Paradise Biryani Pointe

This place boasts of serving the best biryani in town so obviously it deserved a visit from Nazia! 😉
I prefer going out for dinner on Saturdays so one fine sat finds me in this famed place. The outside of this restaurant was totally dark and kinda shady so I wondered if I came to the right place! Anyways, I gathered some courage and I entered the restaurant and found only two tables occupied. Obviously I was taken aback. Found a cozy corner and ordered tea first as I was feeling kinda feverish after a bout of sneezing. With just the first sip of adrak wali chai, I was transported to home sweet home... India. The tea was exceptional, to say the least! Full marks to the chef for the tea. Now coming to the server.   Not sure what was the name of this gentleman or boy, looked young. I ordered Kara dosa and he said, "One Kaala dosa coming up", and I started worrying! What if he burns my dosa and gets me actually a Kaala dosa!!! Jokes apart, sweet person, with funny accent.
And the food arrives. Dosa was good but there were no chutneys apart from the peanut one and sambar. I am used to having all three kinds of chutneys, green, orange and the white one made out of coconut.The hyderabadi chicken biryani was superb!!! One plate was enough for three people! Definitely the best one in town! Full marks!!!

Service was excellent. And I would definitely visit this place again. 

Al Markaz

I took a brief break from writing recently. And believe me, I didn’t enjoy it at all. Writing is my way of “Letting it go”, and without my blog, I feel disconnected from the outer world.

Ok, so what was I busy with during this hiatus. Ahh, nothing extraordinary. Work, home, reading, bit of traveling and so on.

Lately, I have been trying out many restaurants in Dallas area but never really got a chance to jot down the reviews. But the memories are still fresh in my mind and I will try to post couple of restaurant reviews.

Al Markaz :

The day I landed in Plano, I googled for “Places that serve the best biryani in town”, and the top most hit that I received was “Al Markaz”. So I decided to pay a visit to this highly rated restaurant. It was on the eve of Eid so obviously we had to jostle for space as hordes of crowd waited for their turn to taste the delectable delicacies. Finally we found a table and ordered a chicken item with gravy, Biryani and Tandoori Chicken. The chicken curry was a piece of heaven, can’t think of any better word to describe the taste and aroma. I could not pin-point the spices used, because it was so unique and something that I have never tasted before. Biryani was bit above average. Only problem with this place is the huge waiting time to get a table and afterwards to get the food. It kills the mood actually. Otherwise, this is definitely a must visit in DFW area.