Rest-or-Run (Butter - Bar and Kitchen) - PUNE

I am being invited to Butter - Bar and Kitchen and informed that I would be seated outside as interior is under maintenance. This revelation comes as an unpleasant surprise as it sends me a message… I may or may not relish my food but mosquitoes are certainly going to have a marvelous evening.

The bright and breezy hostess welcomes me and instead of making me sit on a cushioned swing (meant for two) in the Reception Area to wait, she takes me inside and makes me sit on some low sofa setting where a piece of furniture or two don’t even have a back rest. Am I going to wait here? No Sir! This is the table that is assigned to you.

Am I invited to a Finger Buffet? And if this Eating Joint doesn’t have a Spread, does it enlist Pizza Burger Subs and Sodas in its Bill of Fare? Now I am to do some swift survey of the entire eatery to have some table and chairs with proper height so that I could rest my back and use knife and fork. I am so very fortunate to discover one Cubicle indoors and I need to rush to occupy one of them straightaway as there exists only five of them and since its Friday Night “आप हाथ मलते रह जाओगे”.

“Sir! I am not here to watch IPL on your BPL Projection, would you be kind enough to reduce loud volume of DJ setup, make AC more efficient, increase some brightness so that Menu could be read and yes…what about filling up water glasses”.

If only the Service Personnel were a magician and knew the feat “Water of India” as he tries to fill up all the glasses with one water bottle. But NO! Someone gets water equaled to Patiala Peg, another gets maybe a Whiskey Double Shot, and other two 120ml, or an overflowing Beer. No one has taken even a sip and water glasses already look unfilled. Luckily, AC starts to throw cold air after sometime and sound pollution is lessened. Unfortunately, since diffused lighting continued to prevail, flashguns of our pocket devices need to be thrown on the Menu Cards to go through the enlisted items that look extremely attractive.

Our expert Sommelier serves Bottle of Red holding it from its bottom using four fingers and a thumb (Quite Impressive) but then he breaks our heart when we see our expensive “सोमरस” being spilled and wiped from the table top. Maybe our Sommelier fails to have 3D vision due to diffused luminosity in the dining room.

The meal commences. The Cuisine Journey initiates. And believe me you; it is extremely contrary to what has been experienced so far. Taste of each item is immense; flavor of each item is enormous. Each and every item is well platted and presented. While ordered items are soft and succulent, their original colors and flavors are well contained and gravies are smooth and velvety, the main accompaniments are crisp and crunchy.

The evident qualitative nature of each item can be established with the fact that special Dim-sums that you order carry splendid unique taste and the spiced stock (sauce) in which they rest is so very first-rate that you end up requesting service personnel to warm it up and serve to be enjoyed as flavorful consommé independently.

BBK as per now is meant for “casual dining” but in case the entire product minus F&B is revamped, it can effortlessly attain the tag of “fine dine”.

As always I definitely wanted to extend my appreciation to the Head of the Production and his team for exceptional and outstanding food prepared and served but I couldn’t do so as I was told as per the policy of the management, it is not permitted. And it was like… Excuse Me!

Well… do visit this Eatery and you know what to pass up and what to anticipate. Preparations are indisputably superlative in character here and just for that reason a guest may reconsider visiting this place time and again. I do that positively.

DWF: Don’t Waste Food