Smokin' Joes - Purasawalkam

Lacking Professionalism

After waiting so long to taste the Smokin Joe's pizza, finally got a chance to catch it at a food court stall in the Abirami Mega Mall. One of the cheapest mall i ve been to, in terms of ambiance, but yea cant blame it on Mr. Joes in this case, but they can definitely hit places like citi centre or ispahani if they wanna maintain a class.

But i could say the mall and the outlet deserve each other cos the class of the food and service was good enough for a place like this. The service was very unprofessional and the pizza was too. The make-your-own-pizza thingie sounded interesting and we ordered a medium pizza with onions peppers pineapples babycorn and tomatoes. The pizza took a long time to come and that elevated my appetite as well as expectation a lot. But a total disaster called pizza came to our table, which tasted like the ones you get in local bakeries, the dough was so unfresh, the toppings were huge and irregular, twas bland and no chilli flakes were provided.

Dont even compare the place to pizza hut or pizza corner or even domino's for that matter.. (

Ambiance - 2.5/5

Food - 2/5

Service - 2.5/5

Price - 200 to 250 per couple for something thats worth less than 50 bucks

Will i ever go back? - Hell no! i am very happy its pretty far off from home...

Smokin' Joes
Abirami Mega Mall,
Purasavakkam High Road,
Purasawalkam, Chennai - 600084
Phone : 26651577

Joe's will win hands down compared to McRennet Pizzas, if you ready to pay 200 instead of 20 bucks tho!

Subway - Nungambakkam

Lipsmacking lettuce!

I know what you are thinking! How can something as boring as lettuce be lipsmacking? trust me i have never had such fresh crunchy yummy lettuce (dripping is an awesome honeymustard/sweet onion sauce) in my life. The salad at the subway in nungambakkam is to die for, though am not a big fan of their 'Indianised' version of subs which is nothing like the actual ones. You find it funny to see words like 'tikka' in an American fast food.

They let you add any sub pattie to your salad which adds to the taste. Btw, the sweet onion sauce is fat-free which is so not believable cos it tastes really good. I have always wondered why health food never taste good and tasty food never seem healthy. Guess I found a solution, this place is hidden somewhere in wallace street (road parallel to Khader Nawaz Khan road) in Nungambakkam but its worth searching for and payin 145 bucks for a veggie salad if not everyday atleast once in a while. Of course, the ice tea at subway is the best u can get in India. It also gives a good mood uplift cos of its ambiance which seems fresh too. I would not recommend the subway counter at the citi centre food court, it definitely is not so impressive.

Ambiance - 4.5/5

Food - 5/5

Service - 4/5

Price - 300 bucks for a couple

Will i go back - Definitely wish i cud go everyday but beware they almost charge us in dollars!

Subway
2, Crystal Lawn,
Wallace Garden 2nd street,
Nungambakkam,
Chennai - 600034
Phone : 42038800, 28111177

There is a fat-free Italian gelato counter inside ... have a healthy and yummy feast all-together!