Suruchi, Crown Interior Mall (Faridabad, India)

This is going to be a really short post as there is nothing much to write about the restaurant except for my rants.

Well, the first time we had dinner at Suruchi was around dinner time on a weekday and we were quite happy. I mention time and weekday, because these are the variables that will screw your experience at the mentioned restaurant.

Also, real test of the restaurant is when it is peak time. I have seen bigger, better and reputed restaurant(s) fall and struggle to breathe on the weekends. But, then how you handle it changes the experience of the diner.

We visited Suruchi in sweltering Indian summer at 7:15 PM on Sunday. First we were refused anything as they start serving at 7:30 PM. I insisted and said we will order drinks in the meantime as 7:30 PM is just 15 mins away. To which they hesitantly agreed. Clearly giving the signals that we were not required.

We sat down and realized that air conditioning was switched off as restaurant opens at 7:30 PM. At 7:40 PM we ordered our food and asked for AC to be switched on. But to our dismay it was never switched on. They just pretended. I could make out as there was no air from the Vents.

Yes to prove my point I had to get up and wave my hand in front of AC to confirm that there was not even hot air blowing from the AC Vents. Few minutes later there were 2-3 more tables full and mysteriously cool air from the vents started flowing.

For this I confronted the waiter and the restaurant manager, the talks to them turned out to be as useless as the restaurant. I asked were you lying to me, and the reply was "YES"!!!

How, rude can it be? I paid the bill and moved and swore never to visit any restaurant related to Suruchi. I hope and wish that you never have such an experience at a restaurant.

This restaurant absolutely falls in "No Go Zone" and "Enter at your own risk category".

Noorani, Worli (Mumbai)

People had been pestering me for ages to have Biryani at Noorani.
Finally, I gave in to the demands of the masses and went to Noorani for dinner and had the "Biryani".

Noorani is near to Haji Ali in Worli Mumbai. Here is the Link to the location. It is a small restaurant and can be safely called a Dhaba convert. Well, all this doesn't matter if the food is delicious and mouthwatering.

The waiters at the restaurant were not knowledgeable about the items on the Menu or the contents of different Biryanis mentioned in the menu. After long discussions we placed our order and I ordered veg biryani.

It did not take very long for the order to arrive. I was shocked to see the Biryani when it arrived at the table. Why? Because, it was green in color and first thought that came to my mind was "Oh my god it is Radioactive and emitting radiation!!!"

The biryani was bright green. We asked the waiter why it is not like original biryani and promptly came the reply that, because it is Veg it is green. We all had a good laugh at it and continued with the dinner.

It was one of the worst Biryani's I have eaten till date:

1. It was green in color.
2. It was soaked in oil.
3. There was basically no flavor and I renamed the dish to "rice chowmein".
4. I had to look for vegetables or basically anything except for rice.

Even the Deserts that we asked for were not up to the mark. Well, it certainly is a cheap location to eat and lives up to the mark. In my personal opinion it is just thriving because of its location and may be non-vegetarian food options. This is certainly not a place to visit if you into vegetarian food.

Pharrel Williams - Happy (Mumbai, India)

Finally Pharrel Williams - Happy - Mumbai