Finally @ CPK

It’s the place where all possible varieties in pizza are available. Using different kinds of cheese and toppings, various combinations are created. Generally I avoid pizza since it’s full of cheese and makes me feel very heavy. But CPK does have one meeting my needs – crispy and low in cheese. Yes I am talking about my favorite Tostada. It’s like there is no point of going to CPK for any other pizza. Tostada is their specialty. Crisp layer topped with beans, sour cream, little cheese and thin crispy tortilla chips – there’s no way you can say no! We also like Tucson Hummus in appetizer – hummus with fresh parsley served with warm and soft pita bread.

I love this place for its ambience too. It’s like upper scale pizzeria (but still very much affordable) with quite a decent service and without typical pizza baking smell.

We did not get a chance to go to CPK after we moved here. But finally, we went for advanced celebration of Valentine’s Day. I guess this was just the second time we were just two of us. Whenever we go to CPK, we never go alone. We have very fond memories at CPK to mark different occasion.

Miss ya all………

Finding ol’ Time Fascination

Hot bread became our favorite joint in NJ especially when we crave for spicy little bites without spending much time. Vada Pav, Dabeli and Panini Sandwich became our much loved dishes. After moving to MD, we did not get a chance to have food at Hot Breads. We knew that there were couple of them in Gaithersburg – one very good and other with opposite extreme. Though we did not know which one was better.


Anyway, yesterday we went there around early afternoon. We ordered Vada Pav and Samosa Chat. I was extremely happy with Vada Pav but not so happy with Samosa Chat. Obviously rates were higher than those of NJ. Portion size was also quite small. If one is really hungry, one needs at least two dishes, which will add upto 10 plus bucks. But once in a while, it’s worth going and spending money.


Final Word, go for it when you long for spicy Indian Snacks

The Worst Indian Food

It seems that I am very much bored and frustrated so just to kill time I write reviews. It’s not my personal opinion, but neutral and unbiased review! I’ll write about books, movies, restaurants and any other places I visit. Let me start with a restaurant review. We went out for dinner Saturday at Minerva in Rockville, MD. I rarely crave for Restaurant Indian Food and Saturday was one among those rare incidents.
 This place was recommended by few of our friends hence was a safe take. First impression was not so good since I did not like the ambience and only couple of tables was occupied. We ordered Chhole-Bhature and Paneer Makhani-Roti. And we could not decide which dish was the worst! I had had the worst Indian Food in US. Service was too slow; it took little over half an hour for our first dish to arrive.

Everything was very oily and spicy and staff was also little rude. I guess chef/owner must be South Indian (there were quite many dosa/idli dishes in the menu) and lesson is, never try North Indian Curries in South Indian Restaurants.

t happened for the first time that we did not tip at all and I have made up my mind to never step my foot again!!