Insane Evening

I and my friend Deva went out for Dinner 3 days back. What happened was strangely funny.

'Pizza Hut' in CMH Road. We were feeling clever to have chosen the un-crowded 7.45 pm time. Lots of empty tables gave us a very un-bangalorish feeling.

We started ordering: "Tomato n Basil Soup - One by Two."
The waiter said: "Sir, I will give you one soup and an empty bowl."
Deva jumped: "What ? Why can't you divide the soup in 2 bowls ?"
"Sir, our manager has instructed me to do so."
"We have had a proper one-by-two here before."
"Not anymore sir. Everybody is asking one-by-two. That is why..."

Deva was exploding now. He started questioning the customer service of the place and stuff. The waiter did not agree. Deva decidedly said: "Dei, let us go somewhere else."
We left the place with half-anger half-grin and headed for MG-Brigade.

'Three-Quarter-Chinese'. The receptionist offered us a table at the entrance of the restaurant, which felt like a side-upper berth in a train.
"No, we want a better table"
"Sir, can you please wait for sometime ?"
"No, thanks"

'Dalia- Japanese Cuisine'. We were so eager to taste the food of the land of rising sun. Both of us being vegetarians, the menu teased us to death - Most of the items were marked as non-veg. Some were even marked as veg+non-veg ! Of course there was a tiny percentage of veg items, but by then we started wondering how the Japanese might define 'veg' ! We left the place grinning at the waitress who failed to promise us a dish without any citizens of the Animal kingdom in it.

'Tangerine'. We wondered why this restaurant was located in such a secretive place. No wonder there were n't too many people eating there. Buffet. Looked tasty. We agreed to eat, but not before enquiring about the wallet factor. 250 Rupees seemed too much for the number of dishes, but the thought of finding a fifth restaurant quickly fixed us in the trap. Never in my life had I eaten a buffet which had no hot dishes like this one. Cold they were all - Pulav, curries, spaghetti. The quiet ambience was the only consolation, that was obviously because of a stupid location and mediocre food.

Is there a restaurant that serves decent food and has good service and is not too crowded and that does not vaporize my credit card ? I can hear Bangalooru shouting : "Get out from me !"