Sunday, June 5, 2011
Butter Chicken Masala
Yesterday Paul and I made a Bttered Chicken Masala for one of our dishes. It had a mild spice but that gave the chicken the most flavor. It wasn't very hard to make because all we did was cut the chicken, put spices in the frying pan, simmer the chicken, and add the masala sauce. Which consist of creme, salt, spices, and tomato. That made our Buttered Chicken Maslala just as good as Ajantas.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Murkoo
Murkoo is a Home style Indian snack. It is shaped like a thin churro with spice. Darius and I both agreed that it was disgusting. IT tasted like rotten rice and gave me very odd burps. At first we thought it would be sweet until a strange man at the market said " no es sweet es very goo es savoory. So we took his word and it ended up being a bad idea because it cost 7 dollars and we didn't enjoy it at all :(. I would recommend this snack to everyone just so they can experience the pain and suffering that we did because it was truly awful.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Our trip to Ajanta!
On Friday we went to Ajanta in Berkeley. This is my review of the restaurant.
Food: The food was delicious. Every dish was hot and fresh. The spice level was perfect and I left the restaurant very full. The only thing I didn't like was the lassi. Darius and I split one and we HATED it. We had about 4 sips and then let it melt and played with it.
Atmosphere: The atmosphere was great the waiters were authentic one of them had a big turban and all of the workers had thick accents. There was very pleasant music playing and pretty pictures on the wall.
Parking: The restaurant is on a very crowded street so parking is usually going to be very hard. Luckily we got a spot right in front of the restaurant.
Presentation: All of the plates were very creatively presented and very appetizing. I got angry at whoever took the first piece of each dish because I wanted each plate to stay perfect. The most impressive were the tandoori barbecue chicken wings they had a beautiful dipping sauce spread on the bottom with a bright slaw in the middle.
Overall: The overall experience at Ajanta was very pleasant and enjoyable. The vibe was very upbeat and Darius had lots of fun. I would give it 9 out of 10 stars only because the lassi was VERY disgusting :P. Everything else we ate we enjoyed. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone with a big appetite and craving authentic Indian food.
Luv y'all
-Pablo
Food: The food was delicious. Every dish was hot and fresh. The spice level was perfect and I left the restaurant very full. The only thing I didn't like was the lassi. Darius and I split one and we HATED it. We had about 4 sips and then let it melt and played with it.
Atmosphere: The atmosphere was great the waiters were authentic one of them had a big turban and all of the workers had thick accents. There was very pleasant music playing and pretty pictures on the wall.
Parking: The restaurant is on a very crowded street so parking is usually going to be very hard. Luckily we got a spot right in front of the restaurant.
Presentation: All of the plates were very creatively presented and very appetizing. I got angry at whoever took the first piece of each dish because I wanted each plate to stay perfect. The most impressive were the tandoori barbecue chicken wings they had a beautiful dipping sauce spread on the bottom with a bright slaw in the middle.
Overall: The overall experience at Ajanta was very pleasant and enjoyable. The vibe was very upbeat and Darius had lots of fun. I would give it 9 out of 10 stars only because the lassi was VERY disgusting :P. Everything else we ate we enjoyed. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone with a big appetite and craving authentic Indian food.
Luv y'all
-Pablo
Ajanta Review
Food: The food was amazing. My favorite dish that i ate was the BBQ tandori chicken wings. My main course was the Chicken Tikka Masala. It was the sauce was very warm and spicy. Paul and I spit a lassi. It tasted like cream cheese ice cream, was awful. The chicken samosas were amazing, the chicken was fully cooked, and it had a lit bit of spice to it. The Garlic Naan was very warm, not burnt, and didn't have to much garlic. So I say the naan was great.
Atmosphere: Our waiters were great. One of ours had a big blue turban. They had very thick accents. They had beautiful Indian pictures on the wall. They also had a sculpture above us in the wall that included different pictures collased together. They also had very nice soothing music.
Parking: Ajanta is on a very busy street but we were lucky enough to find a parking spot right in front of the restaurant.
Presentation: The presentation was okay to me because i the my main course my meat was clumped up with my rice so my food was being blended in together. So, i think they could improve with there plating.
Overall: Overall i think the restaurant was great, they had awesome food, nice waiters, great artwork, parking was good, and there plating was okay. I would give Ajanta a 4 and a half stars.
Atmosphere: Our waiters were great. One of ours had a big blue turban. They had very thick accents. They had beautiful Indian pictures on the wall. They also had a sculpture above us in the wall that included different pictures collased together. They also had very nice soothing music.
Parking: Ajanta is on a very busy street but we were lucky enough to find a parking spot right in front of the restaurant.
Presentation: The presentation was okay to me because i the my main course my meat was clumped up with my rice so my food was being blended in together. So, i think they could improve with there plating.
Overall: Overall i think the restaurant was great, they had awesome food, nice waiters, great artwork, parking was good, and there plating was okay. I would give Ajanta a 4 and a half stars.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Dates!!
We will be cooking our meal this Saturday, June 4. We will go shopping the Friday afternoon before for the ingredients. We also have reservations at Ajanta in Berkeley on May 19. We will post about it as soon as possible. Have a good day Y'all!!
Monday, May 16, 2011
What we will be cooking
We will be cooking one type of dish from each meal of the day. One breakfast, one lunch, one snack, one dinner, one beverage, and one dessert. Before cooking we will go to an Indian market to get the necessary spices and ingredients. We will be making a cola shake, a paneer sandwich, fried chicken, our snack will be naan, dinner is butter chicken with rice, and dessert is jalebi. We will post the details once we've made them.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
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