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A food technologist by education, techno- commercial by profession and a foody at heart. Discovering and appreciating good food is my habit and experimenting with various flavors, and cooking techniques my passion! Food styling is my hobby and eating a favourite! Why this blog name? Because I always look for the green dot, because I am a vegetarian - no egg,no gelatin! I believe that you can find good food anywhere, sometimes at the places you least expect!I also believe that food is meant to be shared and its okay when you offer somebody your favourite food and secretly wish that he refuses so that you can have it all by yourself!Good food is omnipresent! You need to have the nose for it :)

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

THE SINGLE MALT & CO. BAR AND LOUNGE / LA TERRAZZA - HYATT REGENCY PUNE



I was on a business trip last week to Pune. I happened to come across this gem for dinner and a couple of drinks.
Hyatt Regency Pune is conveniently located within Weikfield IT Park and is 5-minutes away from Pune International Airport  and around 15 minutes drive from The Le Meridien.



What catches your attention in the hotel lobby is the one-floor length chandelier whose crystals sparkle as you walk below it, onward towards the Hyatt Regency's restaurants and bar.

After a long day at work, we decided to sit back with a couple of drinks.
The Single Malt & Co. bar and lounge offers a wide range of Single Malt whiskies and other liquors, wines, beers, cocktails and very importantly, mocktails  in a very  elegant  setting. The Bar is located close to the hotel’s dramatic entrance.
The bar has some live music and some indulging view of the live kitchen of the adjacent cafe.
My colleague went for a frozen margarita whereas I settled for a virgin mojito.
The drinks were amazingly great and bursting with freshness. My mojito had some wedges of mandarin oranges and lime and was oozing with loads of freshness. The drink was too good that it was impossible to resist the second round!
After the drinks, we headed for some Italian food at the much talked about La Terrazza.
The restaurant is huge and very tastefully designed.
What was surprising for us was its being empty over a Saturday night!
The temperature was very cold inside and we were offered seating outside where weather was very nice and conductive to food and talking!
It's been a year since the Italian restaurant La Terrazza has been opened at the Hyatt.
The restaurant derives its name from the large terrace, where you can sit back with your food and drinks.The menu had some simple preparations of some classics and was simply delightful. The staff was young, enthusiastic and happy to serve.
From the outside we had some stunning views of the live kitchen through the glass wall  where we could see wood fired pizzas being rolled out.
As we  sat at the table, we were served on a wooden plate , deliciously hot crusty ciabatta bread with freshly made (basil) pesto and a tomato-basil dip
Our bread basket was seamlessly replenished. We ordered for a vegetarian minestrone soup which was piping hot .
The taste was okay, however, the vegetables were slightly overcooked and were struggling to retain their ‘bite’.
Next came our sphagetti pasta in arabiatta sauce which was enough for two of us. We had anyways stuffed ourself gorging on the freshly baked ciabatta.
No eggless or gelatinfree dessert was on the menu.We decided to skip the dessert.
Soon a platter of Indian sweets arrived and it was on the house.
The overall dining experience was great but could have been better only if the desserts were customized to be 100% vegetarian.