Noodle Bar is the oriental cuisine restaurant under the prestigious Blue Foods Banner. The restaurant, which has set up shop in Bangalore, at the prime Phoenix Market City location, is packed during the weekends but the crowd remains easy on weekdays.
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| Crispy Chilli Lamb |
The decor inside the restaurant is primarily wooden with shades of red and black filling in between. Invited to review the restaurant, I was pleasantly surprised to see a good variety of items in the menu for one to experience the unique flavours of Asia. Apart from the usual a la carte menu, the restaurant also has a 'Toss It Up' menu where you can pick your own noodles and the preparation style preferred. The menu lists out a variety of vegetables, meat and sauces giving extra customizable options. The Noodle Meal is an exciting concept and gives the diner a chance to mix his favourite food items into a delicious meal prepared with and by the expertise of the chef.
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| Seafood Imperial Soup |
We started off with the Seafood Imperial Soup which was spicy and had an extremely inviting look. The soup was served in a large bowl and was quite heavy. Prepared with loads of vegetables, basa fish, egg whites and prawns, the chef had added crispy fried noodles on top to tone down the spice. The only thing missing, I felt, was the crab meat which would be perfect for the spicy broth.
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| Mandarin Chicken Skewers |
The starters were simply stunning. The Mandarin chicken is one of the restaurant's best-selling dishes and presumably so.The dish actually has you from the start with its presentation - four marinated chicken skewers on top of the charcoal. A bite of the chicken will confirm it and make you yearn for more.
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| Prawn cakes with Hoisin sauce |
The mocktails kept pouring in throughout the meal. The best one among them was definitely the Guava Mary with the sweetness of the guava richly complementing the spice. The other drinks served during the meal were Blue Lagoon and Orange Margarita.
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| Mocktails |
The dimsums which were up next were presented in the Thai yellow curry. The golden-yellow hue gravy had a rich taste of coconut milk as is typical of most of the Thai gravies. Another concept which impressed me were the prawn cakes which was served with the Hoisin sauce. The cakes had a spicy masala filling which went well with the sweet sauce.
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| Chicken Dumplings in Thai Yellow Curry |
The Nasi Goreng, which was a part of the main course was accompanied by Chicken Skewers, Fried Chicken, Prawn papad and a sunny side up. The Indonesian twist on fried rice was a semi-spicy preparation with the rice containing the goodness of prawns, chicken and vegetables alike. I especially liked the Fried Chicken which was well marinated and could work as a good finger food when served with tartar sauce.
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| Nasi Goreng |
For desserts, I was treated to the Lime Panacotta and Passion Fruit Gelato. I really liked the panacotta, which was optimally sweet and had subtle flavour of lime.
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| Passion Fruit Gelato |
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| Lime Panacotta |
We finished the meal with a cup of Jasmine Tea. Known for its medicinal use, the divine aroma of the tea makes for a sumptuous ending to a heavy meal.
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| Jasmine Tea |
Address:
Noodle Bar
1st Floor,
Phoenix Market City Mall,
Whitefield, Bangalore
Telephone: 080 67266466
Cost for two - Rs. 1200
Wow, nice spread.. :)
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