BYLI, Kalyan Nagar, Bangalore

BYLI has been on my list of places to visit for quite a while now. Though I visited BYLI last month, my review was pending because I wanted to write about this place after having breakfast as well as Lunch or Dinner here. I finally got a chance to do both, so here is my review of this awesome place.

BYLI isn't one of those places where you would just visit once. You will keep visiting this place over and over again. They have the whole package. Great ambiance, good music, a friendly staff and amazing food. 

Breakfast at BYLI looks utterly, butterly and delicious and a little jam to add to that. We ordered for HRBR Chicken Omelette, Egg Benedict and Iced Chocolate.

The HRBR Chicken Omelette was something else. This omelette was one of the best omelettes that I have ever eaten and I'm not just saying that, it actually was. It has small pieces of chicken on it and topped with mozzarella cheese that was perfectly melted over the omelette and served with 2 slices of toast. If any one who loves cheese wants a foodgasm, this omelette can definitely get you there.

The Egg Benedict wasn't really my thing. I thought that I would like it after reading the description on the menu, but my taste buds didn't seem to like it. Never-the-less, doesn't mean that it isn't good. There were 2 dinner rolls topped with chicken ham and eggs. The dinner rolls were extremely fresh and the chicken ham was cooked really well. I would recommend this to some one who would love to have their eggs on a dinner roll.

The iced chocolate wasn't really iced chocolate, it was an over load of chocolate and ice. In the image the glass looks small, but don't be deceived. The iced chocolate comes in a huge glass and is super tasty. I would definitely recommend this with breakfast if you are looking to have something cold and not hot. It's also quite filling.

After the breakfast, exactly a month later, we headed to BYLI for dinner. We have passed this place many times, and have seen the crowded on the weekends so decided to go there a little early. We reached BYLI at 8 and it was quite empty, though kept filling up while we were there. In case you plan to go for dinner, go early to get place immediately.  We weren't to hungry so we ordered for a Warm Chicken Salad and a Co Pollo Pasta in Penne.

Up until now, BYLI's was a very affordable place with great quantities and spectacular prices, though the salad was a bit of a disappointment because I would have expected a little more than what was given for the price. Taste wise it was pretty good, it wasn't a dry salad, it veggies were nice and wet and the chicken  had a great taste to it. I would have been a little more excited about it if the quantity was a little more.

The Co Pollo pasta was dosed in white sauce. In the pic the pasta also seems to be a little less in quantity but it was anything but that. The plate was deep and the quantity was quite a lot, enough to fill some one who is decently hungry. The taste was great, the penne was cooked perfectly, the white sauce tasted amazing along with the mushrooms and the chicken. I would definitely recommend this to anyone visiting BYLI.

All in all BYLI is a great place to visit. Great food, great music and great service. I would highly recommend this place to any one living in and around Kalyan Nagar or is looking to have a good meal.

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Carnival de Goa, Ulsoor, Bangalore

This is my second visit to Carnival de Goa. My first visit was very good and hence decided to visit again. We went here on a Sunday night. The restaurant is located very close to Ulsoor lake on the first floor of a building. The ambiance of the please is pretty good, they play good music and the people serving you are very polite and helpful. 

We decided to have an early dinner and reached the restaurant at 8.15pm. It wasn't to full. As soon as we sat down, we placed out order.

We started off ordering for a couple of beers, a mango bloom (which was pretty good), Goan sausage chilly fry, chilly beef and red snapper in rechad masala

The first dish that arrived  on the table was the Goan sausage chilly fry. Most of us have Sausage beads at home because someone went to Goa at sometime and brought them. But they were nothing compared to the ones that Carnival de Goa had to offer. Taste wise, Carnival de Goa are the best sausages that I have tasted outside Goa. The disappoint though was that there was quite a lot of fat.

One of the things that I love about Bangalore is the beef. The beef out here is very different compared to the beef that you get in Maharashtra. Out here it is much more tender and CdG gave tender beef along with great taste. Definitely something worth eating again and again and again. It's every where that you get such great beef.

Being a big fish lover, seeing the fish in rechad masala just made my mouth water. The rechad masala had a very good mix of spicyness and tangyness. But the disappointment was the fish. I'm not sure why, but the other layer of the fish was very hard. It was very difficult to chew. It was a real disappoint that something so tasty, was so difficult to eat. I would highly recommend the rechad masala, though make sure that the fish is cooked properly.

Once we got done with our starters, we didn't have to much place for main course so we just ordered for Goan style prawn curry with rice and sannas.

Just like the previous time I visited, their prawn curry was great. I love my rice completely soaked in my rice, and they gave a lot of curry to be able to do that. Though I would suggest to put a little more prawns in the curry if possible. I'm going there again for the prawn curry for sure.

They had a great offer where they were giving away 20% on the food bill on Sunday.

Tip: If you planning to go on a chilly night, make sure to wear something warm. Chances are you won't get place to sit inside and will have to sit outside

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