Kora­man­gala is begin­ning to buzz with activ­ity : lots of new restau­rants which means we don’t need to go too far in search of good food and a chilled out time!

(Please note that an abridged ver­sion is also pub­lished in Trendy, Sept 08)

We saun­tered in on a lazy Sat­ur­day morn­ing. The weather was gor­geous : one of those cool Ban­ga­lore days with the breeze and the sun meld­ing just per­fectly and our appetites just suf­fi­ciently whet­ted in antic­i­pa­tion of lunch.

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I dis­cov­ered this place a few weeks ago while out for din­ner with a few friends : we’re always look­ing out for new places to eat espe­cially in the vicin­ity of Kora­man­gala which is con­ve­nient for all of us! And we all agreed that this was one place worth com­ing back to. So there I was. One major advan­tage of this new restau­rant — called La Ter­razza : is that it’s located on the ter­race of a build­ing so it’s open on two sides (except when it rains and they pull down the blinds). So you can enjoy the pleas­ant breeze as you tuck into your food.

The pleas­ant white and blue inte­ri­ors sets a rather Mediter­ranean mood and you’re only too glad to set­tle into the com­fort­able cush­ion wait­ing for the first course. Vikram Mal­ho­tra, third gen­er­a­tion restau­ran­teur and also a chef says he wants to cre­ate a chilled and relaxed atmos­phere where fam­i­lies and friends can come for a good meal and a great ambience.

And that it def­i­nitely was. G had a Zuc­chini and Aspara­gus Soup (a rather inter­est­ing com­bi­na­tion), while I set­tled for the Tomato and Basil Soup. There’s not much more in the soup sec­tion. Mal­ho­tra says he’s going to be adding a more dishes by the end of the year. That way, you’ll have some sig­na­ture dishes you will keep going back for : sounds like a good idea!

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After the soup, we ordered a Greek salad : quite nicely done with olives, let­tuce, cot­tage cheese : my only grouse was that it was a lit­tle too creamy. Ear­lier I had tried the fet­tucini with chicken and pesto sauce. This time I tried the grilled fish in mus­tard and lemon sauce : very well done I must say. And I requested them to serve with some pasta instead of the mashed pota­toes, which they did.

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G had a sea­sonal veg­eta­bles with basil rice, also very nice, but again quite creamy. If you’re not a big cream lover you might to men­tion it to them to go a lit­tle light on it. There were also a selec­tion of piz­zas on the menu and are per­haps worth try­ing — note for next time.

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And of course, we couldn’t say no to dessert now, could we? There was an exten­sive menu and I had made up my mind about the cheese­cake but unfor­tu­nately it wasn’t avail­able. We had a crème brûlée instead. For choco­late lovers, you should find some­thing sin­ful and sweet there.

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Bot­tom­line: Very sat­is­fac­tory, over­all. And thank­fully we had the cush­ions to fall back on after the meal. A per­fect place to chill out with friends, fam­ily and even with the fam­ily. And in the evenings, the muted light­ing can make it an ideal roman­tic evening. No liquor licenses yet, but Mal­ho­tra says that should hap­pen soon because a glass of wine with the food would make my day!

Prices:
Soups: Around Rs 70
Sal­ads: Around 115
Main Course: Rs 250–300
Desserts: Rs 80–100

Address :
Vicky’s La Ter­razza
No 99, 2nd Floor, 5th Cross
6th Block, Kora­man­gala
Ban­ga­lore : 95
Phone: 80–41751635/36