Pizza at Sbarro Bangladesh

Cheese Pizza at Sbarro Bangladesh

This is probably the best pizza I found at Sbarro. It was a sudden plan and the pizza was just perfect!
The base was thin with a slightly crispy edge that feels like a toast in texture. The sauce was a chunky tomato spread-like and it tasted fresh. The freshness of the sauce just lifts this up to a whole new height and this is what a gourmet pizza should be like. The whole thing came as one.
It was generously topped with cheese and the texture was enough to tell you about its quality. Apparently this pizza slice would outclass any pizza from the other chains here.

Super Supreme Pizza at Sbarro Bangladesh

This pizza slice did not live up to the expectation after the Cheese Pizza. The base was hard like a confectionery baked old slice of pizza. The sauce seemed different here. It was like a paste and had the sublime flavour of basil and perfect blend of herbs. The topping was dense, generous and balanced, but the crust killed it.

Pizza at Platter

If you haven't tried the pizza at Platter and go drooling on pizzas, you should probably be planning a visit this week.
They serve wood fired pizzas. If you are not careful here, you can easily either get a charred pizza or have a underdone one. The dense heat gets the pizza done very fast and you should be very good with your timing if you are preparing pizzas in wood ovens. But wood oven will always give you the best pizzas in the world with a woody smoky hint.
They seem to get it right almost every time. The pizza has a thin soft proper crust, unlike bread based as served in many places, with slightly crispy edges.
What makes this pizza so special to me is the heart of it. The heart of any pizza would be its sauce. The sauce has vibrant flavours, with the refreshing kick of basil. This is a pizza keep on stuffing yourself with whole day may be and not get tired of that easily. Toppings are generously served too.
You can see your pizza being prepared by the chef and the dough just gives you the idea of the story to follow. When you can see the dough made right, and the pizza pie rolled out from it, it is just too hard to wait for the climax of the tasty adventure.

Mac N Jack

How often do I have a 'short' post of a review?
I wonder too! (lol).
This is just going to be one of those rare ones, since it does not need much to be said about. When something is good, you actually do not have to say much. You will just have to read and go for a taste to believe I guess.
Mac N Jack, in sec7, uttara was on my list for a long time, but could hardly make time for it. And then the other day, my boss got it for our light kind of lunch and I couldn't help but giggle inside and say to myself 'That saves me the money for another tasty adventure (or could also be another "insipid" nightmare actually)!'
Jokes aside, their burgers are good.
I had the original beef burger and I could taste and see small dabs of mustard on the meaty patty, with a good bit hint of sourness from pickles on the mayonnaise smothered crown and heel of the bun. The interesting thing is that all those flavours were in a perfect balance and complemented each other in that light and juicy mayo based body. The filling also had slices of onion giving it that earthy spicy  dimension to the taste and holding in that perfectly slight bit of extra sweet and sour flavour from the tomato slices the burger needed.
(I know! This is isn't how 'short' is defined in dictionaries tongue emoticon .)

*Image-Taken from their page*

Tokyo Express

It was a sudden dine out at Tokyo Express and a boring redundant day ended with an exotic meal.
I am not an expert on Japanese cuisine, but I always love to dig into and research. All the dishes may not be authentic, but food that tastes good sells! You cannot serve a spicy hot beef bhuna to western palates usually used to sublime subtle soothing flavours. Similarly you cannot bring in everything Japanese to suit the local palate.

There is not much wrong with the taste, though it was filled with assorted salad vegetable, cheese and a fish you just could not tell. The wrapping leaves a lot to be desired. Loose wrapping that promises to fall off when roughly messed with chopsticks.
Nigiri platter was good. If you get your rice right here, you cannot go wrong with making these. 
Tip: The best way of having nigiri that has wasabi in it already is just by dipping the fish side in the soy sauce and eating it. Otherwise, you can just put it in the mouth without the sauce, chew it, and then quickly have the pickled ginger. The sweet taste coats your mouth and complements the raw fish perfectly. Try either ways please.



If the sight of cooked octopus does not creep you out and you don't mind trying it (since most locals here would not dare to and be disgusted thinking of it as an acquired taste), then let me tell you that octopus does not have much flavour. It is much like chicken breasts; bland. But the firm tentacles when fried right are just so good, that you feel like chewing them to the end of time; makes a perfect starter and you could think of starting as a road side delicacy on a cart at this point. Soy sauce with minced garlic and chili goes well with the tentacles.



Chicken Nanban had a nice crispy coat served with a sweet and sour garlicy mayo that had the hint of soy sauce. The original sauce would though be much more sour and light in texture, this particular one was on the heavier and slightly sweeter and less sour side. In terms of taste, you cannot take anything away. Like I said, food that tastes well sells! Unless you are from Japan or have already tried it there, you should not have much to complain about this dish.

Downtown Cafe

I am really surprised with people's reviews on certain food related groups on facebook. If that wasn't a rare bad service, which I highly doubt it was, the experience in Downtown Cafe  was just too horrible to even waste words on it.
I went to try the souffle that anyone who tried it in Khilgaon said it was wonderful at a very cheap price and all those words were typed on those groups. It was just a cup of burnt chocolate trash! I will not waste any more minute on this rubbish dish!

Burger LAB

Now that is an interesting name. They are new and they are at the Bashundhara gate, close to HURDCO International School.
Their menu is as interesting as their name and they sound really good. You can go there for a BBQ radiation, or choose to get a spicy flame on or think about the BIG BANG. And if you like cheese and in the mood for a selfie, you certainly have the option to "SAY CHEESE".

The Daily Star is caught up writing articles on burger carts and joints these days, and so I thought, I might dig into a few too while the trend lasts. And i was lucky enough to check in there last night, just when they were taking snaps for the newspaper.

However, I didn't enjoy their burger.

I ordered what they call "BIG BANG". Yes, "BIG BANG", and it does not come with Sheldon Cooper's theories. It is a burger that has double patties, cheese, egg, jalapenos, pickle, mushroom, bacon and salami, garlic mayo and ketchup; wonder what was left. It is a big burger by height, that might ask you to have a very flexible jaw to allow you to open your mouth as wide as one to win you a Guinness Record. People who like to get their hands messy might enjoy this burger.
Apart from struggling to have a bite on the burger, I would not deny that there is a good balance in the taste. Bacon and salami give the chewy bite with the hint of garlic and sour pickles and jalapenos make a nice combo here. Egg has a full done yolk.

So what went wrong with this burger?
The patty is dry and does nothing to add to the taste. It just piles up in there and rests in for the sake of this burger to be called a beef burger or a chicken burger. What is worse is the after taste of burnt oil, and this taste stays the rest of day and often reminds the odd experience when burped. Needless to mention that this burger is a recipe for feeling bloated. It is clear why, when you look at their cooking process. The patties are soaking in oil in the pan when cooked.
The fillings would often slip and mushroom would win the race against others in dropping down. Bun are totally soggy (or swaggy may be according to them) half way through.

I don't understand why you need to be so generous and offer everything at the cost of the quality of your burger! When building up a burger like that, it is essential to keep in mind if you would eat that and feel good about it. You cannot go serve something that you don't feel right.

This was my second visit and I really wanted to write something good about them. It is a shame that they were disappointing again, even after a few pointers in my previous visit.

At George's Cafe in Uttara

I am kind of happy to come across a place that believes in homemade products.
They serve good buffalo wings, which are perfectly done, juicy and succulent on a tangy tomato sauce with a hint of herbs. The dish comes with an aoili. Aoili is pleasantly garlicy, but I find it unfair when an aoili like that is served with such a good sauce under the wings. The aoili masks the goodness of the sauce and renders it useless. Aoili here is totall unnecessary.
The George's Cafe Burger is just buttery in texture in the mouth with a few chunky bites. Taste is dominated by nutmeg though. Taste needs a little more balance here.
The Banana and Cream pie was excellent. Banana and cream are a good combo in a pie that had a perfect crust that doesnt break apart on slightest pressure.
Chocolate Milk Shake was a disapointment. It tasted like store bought cheap chocolate milk. The positive point here is that they use homemade icecream.
They also prepare their own ketchup and mayonnaise.