got that parceled.
I will rate it the lowest for what they served in the end.

Sigree

19-11-2013
After almost entering Oh Calcutta for Lunch, the reviews on zomato made me change my mind coz one of them said it is not an ideal place for vegetarians and with a dominant veggie as my companion, Sigree it was.
I ordered only 2 dishes and I got one complimentary(brownie points for that).
Veg Platter
Consisted of a kebab, dum aloo And paneer tikka. This we ordered coz it made proper sense to be able to decide what starter to order the next time we go there.
The Kebab.
It was cooked on a seekh probably in a tandoor. It was made by the mash of peas, minced garlic, carrot, onion, chilli, coriander and onion. Bound together and cooked. It was good but not a dish which will leave an amazing after taste.
Dum aloo
This was the best part of the platter where the aloo(potato) was soft and perfectly cooked dressed with some sort of cream. When undercooked it remains hard and when over cooked the potato falls apart like a mash. No such signs.
Paneer Tikka.
This Paneer tikka is something I did not like at all. It seemed like the paneer was cooked on a Tava with chilli, tomatoes, pepper and not in a tandoor. There was no marinate on it, was bland and not at all great.

The platter is not really recommended.

Kadai Paneer
We asked the waiter to get something which was spicy and he took our order so seriously that the dish blew our lids off, with tears rolling down our cheeks and a glass of water in the other hand.
The dish was made in tomato and onion base with tomato sauce, if I am not mistaken. It also had bell pepper, not whole
though And coriander seeds that occasionally gave an amazing taste to the dish, whenever it came in the spoon. The paneer was soft and took in the spices very well. I had to wait a while to take the next bite coz the spiciness made it difficult to eat. But that's the best part.
Seeing our plight the waiter offered to change the actual one for a freshly prepared dish which we declined. We were enjoying it and no way we would ask him to replace it.
So he instead got us a palak paneer based dish.

This had grated paneer in the pallak which had a tadka of garlic and onion(they were visible). The taste of it was pretty bland yet it didn't require salt as that itself tasted good.

We ordered multani paratha And butter naan.

The multani paratha is a layered paratha which you will find in any Punjabi's house but this one was crisper and a lot richer and had more Maida.

The butter naan is not like a regular naan I am used to eating and looked more like a paratha.

Taste - 3.8 (not really there in the vegetarian category)
I am in conflict with myself.
The starters was not really great except the dum aloo and neither was the pallak based dish out of the box. The kadai paneer is something I'll order again.

Service - 5
The starters took a while to be come down to our table but the way the waiters responded And the way they took our choice so seriously shows how hard they working on their service

Ambiance - 4

The place has a decent feel to it.

Over all an above average place in terms of taste to visit.

Oh So Stoned -III

Visited Oh So stoned again today(17-11-13)
and ordered Brownie Blast with two scoops of chocolate ice cream. Let me tell you order this only if you are open to a very bitter tasting chocolate ice cream and it is not the one you can have always. My recommendation would be to order it with one scoop vanilla and one scoop chocolate.

Ordered Nuts bout Toffee something
I chose one vanilla and one Chocolate scoop for ice cream and the taste of chocolate was so overpowering that I really didnt enjoy it. This ice cream I had previously with 2 scoops vanilla and it was extremely tasty so now I know what i would be sticking to.

The review of these are in the previous posts.

Oh So Stoned - II

My 2nd visit to oh so stoned
I ordered sitphal cream, tira miss u too, brownie delight and scarface noir.

Sitaphal Cream
Wow, Wow Wow. This is the best. It was full of custard apple pulp and cream and it tasted so amazingly good I have no words to describe it. One original and beautiful dish.

Tira Miss you too.
Coffee ice cream with a biscuit that I could taste in it, topped with cream and little coffee powder sprinkled on top. This was so fresh and different, once again a new dish and a very good one at that.

Brownie delight.
I tried this dish once again and this time with chocolate sauce and it just tasted heavenly.
The brownie was so dominant that the ice cream was lost somewhere but in perfect proportions that it tasted really good.

Scarface Noir
The taste of ferro Rocher was what I wasnt anticipating but they surprised me by providing just that. They didn't let the ice cream take over and they let all the ingredients used, to stand out with their flavour.

So my second review and I am telling you Oh so Stoned has improved itself in leaps and bounds. They have gone up from an average stone ice cream to a top notch place.
Beware players, Oh so stoned has just arrived and with a bang.

Oh so Stoned is OH-SOme

I chose not to add another review so i will be updating this one itself from Last Night's visit(31-10-3013).
I tried Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Ban Toffee something.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
It reminded me of Bulls eye. The concept is the same except, the dessert is served on a waffle and a brownie and not a creamy pastry slice. The ice cream is mixed with a lot of chocolate and placed on the OH SO SOFT brownie. The taste though is good but you can give this a skip and opt for Brownie Blast.

Nuts bout Toffee (not on the menu on zomato, the menu has been updated with lot more amazing variants)
This was the surprise package. Roasted Almonds and a crunchy ingredient mixed in vanilla ice cream and with a few others, tasted the Best. I being a chocolate fanatic fell in love with this ice cream after the first bite itself. Not to be missed.

One Complain though with the management. 
Consistency.

The brownie on one occasion in Brownie Blast was charred and had become kind of weird and the entire ice cream tasted like a chocolate which high concentration of dark chocolate.
The dish was replaced nonetheless and i chose to ignore it.
Last night having ordered the same the brownie was perfectly OH-SOme

Last night,
Having ordered Sitaphal cream, I could not taste no Sitaphal pulp. It looked more like a vanilla+fresh cream topped with some pulp, more like a dressing. I called the waiter and asked him why so and he agreed to have put lesser quantity.

So on two different occasions I have faced a problem of the taste not being the same.

I have been visiting here so often that the ice cream maker tells my brother " he comes everyday ". Its the taste and the service that has made me a regular here. I hope the management looks into these minor glitches. I thought it would be better if i gave this input.

on the positive side, I love the way the ice creams are named, Pandu Pandu Pandu, Big Brother Brownie (hope i got them right).

This is a MUST VISIT place.

Oh So Stoned - I

Looking for a cheaper options for ice creams I chose this place.
Having ordered Brownie Blast, Fruit Explosion and Just Brownie, I strongly recommend those who look for marginally cheaper yet tastier options for stone ice creams in Secunderabad this is the place.
Brownie Blast
2 scoops of chocolate ice cream and brownie mixed together with caramel sauce is good but the caramel sauce already being sweet as its nothing but heated sugar and that with ice cream made it way too sweet for my buds, a little less sause and the desert is perfect.
Fruit Explosion
Strawberry ice cream with berry crush reminded me of a pastry I once had and they just managed to bring back sweet memories.
Just Brownie
Brownie with caramel sauce, this I asked them to lessen the amount of sauce they pour so make it edible. Yet this I will never have(personal choice) as its just plain brownie with either chocolate sauce or caramel sauce. I would recommend them to rather use Walnut brownie as that might add a little taste to a brownie which is perfect in taste, balanced and not too hard or too soft.
Overall it's a good place, nice interiors and only stone ice cream in this part of Secunderabad that tastes good if one can't travel all the way to Begumpet.

My experience here was good but they need to improve a bit if the planning on competing with the likes of other well known ice cream joints.

Mama Mia - Sainikpuri

31-8-2013

Having been to Mama mia after much discussion on various budget joints to visit i ended up visiting again after 2 days.
I ordered 3 pizzas, of which one was a paneer pizza, veg Alfredo pasta, garlic bread, Chocolate Pana Cota and tasted the gelato as well.
Here is my review.
Food - 4/5
Of the three i ordered a mama mia special and a chicken one and paneer whose name i forget.

The pizzas were one of the best wood burnt pizzas i had tasted but had a little more of tomato's than my liking but not everyone is me, tastes differ. The pizzas were perfectly made and the base was nice and crisp, not too thick. I like it spicy so had to sprinkle a bit of chili flakes. The cheese was not overflowing it was just there in right amounts and all of it was FRESH from the chicken to the paneer.

The Pasta had less cheese or no cheese probably coz i had ordered a combo and i could taste white sauce, i expected it to be more cheesy. It was not overcooked and had only zucchini. This is the dish which did not live upto my expectations.

The gelato ice cream and pana cota.
Well, having tasted the ice cream from the Gelato outlets i felt Mama Mia had to offer almost the same taste except they need to refine it a little more to avoid the ice crystals. Its worth a try.
The pana cota on the other hand was one dish you should not miss if you happen to visit Mama mia. I had 4 of these. :)

The ambiance. 5/5
The inside has just 3 tables its pretty cozy and good. But the main attraction for me was the owners and the guy who makes the ice cream. They interact with you while eating sharing anecdotes and a lot more. Its for them you have to visit this place.

Service. 4/5
It takes nearly 20 minutes for you to get the food after ordering it . But that should not be the problem as the owners keep you company and that's just the best way to kill time till the food is served.

Cost 5/5.
The prices are reasonable and for college students this is the place to visit to try not heavy on your money pizzas. A budget eatery for wood burnt pizzas unlike the other costlier options and is worth every penny and the food is filling.

Overall i give it a 4. 
Wouldn't be surprised if they end up going mainstream.