Flower Drum

May 30, 2008

Of twisted names and yummy food

For exquisite vegetarian food, Flower Drum is probably the best restaurant in Chennai. Located on the second floor of Prince Plaza in Egmore, FD has a sophisticated ambiance with a mellow music in the background and a pleasant atmosphere. If you wish to relax over a leisure lunch with your friends or spend a romantic dinner with your partner, wind up at FD and have a pleasant dining experience.

The menu comprises a long list of items right from starters to main course to mouthwatering desserts. I indulged myself on the main course and desserts alone. Apart from that you have an impressive list of dishes under soups, starters, dimsums, satays, noodles and even juices.

We ordered for Kao Pad Jay, Flower Drum Special and Hao Hao Vegetable, the first two being rice varieties and Hao Hao a mixed vegetable gravy. Kao Pad Jay was delicious to say the least. A perfect blend of flavor, texture and taste. The aroma leaves you intoxicated. FD special rice is the signature dish at FD. Given a choice, I would recommend Kao Pad Jay to FD special rice since the latter was a little bland. All the same, both the dishes were tasty. Hao Hao Vegetable, a mixed vegetable dish with red chilies pan fried and seasoned with coriander leaves was delicious and complimented the rice very well. It had few fluffy tofu chunks in it as well. The experience was delightful.

Once we were through with the main course, happy and content, we ordered for a dessert that sounded quite amusing – Gluay Buad Chee. I should say this is the most delicious dessert I have ever tasted. It has banana stewed in sweetened coconut milk. Lip smacking is the word. The dessert arrived in a huge glass bowl with a dollop of vanilla ice cream topped over it. On a syrupy, luscious thick liquid of sweetened coconut milk mixed with what tasted like milkmaid and cut banana pieces and a scoop of vanilla ice cream, the dessert was melt-in-your-mouth and heavenly.

The restaurant service is pretty good with funky looking Far East young men dressed in neat uniforms and peculiar hairstyles. The one thing I couldn’t figure out till the end was what Hao Hao Vegetable really meant in spite of asking one of them there, who just shied away without letting me know what it was!! Strange!

On the whole, the restaurant deserves a definite thumps up, both for the service and the sumptuous food it serves. It now falls into my list of regular visits!

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