How about clubbing great ambience, a
hip and happening place to be seen in, rub shoulders with the P3P
with some absolutely delicious Mediterranean fare?
Olive Beach, the best restaurant in Ashok Nagar, Bangalore combines all of the above! The sunny open
areas allow cheer to stream in while the walls are textured and
white-washed, adding to the brightness. You could well be in a
sprawling villa somewhere in the Mediterranean: the restaurant exudes
an old world charm, and nestles in an old villa, under the shade of
hoary trees. The ambience is charming but it’s the food that is
their biggest draw!
Get going with a steaming bowl of soup
at Olive Beach: smoked tomato and fennel soup or savour the
puree of mushroom soup. For the more discerning there’s shrimp
bisque and onion soup with sage and Gruyere. Dig into a fresh salad:
crunchy Iceberg lettuce, garden fresh vegetables, pepper grilled
tuna, wild grapes salad served with chunks of creamy goat cheese or
try the oyster salad.
For starters we strongly recommend the
wild mushroom borek, stuffed in filo parcels served with an aromatic
herb sauce, the pan seared foie gras with port reduction or the
classic Parma ham with melon balls. Say cheese with the cheese
platter: laden with your choice of the best cheeses: Gruyere,
Camembert, brie, raclette, mahon, rocquefort and manchego.
The main course offerings are an
epicurean’s delight: simmered lamb chops, beef carpaccio with
parmesan cream, chicken bisteeya (a Moroccan delicacy traditionally6
made with pigeon) with cinnamon dust, zesty Creole flavoured halibut,
baby lobster cooked in bisque, jumbo prawns in piquant chimichuri
sauce, pork tenderloin, moussaka, chicken tagine and even duck
confit.
The infinite variety of Italian pastas
includes spaghetti, lasagne, tagliollini, linguine, fettucine in
pesto cream sauce, gnocchi and of course wafer-thin crust pizzas with a variety of toppings. The dessert trolley heaves with crème
brulee, Tiramisu, cheesecake and bread pudding but it’s the rose
Parfait that wins hands down: served with lychee sorbet and candied
rose petals….
