Food anatomization : Sigree Global Grill, Hadapsar - Pune
Sigree conceptualized on similar lines with Barbeque Nation brings up an interesting question as to who is the innovator of this concept?!But never mind, we can skip these intricate details.
After BBQ Nation, Amanora has another addition in the grilled food division. Located in central Amanora - it lies just inline with Hoppipola another restaurant owned by Specialty Restaurants.
Having heard mixed reviews about the place - I did not go with very high hopes.
Stepping in you would find a huge hall lined up with tables placed almost parallel to each other.This was with the intent to cater to the corporate or bulk crowd.
On the right side there was the bar counter and along side was the live pasta counter.
The left side had the wide spread of food plated for the mains.
The décor I would say is quite lively - lighting done just aptly and I loved the light fixtures on the ceiling - in the form of matrix.Interiors were plush classy!!
They have TVs installed on the walls - for all the sport buffs out there, you can enjoy the matches and your food too. :D
The restaurant can easily accommodate about 50 or more guests.
Coming to the food - no A la carte dishes, only buffet is served.
Their concept is quite similar to our very own BBQ nation - flags replaced with strikers placed on each tables - painted with colors of red and green on either side.
GREEN - GO GO GO GO!!
RED - STOP!
The menu for the day is chalked out on the blackboard embedded on the walls in the live pasta counter.
As soon as we settled in with our grumbling stomachs - we were served with the welcome drink - AAM PANNA. Refreshing! I actually yearned for more - but they did not serve another round! :(
Soon followed by ASSORTMENT OF BREADS served with dips,hummus - nice and innovative way to keep the diners busy by the time they setup the sigree! :D
But hold on to your horses - do not gorge on these. It is just the start.
Next they served a LETTUCE BASED SALAD - which was about so-so for me. A tad bit more salt would have been the enhancer.
Finally, the sigrees were placed on the tables and by the time it heated up - the sigrees were flooded with numerous skewers having chicken, fish, prawns and vegetable starters.
There were 5 starters each in the vegetarian and non vegetarian section.
The non vegetarians delight ranged from a variety of chicken, mutton and fish dishes - the LASOONI MURGH, GINGER CHICKEN,CURRY PEANUT FISH, ACHARI MURGH, MURGH JHINGA, MUTTON SHIKUMPURI.
I relished on the prawns and chicken - well marinated, fresh and cooked perfectly but parched I would say. They don't provide the sauces or the enhancers(I am not aware about the term used) to be applied over the starters to prevent it from getting dry too fast over the sigree.
Vegetarians platter had BASIL GRILL COTTAGE CHEESE, KARISSA BBQ POTATO, LEMON GARIC SHASHLIK,CRISPY PINEAPPLE AND BHATTI.
The cottage cheese was a delight with the green chutney coating - luscious.
The BBQ potato was another good dish. The vegetarian starters were kind of spicy.
The crispy pineapple was a tangy and a sweet combination - tasty in one word. :P
They served a MINI THIN CRUST PIZZA on the table - which was just amazingly cheesy topped with sun dried tomatoes, jalapenos and onions.
We had PASTA IN COMBINATION OF RED AND WHITE SAUCE from the live pasta counter - a real let down. Totally lacked the flavors and was too bland.
But we had another custom made pasta - PESTO SPAGETTHI - this one was a savior - cheesy, spaghetti cooked to the right texture and filled with veggies, mushrooms minus olives. It was greenish in color, since it was basil based.
The starters were a blockbuster hit among us. :)
Aan do!! ( Let it come...)
Coming to the mains - we were full to the brim so didn't get to explore much here.
They had a wide spread of options for vegetarians and non vegetarians.
A wide spread of salads, vegetarian and non-vegetarian soup to start off with.
But I must mention the BIRYANI, it had stunning flavors - both the veg and non vegetarian for that matter. Smelled delicious, totally savored the dish.
The paneer portions were cooked to perfection. Yummy!
The PINDI CHOLE was a let down.
The THAI CURRY was much admired by all.
In all a decent spread for the mains - and the dishes were tasty with some plus and minus-es of course.
The overall rating of a buffet for me is defined by the awesome-ness of the dessert counter - else it breaks my heart to end my meal with not so sweet and a happy note!
The counter indeed looked very lively and colorful with variety of mousse and cakes on display!
So they had ICE-CREAM : chocolate, vanilla and strawberry which could be topped with chocolate sauce,choco-chips and a variety of nuts. The dash of the toppings made it spellbound and obviously added to it was the magic of my hands! :D
The MALPUA WITH RABRI was okayish - the LEMON MOUSSE and the BLUEBERRY CHEESE CAKE again put down my high hopes pinned on the desserts. Messing up with the blueberry cake - why?! why?!
To my surprise BANANA CARAMEL MOUSSE was just excellent - stellar dessert of the evening!! The layer of caramel over the mousse totally complemented the taste. This coming from me owing to my strong dislike for bananas is a proof enough.
They had FRUITS in the serving as well for the health conscious freaks! :D
The CHOCOLATE CAKE was ok-ok.
The PHIRNI was good.
I loved the miniature servings of the mousse/cake, size of almost a bite - this aids in less wastage of the dish in case you dislike the dessert.
They did have options albeit seemed quite limited.The overall taste of the desserts helped me to avoid the high calorie content items. Sigh!
Sigree you could have done better!!
I must say the staff needs to be trained to know the whereabouts of the dishes being served - making the diner aware of what he/she is tasting wouldn't harm.
But anyhow even after asking the servers about the names of the dish - they weren't able to tell us. Alas!
By the time for the mains and desserts we couldn't find bowls nor spoons. Since we were a group of 20 or more - it got really chaotic. I know it was a busy afternoon, but handling crowd shouldn't be a task for them.
Otherwise the staff was courteous but needs to put in some extra effort on the etiquette.
I am glad I stepped out satiated on the food sans the desserts!! :)
Do make prior reservations - they are bustling with people during lunch hours, most of them seemed to be part of corporate events.
Please find few pictures from the visit:
~Bon Appétit!!
After BBQ Nation, Amanora has another addition in the grilled food division. Located in central Amanora - it lies just inline with Hoppipola another restaurant owned by Specialty Restaurants.
Having heard mixed reviews about the place - I did not go with very high hopes.
Stepping in you would find a huge hall lined up with tables placed almost parallel to each other.This was with the intent to cater to the corporate or bulk crowd.
On the right side there was the bar counter and along side was the live pasta counter.
The left side had the wide spread of food plated for the mains.
The décor I would say is quite lively - lighting done just aptly and I loved the light fixtures on the ceiling - in the form of matrix.Interiors were plush classy!!
They have TVs installed on the walls - for all the sport buffs out there, you can enjoy the matches and your food too. :D
The restaurant can easily accommodate about 50 or more guests.
Coming to the food - no A la carte dishes, only buffet is served.
Their concept is quite similar to our very own BBQ nation - flags replaced with strikers placed on each tables - painted with colors of red and green on either side.
GREEN - GO GO GO GO!!
RED - STOP!
The menu for the day is chalked out on the blackboard embedded on the walls in the live pasta counter.
As soon as we settled in with our grumbling stomachs - we were served with the welcome drink - AAM PANNA. Refreshing! I actually yearned for more - but they did not serve another round! :(
Soon followed by ASSORTMENT OF BREADS served with dips,hummus - nice and innovative way to keep the diners busy by the time they setup the sigree! :D
But hold on to your horses - do not gorge on these. It is just the start.
Next they served a LETTUCE BASED SALAD - which was about so-so for me. A tad bit more salt would have been the enhancer.
Finally, the sigrees were placed on the tables and by the time it heated up - the sigrees were flooded with numerous skewers having chicken, fish, prawns and vegetable starters.
There were 5 starters each in the vegetarian and non vegetarian section.
The non vegetarians delight ranged from a variety of chicken, mutton and fish dishes - the LASOONI MURGH, GINGER CHICKEN,CURRY PEANUT FISH, ACHARI MURGH, MURGH JHINGA, MUTTON SHIKUMPURI.
I relished on the prawns and chicken - well marinated, fresh and cooked perfectly but parched I would say. They don't provide the sauces or the enhancers(I am not aware about the term used) to be applied over the starters to prevent it from getting dry too fast over the sigree.
Vegetarians platter had BASIL GRILL COTTAGE CHEESE, KARISSA BBQ POTATO, LEMON GARIC SHASHLIK,CRISPY PINEAPPLE AND BHATTI.
The cottage cheese was a delight with the green chutney coating - luscious.
The BBQ potato was another good dish. The vegetarian starters were kind of spicy.
The crispy pineapple was a tangy and a sweet combination - tasty in one word. :P
They served a MINI THIN CRUST PIZZA on the table - which was just amazingly cheesy topped with sun dried tomatoes, jalapenos and onions.
We had PASTA IN COMBINATION OF RED AND WHITE SAUCE from the live pasta counter - a real let down. Totally lacked the flavors and was too bland.
But we had another custom made pasta - PESTO SPAGETTHI - this one was a savior - cheesy, spaghetti cooked to the right texture and filled with veggies, mushrooms minus olives. It was greenish in color, since it was basil based.
The starters were a blockbuster hit among us. :)
Aan do!! ( Let it come...)
Coming to the mains - we were full to the brim so didn't get to explore much here.
They had a wide spread of options for vegetarians and non vegetarians.
A wide spread of salads, vegetarian and non-vegetarian soup to start off with.
But I must mention the BIRYANI, it had stunning flavors - both the veg and non vegetarian for that matter. Smelled delicious, totally savored the dish.
The paneer portions were cooked to perfection. Yummy!
The PINDI CHOLE was a let down.
The THAI CURRY was much admired by all.
In all a decent spread for the mains - and the dishes were tasty with some plus and minus-es of course.
The overall rating of a buffet for me is defined by the awesome-ness of the dessert counter - else it breaks my heart to end my meal with not so sweet and a happy note!
The counter indeed looked very lively and colorful with variety of mousse and cakes on display!
So they had ICE-CREAM : chocolate, vanilla and strawberry which could be topped with chocolate sauce,choco-chips and a variety of nuts. The dash of the toppings made it spellbound and obviously added to it was the magic of my hands! :D
The MALPUA WITH RABRI was okayish - the LEMON MOUSSE and the BLUEBERRY CHEESE CAKE again put down my high hopes pinned on the desserts. Messing up with the blueberry cake - why?! why?!
To my surprise BANANA CARAMEL MOUSSE was just excellent - stellar dessert of the evening!! The layer of caramel over the mousse totally complemented the taste. This coming from me owing to my strong dislike for bananas is a proof enough.
They had FRUITS in the serving as well for the health conscious freaks! :D
The CHOCOLATE CAKE was ok-ok.
The PHIRNI was good.
I loved the miniature servings of the mousse/cake, size of almost a bite - this aids in less wastage of the dish in case you dislike the dessert.
They did have options albeit seemed quite limited.The overall taste of the desserts helped me to avoid the high calorie content items. Sigh!
Sigree you could have done better!!
I must say the staff needs to be trained to know the whereabouts of the dishes being served - making the diner aware of what he/she is tasting wouldn't harm.
But anyhow even after asking the servers about the names of the dish - they weren't able to tell us. Alas!
By the time for the mains and desserts we couldn't find bowls nor spoons. Since we were a group of 20 or more - it got really chaotic. I know it was a busy afternoon, but handling crowd shouldn't be a task for them.
Otherwise the staff was courteous but needs to put in some extra effort on the etiquette.
I am glad I stepped out satiated on the food sans the desserts!! :)
Do make prior reservations - they are bustling with people during lunch hours, most of them seemed to be part of corporate events.
Please find few pictures from the visit:
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| Aam panna |
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| Assortment of breads |
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| Lettuce salad |
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| Non veg starters |
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| Veg starters |
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| Yummylicious pizza |
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| Pineapple dish |
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| Pasta in white sauce |
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| Pasta in red sauce |
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| Pesto spaghetti |
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| Deserts |
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| Desserts |
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| Wide spread of mains |
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| Wide spread of mains |
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P.S. All the above photos have been clicked by me.
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