Explore the counters

A buffet meal is a good option if one is dining out with a large group, especially if you want to save the hassle of having to ask everyone what they like and then end up spending too much.

While there are many places in the city that provide excellent buffet menus, ‘Chutney Chang’ in Jayanagar offers a large North Indian and Chinese spread at reasonable prices. It’s a casual place one can head to with their friends for a relaxed long meal.

You can start by exploring the various live counters set up in the dining area which includes ‘chaat’, dimsums and grilled items.

The tangy ‘chaat’ items provide an interesting, rather appetising, start to the meal. If you’re fond of ‘chaats’, you may want to refill a few times. The dimsums are the usual sorts, served with sauces to go with them.

The starter platter is assorted as they have much to satisfy both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. There are things like cutlets, kebabs, spring rolls, ‘paneer tikka’, ‘chicken tikka’ and manchurian to gorge on. All of that to accompany a hot bowl of soup.

While many would be quite full with this selection already and want to head straight to the dessert counter, there are some for whom the meal is incomplete without the main course. Fret not! For they have a wide counter with veg and non-veg gravy and dry items in ‘paneer’, mixed vegetables, chicken and mutton. A few Chinese dishes are also part of this section.

The salad counter, though big, is not too impressive.
Leave some room for a mix of desserts which includes a variety of cakes, pastries, mousse and ice cream as well as ‘halwa’ and ‘gulab jamun’.

The place is not very posh and you would have had a better fare at other restaurants in the city, but it caters well to a large group that’s looking at a casual outing and variety more than anything.

‘Chutney Chang’ is located at Cosmopolitan Club, 22nd Cross, 3rd Block, Jayanagar. For details, call 9686875062.