It was Pongal festival and my very close friend visited us with his family and we decided to go out for dinner. \u00a0Being a festival day, family was particular about vegetarian food. \u00a0It was quite sometime since we visited this restaurant. \u00a0So we decided to go to Rajdhani restaurant in Phoenix Market City in Velachery as it was very close to where we stay. \u00a0During our previous visits, I somehow missed clicking pictures of food, and that was successfully accomplished today \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

We have been here a few times, so there was no element of surprise. \u00a0We pretty much knew what would come and when ! \u00a0We were four adults and four children. \u00a0We managed to get a table in less than five minutes. \u00a0A waiter brought the ‘wash basin’, a jug of water and a basin to wash your hands right at the table. \u00a0They started to serve the dishes one by one. \u00a0The Thali was already set in place with about 10 or more cups, and a couple of bowls and it was a matter of filling them up one after another. \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0I was patiently waiting for the items to come, meanwhile, clicking photos as they came. \u00a0I did not start eating like the rest of them because I wanted to click a snap of a ‘completely loaded’ Thali. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Started with a small bowl of soup. \u00a0That was ok and rest of the dishes followed. \u00a0Dal-bati-churma-ghee was awesome with a nice flavor, aloo bajji with the chutney was good. \u00a0Dhokla was ok, \u00a0Phulka bathed in ghee and the smaller roti with butter was very good. \u00a0All the dishes – paneer, potato, mixed vegetable, etc were all awesome. \u00a0The cups on the other side were filled with different kadhis and each one tasted distinctly different and good. \u00a0There was a halwa made of lauki, gulab jamun, and they both tasted yummy. \u00a0Malpua with ghee and rabdi was out of the world. \u00a0Already began to feel guilty of having eaten too much. \u00a0Then came khichdi, which was good. \u00a0The ‘other’ rice, probably pulao was the only dish which was average. \u00a0Curd rice was tasty. \u00a0Of course seeing all the varieties, we could only eat a bit of everything and that still leaves you ‘heavy’. \u00a0We thought it was over, but it was not meant to be :O ! \u00a0Then came pineapple kesari and Saemiya kheer. \u00a0A bit of both and THAT WAS IT ! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 Managed to barely drink half a glass of butter-milk, some water, \u00a0pay the bill and walk out.<\/p>\n

A few things that I could see this time was the waiters were a little restrictive in serving the dishes compared to my last visit, both in terms of the number of servings and the quantity. \u00a0In a way, it was good because at the end of the meal, I was happy that I did not waste much. \u00a0Probably because of the anti-wastage policy a lot of restaurants implement. \u00a0It was a good step in the right direction.<\/p>\n

Good food, decent ambience, friendly and quick service is how I would sum-up today’s dinner. \u00a0A good outing with a friend’s family and we had a good time.<\/p>\n