Only
opening in November of last year, CK Restro Lounge, is the sister restaurant to
Angaara on beach road, Candolim. In my
opinion the better of the two. Perfectly situated, on Casablanca Road, a
stone’s throw away from the beach, and the hustle and bustle of Candolim High
Street.
The
rooftop restaurant of this contemporary restro lounge is the perfect setting
for a great night out with friends or a romantic dinner for two.
The menu
looked attractive, offering some out of the box mains, the usual Indian, Goan,
Chinese and seafood. For the health
conscious there is a wholefood selection, of calorie calculated dishes.
The minute
I entered CK I knew that I liked this place. The ambience, the background music
and the friendly staff had me right there. Not to mention no extra taxes and
GST.
STAFF
MR and I
were received with smiles and a gracious welcome by two waiters. Praveen asked where we would like to sit, and
then proceeded to serve us for the rest of the evening.
All
waiters were well-presented, attentive and polite, and never short of
conversation.
SERVICE
No sooner
had we sat, we were given a menu and a drinks order was taken. Drinks were served
quickly and efficiently.
On looking
at the menu there were so many nice things, MR R and I were spoilt for choice.
Finally, when
ready to order food, Praveen was there promptly.
Having repeated our order, asked if we would
like more drinks.
There was an
interval when the power went off for 10 minutes, but the generator kicked right
in. However, this did not hinder the arrival of food, arriving 25 minutes after
ordering, then asking if we would like more drinks.
Table
check on food, and once more asking if we needed drinks.
HYGIENE
The
restaurant and bar area, spotless, neat and tidy.
Toilets
were clean, with toilet paper, soap and paper hand towels. I had a quick look
in the men’s, they were of the same standard. However, compared to the rest of
the establishment I expected them to be much better.
FOOD
HERBED PANCAKE STACK: Filled with a compote of fresh
vegetables, with green pea velouté and minced beef. Served with roasted tomatoes
and sauté veg.
Rupees 320/£3.54/€4.00/₽279.75/$4.96/₴133.92
The first
thing that intrigued about this dish, was the pea velouté, (how it should be
spelt) would be served. When my meal arrived I could not help but notice that
my stack was not a stack. It was more of a pancake parcel. It had been the
phrasing of stack that pulled me to choosing this dish. I pictured, a pancake,
topped with the beef, then the compote of vegetables. Then repeating this so
there were three or four pancakes. However, the pancake itself was akin to a
cooked, fresh lasagne sheet. It did have herbs and was tasty. The tomatoes were
not roasted. In my opinion they could have left off the mega veg and put a nice
crisp green salad with a jug of vinaigrette
There was
no a compote of fresh vegetables. Basically for those that don’t know, a
compote is, it means to cook gently—to stew—until ingredients start
to collapse and become almost purée-like. On
the other hand the beef itself was seasoned well, that makes me think they used
a vegetable stock. As for the pea Velouté, well this was just coarsely mashed
peas. A velouté is the French
term for soup, or a velouté
sauce that is thicken with egg or cream, of which it was neither.
However,
what I did get though, was a very tasty meal. The pancake, beef and crushed pea
all worked very well together. What I would like to say to the chef and
management at CK and any other restaurant out there is- When you put fancy
expressions and techniques on your menu, make sure that is what you deliver.
Mr R had
to try it. HALF TANDOORI CHICKEN. Rupees
250/£2.77/€3.12/₽218.66/$3.88/₴104.62
Trying a
piece myself, I have to say this is the best tandoori chicken I have tasted in
a long time. It was so fresh, falling off the bone and a great portion size.
Well done!
DRINKS
60ml vodka Rupees 50/£0.55/€0.62/₽43.73/$0.78/₴20.91
Large Kingfisher Beer Rupees
120/£1.33/€1.50/₽105/$1.86/₴50.21
Diet coke Rupees
60/£0.66/€0.75/₽52.49/$0.93/₴25.10
THE SCORES:
FIRST
IMPRESSIONS 5/5
AMBIENCE
5/5
STAFF 5/5
SERVICE
5/5
HYGIENE Public areas 5/5 Toilets 4/5
FOOD 5/5 2/5
DRINKS 5/5
OVERALL SCORE 4.5/5 Red Hot
chillies
WOULD I GO AGAIN? Certainly, I
really want to try more of this menu. This restaurant is now on my list of return
to. Yes, a few issues with my food but
at the end of the day everything else about this place was perfect. I would happily return and take friends with
me.
Beach Road Candolim, Bardez 403515,
Goa India
Phone Number: +91 77688 44500
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