all things chuva: Dinner with Friends

Last Sunday, I had dinner with my friends. Ii came home from Singapore so it was time again for that get together. Riva, Sam, Adrian and I met up at SM MOA and waited for Clair and Irene who were finishing up their beauty treatments at the spa. II asked us to decide on where to have dinner. So, the 4 of us asked each other - alin yung place where under normal circumstances you wouldn't choose? We huddled over the mall directory and listed a number of places. First in the choices was Prince of Jaipur. We don't normally choose Indian food and we've passed by their branch at The Fort. Off we went to the restaurant.

The Prince of Jaipur environment did not look very friendly to me. With its high ceiling with pinlights that kind of reminds me of the Arabian Nights and that ominous paintings that looked like portraits of dead kings and queens of India. There was also a large picture of the different chakras but it kind of reminded me of the picture of distorted and sick human body that warns us against smoking at MRT stations. The bar looked far away because the place was huge and anytime I expected an elephant to pass by. The main waiter was an Indian guy. Siyempre, to complete the picture, you get an Indian guy to wait on you. We asked him what's the most ordered food in the menu that was so foreign to us. Ang sagot - all. The price of the food was quite expensive and the fact that there was a band at the nearby restaurant playing some R&B music destroyed the Indian atmosphere for us. For lack of what to do, we ordered pita bread and a super spicy lamb curry. I was expecting something similar to the dishes of Banana Leaf but this was disappointing. The placemat that covered the pita bread looked dirty. The lamb curry tasted like calderetang kambing although I have to say it was delish. Sabi pa ni Sam wala daw water sa CR. Grabe expensive ang restaurant walang water. Irene and Clair arrived. II wanted us to order but we didn't want to. We found this coupon from the restaurant beside Prince of Jaipur and one by one we went out of Prince of Jaipur. Di namin type Indian food. Natapunan pa sa shirt si Riva ng sauce. So lipat kami sa Gumbo where we had a great time and for a cheaper price, we feasted on a lot of food. We donned the silly hats and were the last customers to leave the restaurant.