1/5 Sabyasachi D. 1 year ago on Google
Had
a
family
dinner
to
celebrate
my
wife's
50th.
We
were
looking
for
a
quiet
place
on
the
rooftop
for
alfresco
dining
in
the
ORR
area.
Though
the
Blue
Terrain
restaurant
is
on
the
1st
or
the
2nd
floor,
it
was
open
air
and
kind
of
in
between
for
all
of
us,
so
it
sort
of
fit
the
bill.
The
restaurant
manager,
Dhanush,
agreed
to
set
aside
a
table
for
us
by
the
poolside
and
that
he
did.
But
little
did
we
know
the
food
and
drinks
would
be
so
bad.
Really
bad.
Really-really
bad.
The
drinks
are
pricey
-
the
cocktails
are
Rs.900
each
(or
more)
plus
taxes.
The
same
as
they
are
priced
at
the
fancy
lounge
bar
a
Shangri-La
for
instance,
just
made
much-much
better
and
served
with
so
much
care
in
a
far
better
ambience.
So,
for
such
lousy
cocktails
that
neither
tasted
good
nor
were
presented
any
better
(simply
poured
into
a
goblet),
I
fail
to
understand
why
they
would
charge
so
much.
The
food
was
equally
disappointing.
We
ordered
5
or
6
dishes
and
there
was
nothing
to
write
home
about.
Not
one
dish.
Each
dish
increasingly
firmed
up
our
resolve
to
never
visit
Blue
Terrain
@
Novotel
again.
They
had
a
BBQ
package
going
on
which
I
was
initially
interested
in,
but
thankfully
decided
not
to
go
for.
But
since
I
had
inquried
about
it,
Dhanush
graciously
got
us
a
plate
of
jerk
chicken
to
try.
It
was
salty
and
tasteless.
If
that
is
how
jerk
chicken
tastes,
Jamaica
would
promptly
disassociate
itself
from
this
popular
dish.
The
final
nail
in
the
coffin
was
the
dessert.
The
adults
were
so
disillusioned
by
then
that
we
all
decided
to
skip
the
dessert,
except
for
my
niece
who
order
a
panna
cotta.
She
kept
eating
and
commenting
-
sour,
tangy
etc.
We
were
busy
chatting
and
didn't
pay
much
heed
to
it.
But
since
she
didn't
stop
characterizing
the
dessert
in
politely
interesting
ways,
I
decided
to
take
a
taste.
And
boy,
it
had
gone
off.
It
was
spoilt.
Now,
the
adjectives
"sour",
"tangy"
etc.
for
a
panna
cotta
made
sense!
I
called
the
restaurant
manager
Dhanush
and
asked
him
to
check.
He
came
back
and
said
it
is
not
tasting
alright,
but
hasn't
gone
bad
since
it
was
made
fresh
that
morning.
He
said
it
was
perhaps
some
reaction
between
the
ingredients.
They
didn't
charge
us
for
it
(thank
God
for
small
mercies!),
but
the
experience
left
a
bitter
-
our
should
I
say
sour
-
taste
in
our
mouth.
And
sealed
Blue
Terrain's
fate,
as
far
as
we
are
concerned.
Have
learnt
to
never
say
never,
but
it
will
take
strong
resolve
-
and
equally
strong
gut
-
to
visit
Blue
Terrain
again.
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