Sunday, October 14, 2012

Spice Market @Hyatt Regency

Last week I had been to another lunch outing with a even bigger group (50+). Usually none of the hotels allow reservation for such a big group in their buffets, but we did manage to get reservation in Spice Market in Hyatt thanks to the resourceful admin manager of my company. For one, Spice Market restaurant was huge and the buffet layout was quite different from other buffets. There are different sections - tandoori/kebab/roti items, rice and side dishes, Chaat and Salad and Desert Section. I mainly tried Salad, Tandoori and Deserts. The Salads I tried were good. Tandoori Paneer and Aloo items were quite good. I did not like the Fish Kebab. I did not try Chaat items. There were a lot of options in the Dessert section and I had a go at it. I would say you can do justice to the money you are paying in the dessert's itself if you are not conscious of the calories! The baked yogurt was excellent. The hot brownie and mango pudding were very good. Tiramisu was not bad, but not as good as the one i had in Tuscana. Overall the buffet was good and probably the best that I had in Chennai.

Paprika Cafe @Courtyard Marriott

I am not a big fan of buffets. Given a choice I would prefer Ala Carte, but Buffet is the best option for bigger groups in terms of variety, cost and time.
So recently I had been to a lunch outing with my colleagues. We choose the buffet at Paprika Cafe in the Courtyard Marriott. At 600 per person with Snapdeal offer it was reasonably priced. Also all except one in our group haven't been there. The buffet is generally ok and as such doesn't stand out in anything, except that you could get freshly made pizzas and sandwiches as part of buffet.  Overall it is decent and decent value for money