Having a Feast

Last night, I was in a mood for some Gujarati vegetarian food, but not home made. I wanted to go to some place which is serving authentic Gujarati cuisine. My Gujju friend suggested me a restaurant which is next to my home and serves authentic food. Gujarati cuisine Thali is a mix of sweet, savory and spicy flavors. You will be served variety of dishes in small quantity in a big dish with small bowls. The fun is that you can have many flavors and dishes in one go. Once in 6 months I do like to have this, it becomes a heavy meal and after having it I need a good long walk to digest it as well...haha.

The place that we visited was just not good with the food but also the ambiance was amazing, it has all those traditional and positive vibes. Normally I like a good lit up restaurant, quite a lot of restaurants these days have very dim lighting and I do not like that, because in the dim lights the hygiene of the place cannot be seen well. If the restaurant is well lit up, you can clearly see the cleanliness of the place, which is very important for me. When I go to any pub or a club, which always have very dim lights, I never order food there, just for this reason. I only have drinks at such places and dry snacks if needed.

Anyways this place, right from the entrance had very soothing vibes. At the entrance there is a nice piece of art of Tree of Life. It is similar to what I have at my home, except for the color and the size. Mine is in green and 3 feet size, where as this is made in brown and almost a 8 feet height. This itself got my heart.

That's the entrance of the restaurant. You will feel like you are entering one of those village homes.

As I step in, I see the aesthetics of the place and I am very impressed.

They have some beautiful carved works on the walls.

When we settled at our table, the server came to make us wash the hands. These are all old ways which were followed once upon a time, nowadays these are marketing ways to attract customers.

Finally the food. You will see here so many dishes, served in small bowls. There is sweet savory, spice, everything mixed. At the beginning they served a welcome drink, which is made of mint and acts as a digestive. Also buttermilk is served with the food which is also good for digestion. There is pickle, chutneys, salad, rotis and what not. There was also a serving of rice later on :-). I thoroughly enjoyed my meal and also finished everything. The best I enjoyed in this whole meal is the Aamras, which is a mango juice but with very thick consistency.

One of my friend who had come to visit us at home in the evening also joined us for the meal and we had a super gala time.

After returning home, I had to take a half an hour walk and only after that I felt a little settled in my tummy and could get on the bed, else I am sure it would had been a restless night with the way I hogged all the food....haha

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