Sunset Beach Hotel - Neg

Ayubowan (Sri Lankan way of greeting/may you live longer) Food lovers,

Well today me and some of my family members went out for a swim and stayed for dinner at the Sunset Beach Hotel. The staff was very friendly and the place was so cozy.  It all made my mind nice and calm for a tasty dinner.

Lets get back to what you are looking forward to know. :) There was four of us including me and my husband. We ordered a grilled chicken with mushroom sauce, a chicken caeser salad and a sausages,olives roasted chicken in cream cheese sauce with penne pasta with a grilled jumbo prawns with garlic butter.

We received all our dishes within 30minutes and here are the pictures and comments for each. The service was quite good over all and the charges were fair as well.

grilled chicken with mushroom sauce

It appeared quite good but the garnishing was not that great and not to the standard. But once i dig in, the chicken tasted heavenly. The marinated vegetables had a strong garlic and a buttery taste which agreed with my pallet. The outstanding thing about this dish was the mushroom sauce. I could lick it off the plate if i wanted to. The chips were a bit soggy. over all i would give this dish a 7.5 out of 10.

chicken caeser salad 

 Am sorry dear friends, the image does not stand for the exact way it looked. This dish looked really great. The croutons were crunchy and yummmmmmmy... The chicken tasted really good and the lettuce with lemon juice, parmasan and olive oil tasted nice and crunchy. But the downfall of this dish was that it did not have any boiled eggs. This could be given a 8 out of a 10.

sausages,olives roasted chicken in cream cheese sauce with penne pasta

This lacked garnishing and salt. This was under seasoned and less amount compared to the usual serving. other than that it was an ok dish. I would give this dish a 5out of 10.

grilled jumbo prawns with garlic butter

 
 The prawns were nicely seasoned and grilled. proper in size and amount that served. The salad tasted quite nice with it. This dish majorly lacked some sauce or some dressing. The chips were once again bit soggy. This could be given 7 out of 10.

Well well what do you think? Let me know your thoughts. Also if you have a particular place,a hotel a restaurant in SL in head that you would wish for me to follow and comment, please let me know.
Then see you guys soon. Have a wonderful week. GBU

With Spice,
SJ

Choys - Negombo

24th of August 2013

Hi Food lovers,

Today i went to Choys at Negombo for lunch. The table and the arrangements looked good. The gentlemen who waited seem to be bit nervous either due to his lack of experience or due to the crowd.

I ordered a chef salad with just a lemon juice without any starter while my partner ordered a chicken and corn soup with a cordon bleu and a lemon juice .

We had to wait for more than 20minutes for our drinks while it look 35minutes for the soup. The lemon juice tasted really good with a great punch. Am not quite sure whether it was the waiters hand that made the outside of the glass bit dirty with some wired black marks or it was not washed properly. Anyway the lemon juice would easily get a 9out of 10 if the dirt was ignored. :) The Soup was given a 7 out of 10 by my partner.

After another 10minutes of a wait i got my chef salad like this, with no Cheese, Meat or cucumber as i imagined.

The meat could be ignored due to the bacon but it was way too dry. But i did not want to ignore the fact that they forgot cheese. So i called the waiter and requested for my cheese and meat. After couple of seconds he came back with the same dish answering "Am sorry but this is the way we serve the chef salad in Choys". i was quite shocked with this rude answer and replied saying "Then you rather name it Choys salad than naming it chef salad" , and requested for the chef.

I had to wait for another 10minutes to talk with a manager looking person (But not the chef). He directly asked my what i wanted and i replied "Thank you, This looks really nice but i would love my chef salad with cheese and some meat." and with only one more question he agreed to send me what i requested. "would you like your chicken fried or roasted?" i replied saying i would like it boiled. while i was waiting my partner got his dish.

Though it did not look much appealing it tasted better than what i tasted later in my dish. The chicken breast was crumb coated nicely  and the ham was layered evenly but there was no enough cheese. The dish was craving cheese.this could be given a 5out of 10

After another 5minutes i received this separately.The boiled Chicken, cucumber and cheese. or should i say Mozzarella? Yes. it was mozzarella. i did not want to complain further. i was hungry and tired. so i dig in to my meal.

 The dressing was too thin and peppery but tasted quite nice to be honest.The bell pepper, cucumber, mushrooms, tomatoes and the carrots were cut nicely. I ate everything except the cheese. :) Also we were not interested in having a dessert. Can give this dish a 4out of 10.

If am to talk about the prices, they were quite high compared to their presented food quality.

I would give this meal and the service a total of a 4 out of 10.

What do you think? It added good spice to my day or not? 

With Spice,
SJ

Begining

Hi Food lovers,

Am going to bring you all my thoughts and experiences over food, restaurants, Hotels and anything related to food.

    The amazing factor that anything related to food that brings to my life is, "Spiciness" in one word. i will be bringing that spiciness to all of you lovely readers. This will be my way of sharing all my honest thoughts regarding my weekly food experiences. I am no chef nor critic, am just a honest customer.


Please feel free to express your thoughts as well. Looking forward to spice your life.
May your dear God Bless you!


With Spice,

SJ