This time it is DINE at Escape for Gracy who decides to have the best of both worlds – a dining experience and then a movie at Escape. With clever twist of words and honest description of the food she seems to have enjoyed, Gracy takes us through that experience.
How many new movies have been released in the last couple of weekends? Dheivathirumagal, ZNMD, HP 7, KFP 2, 180, Transformers 3 – and many more. Trust me.. I had been having a tough time booking tickets over the internet and sometimes grabbing the fast selling tic over the counters to make sure I keep up with the nail-biting race of the releases. In the meantime I had to make sure I took care of my gut along with my other senses and that was when I noticed Dine @ Escape – perfection amidst chaos.
Food @ Escape
If you wonder why did I have to hog at Dine when I could have happily watched a movie in the meanwhile – reason being back-to-back movies. And I couldn’t afford to lose the first part of the movie by getting stuck in Chennai traffic by trying somewhere else.
Dine is located on to your extreme left when you enter the Escape cinemas at the Express Avenue in Royapetta. For many who have already tasted the pleasure food here – you know what I mean. This place is just a mix of contemporary seating with aromas from your very own kitchen, of course served by the staff of DINE.
It was one such day this week, I decided to crash in to Dine with my family in the afternoon for lunch. For a week day we were indeed surprised to find a couple of tables already taken. The sight of neatly set wooden tables with glasses glittering over the lights and the white plates and cutlers, was a feast in itself.
The staff were extremely pleasant and I liked the way they guided us to our tables. Being extremely hungry we skipped the soups and directly ordered the starters and the main course. The menu is a three course meal and there are not many to confuse you. We ordered only the Chicken malai kebabs for starters as we were informed it was served with nine pieces.
But to our utter disappointment, it was a plate of small morsels of kebabs neatly arranged in three sticks.
Well, not willing to waste any more time – we waited for our lunch. As a heads up to the readers: please order all your food at one go. The service is slow and it would be better to wait once (though long). However, the lunch was a treat, especially for the biryani lovers. The Chef had done a wonderful job over the biryani as the food was spiced perfectly.
We ordered a variety of food ranging from the biryanis to the chicken Caesar salad to the Mandarin Chicken. The Caeser salad was too good with the Caeser dressing on the side and the chicken served in long strips. And the mandarin stole the show – served neatly with fried rice on the side, the strips of chicken marinated and fried to crispiness and tossed in the sauce – yummy.
On the whole – if you don’t want to self serve your food at the food court you can visit Dine for sure. This is reasonable as the price is not exorbitant and you get to sit in a nice set up overlooking the chaos but enjoying the serenity within the well bottled walls – literally.