Yes!!!! you saw it right its Round 2 at Shiraz Cafe!!!.... I went there only 2 weeks ago and i went back  to Shiraz Cafe. When i went there the first time, i was not able to get the  full feel of the Food nor the Ambiance. So thought i would head over there again. Anyways my bro wanted to try the food so we went.

This time i had lot more time to eat, not like I had to run for a movie. Clicked  a bit more of pics, enjoyed the food in peace.

Coming to the Food

The menu remained mostly unchanged, except for a few dishes . The welcome drink was again the same Guava Drink which was little less sweeter. Had a sip or two of it, still loved it. Then the soup was not changed. But this time I know the ingredients of the soup. Its basically rice with lentils and oats with a bit of curd. The taste of the soup remained practically unchanged so thats a score for the soup.

Next  I went on to the starters. The Hummus and Pita bread also remained the same. I loved the place mainly because of the Hummus which I love. Then the rest of the starters where the same.
They had Lentils, Eggplant fry in gravy and Egg plant in Yogurt. These dishes tasted really good. Another set of Starters such as French Fries, Cheese Balls, Cheese Rolls and also Stuffed Veg rolls seemed like out of the box, which you can buy from your super market. That is not the only bad issue. the food was quite cold

Then the main course remained similar to my last visit, but had a few surprise additions instead of changes to the menu. The BBQ Chicken was Top notch today. None of the Saltiness which was present the last time. The rice with Chicken Kebabs was the same top notch preparation. The Mutton with eggplant and ladysfinger remained the same in taste so also was the Fish with spinach. The crumb fried lolly pop chicken was new addition, but sadly it was too cold and too hard. Another addition to the Menu was Chicken in apricot, it  was way too sweet. It deserves a place in  the Desert Section... Seesshhh!!!!! It was just too sweet for a main course. None of the people who came with me, liked it.

Now the desserts remained relatively simple Rose Ice Cream with Yogurt and a variety of cakes. The taste remained top notch. Last but not the least the TEA!!!!!! i loved it....It was a lemon tea which was simply superb.

The Buffet is still priced Rs500/- per head.

I am revising what I had said in the previous review.

Food - 7/10 ( Since most of the dishes where cold )
Ambiance - 7/10 ( Liked it. No rains today but it remained cloudy with a cool breeze)
Service - 7/10
Price - 7/10

The revisions are mainly because of cold food and some out of the box dishes.

I would call the food as a family food in a Middle Eastern Family Home.

Shiraz Cafe is located inside Cholamandal Artist Village at Injambakkam.

I have been wanting to start my own food blog for quite sometime. I have been a proper foodie since birth. My Mom's never had trouble with me eating less, only more. I just love food, any cuisine i love it. Food is like music only to the taste buds. I must thank Mr.ChennaiFoodie for motivating me to go ahead with my own blog. The other bit is i am his cousin so we both share the same passion for food. I think its enough about me here.

I was told about Shiraz Cafe a couple of times by Mr.Chennai Foodie himself as i love Middle-eastern cuisine. I tried hunting this place a couple of times in the East Coast Road(ECR). But to my bad luck and i could not find it and also i was surrounded by people who love seafood so we ended up going to MoonRakers. So this time i sat down made a big plan that i will eat in Shiraz Cafe and will also hunt it down.

So I set out with a couple of my friends this Sunday for the Lunch Buffet. We reached the place quite early and they informed us that they open at only 1pm but the time was only 12pm. We had a solid 1hr to kill so we drove down ECR a couple of times and reached there at 12:50pm. By this time I was really hungry with breakfast in my stomach.

It was rainy day and Shiraz Cafe is purely a outdoor cafe with every few seats indoor.  So there was a bit of a trouble seating the people. Since we reached there early we got a seat. The owners had a tough time seating the crowd of 50 with rains spoiling the outdoor environment. Ambiance hmmmm I cant rate that today maybe another time.

Now coming to the food.

The spread was quite lavish for a all middle eastern cuisine especially Iranian. The welcome drink cum starter thats what i would call was just nothing sort of amazing. You better love fruits because it was fruit in crushed ice. I really dont have a clue to what fruit it was, but it was more guava like. The Soup was a veg soup and again there was no name placed underneath it so i have no clue again to what it was. But it was like a Porridge which is served during the months of Ramzan only a 100times creamier and it tasted fabulous for a veg soup. A word of caution I am a full and proper Non-veggie, veggie foods are not palatable. So its a complement when I say a Veg-Soup was good. The Hummus and pita bread is just too good and is a must have for hummus lovers. BBQ Chicken was good but found it a little salty. The Rice and Chicken Kebab along with Fish gravy was superb as well.
For deserts there was a variety of cakes and also Choco-orange souffle. Friends who had come along being pure veg did enjoy the placeas well. Me dint try all the dishes. After eating all this I was stuffed and my stomach was super happy.

The buffet is priced at Rs500/- which is a steal for proper Middle Eastern Food and again you can eat to your hearts content.

Food - 8/10
Ambiance - 7/10 - Looked really pleasant too bad we could not sit out there.
Service -  7/10
Price - 8/10

Shiraz Cafe is located inside Cholamandalam Artist Village in ECR.