First things first , when i heard about a restaurant by the name Kaidi Kitchen , had a hunch that it would perhaps be authentic South Indian Veg cuisine but soon realised how way off the boil my intuitions were , not that I am complaining one bit.
I heard that this place gets very crowded over the weekends and so we decided to go on a weekday evening. The first thing you spot as you enter is the large Jail gate adjourning the entrance. As you open the jail to get inside , you find a slew of waiters adorning prisoner clothes with No.s written on each of their shirts and persons dressed as policeman taking the orders. You will also find a mocktail counter with bartenders. There are also Big Jails with No.s to accomodate large groups of people. Its thematically cool and definitely quite chic.
Now coming to the main part the food. The menu is gargantuan and it keeps going on an on as you keep flipping the pages. It was virtually a never ending menu with the left hand side having interesting info on prisons in different countries and right side explaining about the food. This place specialises on Mexican , Chinese , Italian and Indian. To boot , you really have so much to choose that you really will not know what to choose :).
We had a mexican soup which was spicy and red in colour. It had quite a few ingredients and gave a nice feel to the mouth. For starters we ordered one of their signature dishes - Greek Cottage cheese which was enticing to just look at and it totally lived up to its looks by literally melting in the mouth. This is a different kind of Paneer which i have tasted which are served in Popsicle sticks marinated over with cheese and cream and underneath you have a few grilled veggies and as you further splash the cheese sauce on it , it just turns totally yummyliscious. We had another appetiser - Champignon's ala toast which was herbed bread flooded with a coated layer of cheese with suateed mushroom interspersed in between along with clove garlic , chilli flakes and olives and was served with a salsa sauce. This too was a definite winner. Both the items win the brownie points not only for their delightful looks but also their delectable taste.
The main course was a tough choice to decide and we zeroed in on having a Lasagne Mexican style. We simply gorged on this where on one side you had a greenish spinach flour tortilla squishied over with a cheesy layer and on the other were an amalgam of exotic mexican veggies containing black beans , corn , roasted tomato , bell pepper , jalapenos , coriander etc . The whitish cheesy portion and the reddish Mexican veggie portion went along really well giving the thumbs up. The other item we had was an Italian Baked Macaroni with Cheddar and Asparagus. This contained pieces of Macaroni loaded in an abundance of bechamel sauce accompanied along with Olives , Parsley and garlic along with a layer of baked cheese. This too was impressive but we had the feeling of having something similar in other restaurants. We were already heavily loaded but wanted to try one of the desserts and had the Chocolate Fondue which was simply put a bowl of molten hot chocolate sauce served along with fruits such as apple , banana , grapes , pappaya and sweet cake where you had to fork the accompanient , dip it into the chocolate gravy and have it. Nothing special about this one but the choco lovers will surely devour over the chocolate sauce.
The rates are pretty exorbitant with almost each dish costing on an average 300 bucks. The ambience is nice and people love taking pictures inside the jail like setting and with the menu being so elaborate with such a widespread of items , it is ideal especially for visiting as large groups. The service is also really quick and those taking the order seem to have a good fair idea of the different items on the menu.
For veg afficianados craving for food different from what you get in Sangeetha and Saravana Bhavan , this comes as a welcome edition and I have a feeling this place will pick up the stakes big time like Creme Center. And for me personally with a good first time experience and being so much of a Paneer and cheese lover I still have so much to try and so will definitely keep going again to have a feel of the other items in store :). Surely seems like a prisoner's paradise.
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