Hey, nice car.
Thanks. I like it too.
So where is the treat.
Anywhere you want.
Awesome.
10 mins later.
Dude, our friend has got his car. Lets take him for a treat. Both buddies, the one with the new car and one with an old car walked in.
Yup, I've booked a table for three at Flying Elephant.
Wow, you're treating us at Flying Elephant?
What? When did I say I am treating you guys at Flying Elephant.
You didn't. But I've also booked a movie for the three of us at 10 PM. So we should be good to go after dinner.
I didn't say I am treating you there.
Who said you told us you were treating us there?
Then why do you think I am treating you there.
Remember two years back when I bought my car. How you guys wrung a treat out of me?
I don't remember.
Good, two years later, I won't remember today either.
But I am vegetarian today.
Last time I checked, they have veg dishes at Flying Elephant. I love the place. Let's go.
And that is how we got the treat from the guy. And that is how we tasted an outstanding burger at the Flying Elephant! Enough has been said and written about the ambience at Flying Elephant. There is nothing more that I can add. 5 levels, a private dining space, multiple open kitchens, a large menu, a dance floor that magically transforms into a large Saturday night pub. OK, I know I added a few words, but this restaurant is designed by somebody who thought out of the drawing board. Not sure if there is a similar concept anywhere else or if this is original, but its excellent.
We started off with a mezze platter as that had a couple of veg dishes for our friend who managed a smile right through. We loved it. The food. Yes, the smile too, but the food more. And then a qewthow (I am not sure I got the spelling right), which was quite nice. And then a pizza that we got half vegetarian and half grilled chicken. Both parts of the pizza were blah. But me writing this post is not about the ambiance or the service or the pizza or anything. Its the burger! Let me try to describe it.
A super soft bun. A patty placed on top. Cheese on top. Yellow sauce on top. Served open top with the top part of the bun placed on the side. None of the veggies are in the burger. They are on the side. Waiting for you to place them on the patty and close it and make it a burger. The size, well, large. Looking juicy. Inviting. Onion rings on the side. I decide to pack the burger. Placed a lettuce, a pickle, a tomato slice, an onion ring and closed the top. Bit into it. I don't know how my face looked, but my friend took away my burger without asking and bit into it. And then I had a fair idea on my face might have looked. Sloppy. I took a bite. He took a bite. The guy giving a treat looked at us, cursing. Three bites and the burger was done. No words were spoken.
We were late for the movie and so we skipped dessert. Bill was Rs. 2450 for those four dishes. Bill was paid by the treater. As we walked out of the restaurant, we were discussing the burger, much to the irritation of the third friend. Two people discussing the burger and one person cursing the two people discussing the burger.
I don't know if it was great that particular day, but that was an outstanding burger!
Flying Elephant is the outstanding multi cuisine restaurant at Park Hyatt, Chennai.
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