Away from the city’s hullabaloo, a candle
light dinner with your beau in a romantic place will be any girl’s dream. I had
a similar dining experience recently at Grasshopper, Bengaluru. This place was on my wishlist since ages. Every time for
special occasions like birthday and anniversary I will consider this place and
end up going to somewhere close-by. This time I made my mind as I wanted to say
goodbye to the year 2016 in a special
way.
Last week of the year will be so much fun
and I always explore a new place for creating wonderful memories. If you ask me
whether I dined at a five star, I would say my experience was nothing less than
dining at a posh restaurant. Grasshopper, located in Bannerghatta road (close
to the famous Meenakshi temple) is a beautiful luxury dining place with a limited number of seats. So if you want to
celebrate your special day, make sure you make a booking well in advance.
The beautifully set stone and wooden tables with enchanting bouquets, candle light,
spotless tablecloths, standard servewares and soothing soul music in the
background will be the first few things you notice once you enter this
beautiful restaurant. The first appearance of this place will make you will
feel like you’ve been transported to a heaven. With a European culture
influence, this place is run by a couple for
13+ years and they serve an amazing European food here. At the time of booking,
Grasshopper people will take your dietary preference to assure a wonderful
dining experience.
Every Chef is an artist whether he/she a home
chef or Michelin star chef. At
Grasshopper you will see Chef's magical touch in every dish which comes in front
of you. I completely forgot about the tiresome journey I had when I took the
first sip of Ginger - Lemon Cooler. It was an instant
energy booster.
They also served freshly baked assorted breads with balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
We started our dinner with a Chicken liver
Pate with micro herbs and caramelized onions. Though I am not a liver lover, I
quite liked balanced taste from the wonderfully plated pate with the crunchiness from the pine
nuts, strong flavors from micro herbs (marjoram and thyme) along with
the soft caramelized onion. It was indeed a great start.
They allow guests to carry wine and we took
a bottle of Sula Sauvignon Blanc with us for our special dinner. Bangalore
winter night and European food, a glass of good brand wine is a must to best
enjoy the meal.
Prawns with ginger, sesame, and seaweed combo
was a spot-on dish. The succulent prawn was coated in oozing sauce which tasted
like a butter- garlic sauce and it had intense flavors from the seaweed. We
just felt like we needed more and then came the next dish - Smoked duck breast,
with butter beans, plum sauce, and garnished with nasturtium leaves.
The
festival season special duck meat served was delicious to the core. With the
butter beans and Plum sauce combination,
it was like a match made in heaven. By
now I loved the choice of carefully handpicked micro herbs they used in every
dish.
As we were ‘pure non-vegetarians’, we were
least expecting anything veg in our plates. To our surprise, they served a beautiful Orange salad with black olives,
walnuts, oregano and mixed greens. I love citrusy salads and added nuts will
make me happy. For me, this salad was more
garden fresh and extremely tasty one.
Next on the menu was Sea bass with
tarragon, capers, and sun-dried tomatoes
which had distinguished flavors from each ingredient. This dish had Tarragon
herb which complimented well with mildly flavored Sea bass fish. We had enough time in chit chatting and enjoying every bite we took
as there was a proper interval between
each dishes they served.
Next one was my favorite - Lamb rounds with a spiced
red wine sauce, and herbed potato wedges.
Ooohhh la la la… The tender lamb with red wine sauce was a melt-in-mouth dish and for extra crunchiness, there was a bunch of herbs, zucchini
strips and potato wedges coated in herbs. The sauce was perfectly cooked with a
great balance of flavors.
After having an awesome main course, our
expectations were really high for the desserts. We ordered three different
desserts for all three of us. I had the Orange Panna
cotta with Pomegranate reduction and orange wedges. The silky smooth
Panna cotta passed my wiggle jiggle test and it was a delectable dessert. I
tried a small bite off Chocolate Ganache and Mustard Ice cream with a touch of white
chocolate shavings from my friend’s plate and OMG! It was so so yummilicious. This was the first time I tried a
Mustard ice cream and loved it to the core. The creamy and sinful Chocolate
Ganache will make you dance. Lemongrass Ice cream was just okay.
They have a trendy lifestyle store named ‘Hidden Harmony’
and if you are with your special date, you know where to take her :P One of the
co-owners, Sonali was kind enough to spend some time with us for a meaningful
conversation about the Grasshopper restaurant's background, as well as the global food
scene. Of course, food connects people. We
spent a quality time there and would to love to go there again. A meal for two
would be ₹ 5000 + taxes and they have parking
inside the compound. It’s a must-try place for a superlative and beautiful
fine-dining experience which can’t be compared with any of the Bangalore
restaurants.
Address:
Grasshopper
#45, Arkere Mico Layout
Near Meenakshi Temple
Bannerghatta Road
Bengaluru
For reservations, contact 080 49653247
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