It’s a perfect love
story. Love story of Chinese food and me. Like every love story eventually
finds its happy ending, I found my happy ending with Chinese food at Tim Tai!
In the bustling crowd
of Chinese restaurants in the city, Tim Tai gives a whole new outlook on Pan
Asian cuisine. It’s just not the food, but the ambience too, which will overwhelm
you. My love story has been taken to a different level here. Wondering how? Read
on.
Ambience
Bright, cheery and colourful these are the adjectives which will pop up in your mind as you enter
this restaurant. There is something about this place which gives out such
positive vibes; it’s the kind of place which makes you feel good. This is the
kind of ambience which every restaurant should have, an ambience which makes you smile and look forward to your
meal.
From outside, it seems
like the restaurant is not a big one, but as you step in, it’s a complete
different picture. So spacious, so bright! An open kitchen, a tree right in the
middle of the restaurant, glass ceiling and a waterfall on the other side,
these are just some aspects which makes Tim Tai’s ambience stand out from the
rest. Yellow is the colour which dominates this place and I believe this is
where the place gets it cheerful aura from. Words don’t do justice in
describing how lovely the ambience is.
Menu
and Grub
The menu caters equally
to vegetarians and non-vegetarians; this I thought was a good thing on their
part because usually when it comes to Pan Asian cuisine, there are hardly any
vegetarian items on the menu.
Extensive would be
quite an understatement to describe their menu. Soups, salads, dim sums, and
then there is a separate starters section, enough number of dishes under every
heading which can get you really puzzled as to what you would like to eat. The
best of all is the Stir fries section which has 20 + curry items.
We started our meal
with drinks, Yellow Fellow and Asian Mary. Both drinks were brilliant! I opted
for Yellow Fellow mainly because of partiality. I love the colour yellow, and
anything that has yellow in it is what I will opt for so yes, since the name of
the drink had yellow in it I just had to try it. :D
Yellow Fellow is a
combination of Peach elderflower and lime. A simple drink but absolutely delicious!
Gives a soothing effect, making you want it all the more!
Yellow Fellow!
Asian Mary on the other
hand was the exact opposite of Yellow Fellow in taste. If Yellow Fellow was
cold and a blend of sour and sweet, Asian Mary was slightly warm and had a
sharp tinge of spiciness which was because of the tobasco! Guava juice, pepper,
lime and basil were the other components in this drink. There was a balance in
the flavours, and what I particularly enjoyed was the presentation.
Asian Mary!
For the starters we
ordered baby corn with roasted chilli paste, and my goodness what a dish it
indeed was! The flavours of it come out so sharply which leaves behind a lingering taste. A kind of taste that you just don’t want
to get rid of! There was right amount of spiciness and it was cooked to perfection. A
bite of this and it makes you go, ‘this is just so good’!
Looks good, doesn't it?
Next came the main
course! Confused whether to have rice or noodles with the help of the staff we
finally settled for noodles which was ‘Indonesian Bamee Goreng’. Along with
this we ordered Quick Fried Mix Vegetables with Ginger Wine Sauce. It was
indeed quite a combination!
The noodles was spicy, but it was balanced with the sweetness of the curry. The flavour of
Ginger was very distinct which I thought was interesting. The aroma of noodles
was powerful and the essence of ginger wine sauce was even better. I was savoring every spoon of this and with every spoon I found it all the more
delicious!
Indonesian Bamee Goreng
Its all about the vegetables!
A meal is incomplete
without a dessert hence I couldn't let this experience end so abruptly. Their
dessert section is quite limited which is kind of disappointing, but the items
they have on the menu seem very interesting. I settled for Banana Spring Roll
with Chocolate sauce.
A warning here, if you
dislike bananas, don’t go for this one because this dessert has hot, squished
banana as a filling within the crispy spring rolls. Presented with hot
chocolate sauce over the spring rolls and a scoop of vanilla bean ice – cream,
this dessert has such contrasting flavours! It’s nothing like I have had
before! The hot squished banana and the crispness of the spring rolls just
burst out in the mouth, and this bursting of flavours I believe is exactly what
every dessert should do!
Banana spring roll and Vanilla bean ice-cream!
Service
and Pricing
Exemplary service! I
have come across restaurants which have beautiful ambience, I have been to restaurants
which serve absolutely delicious food, but I have never before come across a
restaurant which has such excellent service like Tim Tai. Not only are they
attentive to every need of yours they are very quick in serving you making sure
you don’t stay hungry for long! When I went here the place was packed, there wasn't a single table which was empty hence one would naturally expect a slight delay in service, but Tim Tai took me by surprise. Not only were our orders
taken in quickly but we were also served with our food within ten minutes!
Apart from this the staff
took their time out to ask us if we liked the food and even explained how they
do their cooking, the kind of ice-cream flavours they have so on and so forth. So
much courtesy, what more could a diner ask for?
Pricing is slightly on
the expensive side, but I feel it’s worth it. The pricing for the quality of
food they provide is apt, hence no complaints there.
I have never been so
impressed with a restaurant so much. Tim Tai has set a new standard; it has
excelled in all the three criteria’s namely, ambience, food and service! Here,
the food is all about flavours. The ambience is all about happiness and the
service is all about paying attention to diners needs.
The ambience sets the
floor, the food does all the magic and in the end you leave this place with
a full happy tummy and a happy face.
Indeed, dinning at Tim
Tai is an experience!
Quick
Bites
Rating
–
4.5/5
Cost
for Two – 1700/- inclusive of taxes.
Why
you should go here – To enjoy Pan Asian cuisine at its best
Location
- 130, 1st cross, 5th block, Koramangala, Bangalore
Landmark - Lane perpendicular to 100 ft road.
P.S - If you are going on a weekend, make a reservation.
Landmark - Lane perpendicular to 100 ft road.
P.S - If you are going on a weekend, make a reservation.
