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Apr 08, 2008
Hmm.. Let's See..
So, the hardcore foodies that we are, my husband and I made a special trip to Pune this weekend - just to explore food options in this buzzing little town. Since we had just two nights to eat out we narrowed down our options to Malaka Spice and Arthur's Theme, after reading al the brilliant reviews on burrp. While we absolutely loved the vibe and food and Malaka Spice on Saturday night, dinner at Arthur's Theme was a bit lukewarm.
Firstly, the service was pretty sloppy. Let aside recommending, our waiter could not even converse confidently. The menu had just sooo much to offer that even after browsing through it for 15 minutes we couldn't decide what we should have. We ended up settling for Cecilia (some bruchetta with olives and sundried tomatoes) The tomatoes were very chewy but the preparation tasted good on the whole. Alongside, we asked for two glasses Chantilli which was the only red wine available. Next we ordered broccoli soup. This one was excellent - thick and flavourful. For dinner we wanted something light. We asked for herb tossed vegetables but the waiter didn't get it. So we asked for Columbus which was herbed vegetables on a bed of spinach with Florentine sauce. We said we did not want the sauce. The waiter insisted we get brown sauce instead. We said we did not want ANY sauce but the waiter STILL insisted have with 'brown sauce'. Whatever is this 'brown sauce' made of, prey tell me??
We gave in to pressure and ordered for two of the same dish. It didn't taste bad - just wasn't what we wanted that night. Tired and disappointed a little bit we asked for the bill. It came to Rs. 1600 for -
1 starter (cecilia)
1 broccoli soup (1 by 2)
2 Columbus
3 glasses of wine
We paid Rs.250 per glass of wine! We thought it was outrageous especially since we had bought that very bottle of wine from the chateau indage vineyards in narayangaon for a meager Rs. 500 earlier that day. Also, we had had a much bigger and better meal with a whole bottle of wine at Malaka Spice the previous night for the same price.
The strangest part was that we did not even get a bill for the wine. The amount was hastily added to the total in pen. Later it occurred to us that we were not even given a drinks menu. Everyone that asked for a liquor menu was told everything is available but 'there's no menu'.
Perhaps a good way of making some money on the side - Off the record!
Three stars to this experience only because we were really there to have a good time, enjoyed each other's company and the food was acceptable.