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Cards Accepted
Dinner
Locally Popular
Lunch
Non-Vegetarian
Outdoor Seating
Restrooms
Roof Garden
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Lunch
AllDays
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Dinner
AllDays
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Cafe
AllDays
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Closed
Monday
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Restaurant Description:
"Closed on Monday. The restaurant serves all the usual fare you would expect to find in an Italian restaurant - the pastas, the pizzas, the salads and the soups, but the dishes are very creative, flavourful, and with a taste of Europe at our feel-at-home bistro." |
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10/16/2008 11:15:54 PM
Reviewed By:andromeda
"Quite the right name"
If you’re going to eat Italio-Franco-Mediterranean food, you might as well do it right. You want to be able to say words like pappardelle, ciabatta, risotto. You want to be able to taste such exotics as capers, olives, porcini mushrooms. You want your food grazed with alien cheeses and mascarpone; oregano, basil and rosemary. And befuddle people by telling them you had arugula and artichokes and couscous for lunch.
These words are no longer elitist. You don’t have to know how to roll wine on your tongue to be able to appreciate the food. In fact, there is no wine list at this restaurant. Just beer, and no complaint.
Collective consciousness is pushing for a keener sense of taste, good food is becoming more important in the mind of the masses and Herbs & Spice new it ahead of time. What started as a snug tasteful little restaurant in the quiet by-alleys of a residential neighborhood (where the menu was written with chalk on a blackboard), has moved and grown into an elegant courtyard restaurant with a printed carte du jour (or bill of fare) that nevertheless changes every 20 days.
One floor up, the piped Mediterranean-esque music, warm wood décor, purple cushions and open central roof light achieve the purpose of warping space into a European state of mind, shielded from the roads of Bangalore and thus, preferred.
With kind hospitality a complimentary basket of breads arrives with a plate of citrussy oil and vinegar. Then the menu, which makes a more scrumptious read than many published books. The strength of Herbs and Spice lies in their ability to toss the right ingredients together in an uncomplicated yet non-boring way.
Unlikely salads like Melon and Parma ham or Lettuce, fresh figs with balls of mozzarella or Pears, walnuts, lettuce, and parmesan (the pears fresh as dew). Aubergine and pine nuts pizza; or Artichokes, grilled tomatoes and goat cheese sandwich; or Homemade pappardelle with mince lamb ragu (which I’ve yet to investigate). I closed my eyes and a finger fell on Grilled breast of chicken stuffed with ham and mozzarella.
It arrived with a steak knife. I had expected it to be more tender and cheesier, but as I soaked in the butter grilled bird and ham (potatoes and sautéed vegetables on the side) I grew a little more content. Was it worth 300 bucks? One has to weigh pros and cons. After all, everything grows out of the earth. What matters is what you do with it, and how you do it. Every once in a while it might be worth paying that little extra for a some subtlety and foliage that grows in the Mediterranean breeze half a world away.
If not, there’s always just coffee and dessert – the special Walnut meringue and various cakes, tarts, mousses with chocolate, lemon, hazelnuts etal. And their own breads.
I managed to spend a lazy afternoon at a sea-side café somewhere in the latitude of southern Europe while masticating a meal here.
* Avg. meal for two: Rs. 900
* Official website: www.herbsandspice.in
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6/19/2007 11:24:44 AM
Reviewed By:Abid Hussain
"actually herbs & spice"
I had a little tough time to locate the place but I had the number & gave to call to take directions. The place is quite and could be easily missed but once you've dined here you'll never miss a chance to dine here again.
Its a ground floor of a house converted to a restaurant, the ambience is average, the service is good and the italian / conti food is just mouth watering.
The uniqueness is the menu, it keeps changing and have a blackboard as their menu card. Their speciality, I would say is their desserts!! Taste that I am sure you'll find no where else in Bangalore.
So, if its a new restaurant that you want to try...Herbs & spice it should be.
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