Chicken Ala Carte

19th October, Monday: After a thorough praise session in favour of a place called Cafe Koel, which apparently has awesome ambiance, awesome-er food and awesome-er-er service, this was the place the Ogilvy gang headed to on Yasir's birthday, we finally ordered lunch. With all the talk of desi food, we decided to order some Pakistani food from Ginoginelles. As usual I was the one ordering, an was shocked to learn that Gino's had closed down their branch in Muhammad Ali Society, a massive error on their part which ended up costing us an extra 100 rupees in delivery charges.

Down to the food! We ordered a Chicken Boneless Green Masala and some Seekh Kebabs upon request from the creative department. Since they were sending it from their Khadda market branch, it took its sweet time getting here too. But the food seemed somewhat worth it.

The chicken seemed well cooked and lived up to its name but was not as spicy as I had expected it to be and the biggest problem, a rather small serving for 320 rupees a pop. The Seekh kebebs were also well cooked and in contrast to the chicken were very helathy in size, not something you normally come accross and for a normal price too 130 rupees a plate. They did manage to over do it a tick with the salt, but not enough to ruin the kebab, the use of the spices covered the excess salt. Mahreen seemed somewhat troubled by the spice, bu not enough to stop her from eating the kebabs.

Overall, it was a good show by Gino's, however the extra 100 killed it. Ginos has some great food, but it should get rid of the rediculous delivery charge especially when they have the term "Free Office/Home Delivery" on the front of their brochure in bold lettering!