Restaurant Review | The Orient | Ishanya Mall | Yerawada

In my opinion every single shopping mall should have a good food court. Otherwise there is no point in visiting the mall and loitering there for all day long. We need the fuel to keep us walking. Whenever I visit the Ishanya mall in Yerawada my opinion grows stronger than before. Though this is dedicated mall to furniture & home decor shops the place literally has nothing else. Officially the mall has a food court but sadly there are only two stalls which I found open. Rests are nothing but showcasing. ‘The Orient” is one of them which attracted me on the first time as the other one is a veg sandwich bar. I’m still visiting this place whenever I’m in the mall.

Ambiance:

It’s the only stall which is alive in a deserted Food court! And that was the only reason I visited this place repeatedly. They serve the food on the clean tables though overall the place is quite untidy and unhygienic.

Food:

Crispy Chicken

Honestly this is their best dish and I’m in love with this one! Super crispy deep fried chicken tossed in thick sauce. This is the only dish I try there every time I had visited the place. The chicken is always crunchy, crispy in spicy tangy sauce. I just loved it!

Chicken Steamed Momo

The momo is always good here. Probably, it’s the second best food from their kitchen. Tried 4-5 times and never had any issues with it. Every time I had perfectly cooked, well-seasoned momos with enough fillings to fill-up my mouth.

Chicken Hakka Noodles

Nothing special about a chicken hakka noodles, even a street vendor can make it right. Luckily veggies and chicken were cooked here and the dish was well seasoned and balanced with different sauces.

Thai Crispy Chicken

This dish has almost similar taste and texture like Crispy Chicken but with a sweeter note. And there was thick gravy underneath the super spicy chicken pieces. Overall this dish tasted good with noodles.

Chicken Hong Kong Gravy

This dish is sautéed green peppers and chicken cooked in soy sauce based gravy. Chicken was hard and very chewy and sauce was nothing but a pool of soy sauce. It turned my tongue so numb I could barely taste anything out of it.

Thai Chilli Garlic Noodles (Chicken)

This dish looked and tasted almost similar like Hakka noodles but on the sweeter end. And finely diced tomatoes were there to balance the taste though I had no idea about using raw tomatoes in noodles in a Thai dish.

Service:

Service is bit on the slower end though I never had found any other customers there except myself whenever I was there. They take like ages to steam a plate of momo. But it is a common problem with most of the food court stalls so nothing new to that.