The craving for something savoury happened when we did the dessert hopping, but this can happen to anyone, anytime! While we were at it and the sweet did get to my brain, my friend and me decided to get into the savoury mood and that is when we had these!

Since we were at EST, Hilton for the last stop of the dessert hop and since my cousin told me to try the Bagel with cream cheese and salmon, I decided to try it. I love bagels and I love cream cheese and I love Salmon, so this was a no brainer, despite the others not offering to share it! And it came! Well, it was poorly presented and for the price of Rs. 650, I certainly expected it to be presented much better, but the amount of salmon inside, more than made up for the poor presentation. The bagel was nice and chewy, the way it should be and the cream cheese was just about right, but the amount of salmon was winner.

And then while we were driving back home, my friend had his sweets hit his brain and he demanded that we eat something savoury. Yes, I had a I-told-you-so moment and at midnight, we didn't want to go another hotel, so decided to try a home delivery place and so ended up at Shaack, Anna Nagar. The other end of the spectrum, we ordered a burger and for the price of Rs. 180, it was pretty big and a good portion of french fries. The burger was super juicy and finger licking good and super value for money!

So a five star bagel with cream cheese and salmon and 5 star prices and a fantastic burger at pocket friendly prices on the same day! Both were great!!! And so was the night!!!!

EST, is the 24 hour coffee shop at Hilton and Shaack is a great continental restaurant by the day and a saviour for those who want a good meal at night, located at Anna Nagar, near Chintamani signal. 

There are times you have a very sweet tooth, the times your tooth hurts if you don't get out and get something really nice to munch on and your dentist hopes you brush your teeth before bed kind of times. And when that time is around midnight and all shops are shut, except the ones in star hotels and if that sweet tooth time is for your better half, then your options are pretty limited.

On one such night, we left home at midnight and arrived at The Park, and apparently many "better halves" were having a sweet tooth as 601, was packed. We ordered a chocolate filled cake and an apple crumble both of which were served with ice cream. And both tasted great. The chocolate cake was oozing with chocolate (duh), and went well with the vanilla ice cream, while the apple crumble was a kicker for me, just perfectly done.

At 1 am, I was not paying too much attention to service, but it was pleasant and there was always a smile. These two dishes set us back by Rs 500, but felt worth it as it is something we don't do very often, but yes, I wish there were more options for midnight cravings than five star hotels.

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