Hakuna Matata Manipal

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Few days back when I went to Polar Bear to eat my favorite cake and cream , Shivprasad Shetty mentioned about his new upcoming restaurant Hakuna Matata. Immediately my response was 

Wow. Let me eat there once. And later due to my schedules *calorie cutting schedules* couldn't go. And  other day I saw a post by The 3 hungry men about the hottest pepperoni steak at Hakuna Matata. Called my cousin, to whom any level of hot isn't a thing , to go. Tadaa, a foodie like me, he and his wife and I along with my wife and kid went there. Ample parking space was the first feel good factor there. Later peeked into the restaurant and felt the atmosphere is like Britto's in Goa . As I did not want a passive smoking time with family we chose another place where smoking  wasn't allowed. And as usual my son started cribbing for French fries . And a interesting 'cheese fries ' was spotted on the menu. Ordered those. And God!!! So much disappointment.

Then comes French fries as my son did not like this. And that to was sad as ther were small pieces of half fried potatoes . And the disappointment started creeping . Then remembered pepperoni steak  and ordered . And there started the best food. Nicely cooked chicken piece in mild pepper sauce accompanied with vegetables and fries.

Later ordered kalmi Kabab too which too was mild spices nicely cooked succulent chicken. Lasagne in white sauce was great as I have tried better. 

The show stopper was Thai curry rice. Butter garlic flavored rice with curry made in Thai red curry paste with a hint of basil . This is the only reason I would want to visit  there again.