Darios: Corporate Lunch

Darios is a fairly new restaurant which serves Italian cuisine and is a vegetarian one too. A quick conversation with Chef Senthil I learnt that they do not use egg for making their pastas. The Chef was a cheerful person who took time to explain each and every dish that was served. 

The Corporate Lunch at 

Darios comprises of  the following 

Welcome Drink

Soup

Salad

6" Pizza or Pasta or Risotto

Dessert

All this for Rs 389/- plus taxes

You can choose your dish from the list of items available under Corporate Lunch Menu

Following is a review on those that I got to taste. 

Lemon Juice : Just perfect to Quench the thirst of the afternoon heat

I prefer lemon juice with salt and not many places make it perfect. 

This glass of Lemon juice was just perfect.

Pomodoro: Tomato Basil Soup,very flavorful with basil and was creamy. 

Just the right warm to have it.

Bosco : Spinach, Mixed Lettuce, Cucumber, Tomato and Onion in a very simple Lemon Dressing

Crunchy to taste, which is complimented by the herbs and dressing

Etnea : Spicy pizza with jalapeno, bell peppers, tomato Sauce, ricotta cheese and capers

Very thin crust and very light on stomach. The veggies in it are cut into small pieces, so that you get a burst of flavors when you bit into it. The tomato sauce used as a base it devoid of any preservative and is made on a daily basis in Darios.

Ravioli Kamarina, my personal favorite

I loved the way Ravioli is made. Presence of Green Peas and Chick Peas, indicate the influence of Sicilian Cuisine in this dish. Sicilian cuisine is known to use a lot of Legumes in their cooking. The sauce used for this ravioli was creamy but yet not heavy on the tummy. One striking feature about this dish is that, the ravioli is not bulky, it is thin and you do not feel that you are eating stuffed pasta

  

Brownie with Ice Cream .. eh sinful

Just in the right time when I was getting prepared to bare the sun again. Super soft Brownie with Vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce,.. hmm what more can I ask for. 

Lemon Cheese Cake , creamy and light. 

Had a lovely subtle taste of lemon along with cream. Had it with the chocolate and it was a wonderful combination.

Overall, its a very good meal and value for money. Don't wait to go along with your team to enjoy do drop in on any weekday to have a wonderful Italian meal at a very competitive price. 

Will I go back? Definitely YES .

It is now one of my favorite restaurant.

Soups and Salad - a healthy eat out

Something that me and my friend are fond off is shopping for clothes and food. So there was this sale in CP Art Center, where we headed one Saturday morning for shopping, As our shopping bags got filled , our tummies started shouting out for food. One look at our watches, we sighed as it was only 11 20 am. Being kind of a in between time, we decided to head to Soups and Salads on TTK Road and check their newly Rice and Shine combo offer. Both being vegetarians, we could only try a few options.

A few lines of Rice and Shine Offer. It is a offer that is priced at Rs.199/- for Vegetarian and Rs. 299/- for Non Vegetarians. You get to choose a soup and a salad from the menu. Rice portion is common for all the combos. 

While you wait for your order for being served, the place mat gives you a lot of information. It is a good time pass to read it and get to know certain details that you would have not known otherwise. 

We opted for Minestrone soup as both of us a ardent lovers of the Italian Cuisine. The taste of the soup was very average as the main ingredient bell peppers were missing in the soup. It lacked the flavor of Italian spices and cheese too. It was very much like Tomato Soup with some pasta and green peas in it. 

One of the Salads we chose was the Garden Fresh Vinaigrette salad. It was very refreshing, the flavors just correct. The veggies in the salad were, bell peppers red , yellow and green, purple cabbage, carrot. The veggies were tossed in a mixture of Vinegar, Olive oil ,salt and pepper.

The other salad was Greek Potato Salad. It had potato cubes, capsicum, cherry tomatoes and lettuce cubes.

The salad was cold and this again had the right dressing and tasted very nice and crunchy.

Both the Salads were served with a serving of Basil Rice. The Rice served with the salads vary on a daily basis. So we had Basil Rice, It was a flavorful rice and I loved it. Though the portion looks small, it will be just enough to fill your tummies.

It was a value for money offer and both of us enjoyed our meal with loads of talks, giggles and gossips to add flavor to it. 

Soups and Salads are located at two locations

Adyar

30, Kasthurbha Nagar, 1st Cross Street, Adyar, 

Phone :044 4211 4504

Alwarpet

             
   New No. 49, Old No. 26, TTK Road, Alwarpet, 
 

Phone :044 42114504