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Rendezvous

Only three days left for new years and I am sitting here on my couch in my pyjamees contemplating how quickly time just flies. I have done a lot of things this year than I have ever done in my life. Been to places, met new people and had new experiences and most importantly - had great food!

For Christmas this year, more than anything else I wanted to go on a dinner date with hubby. I picked Rendezvous in Seef Mall, Bahrain. The last time I went there was a year ago and I totally enjoyed their delicious buffet. I liked almost everything in their spread and ate until I couldn't anymore. So on Christmas eve we dressed up for our first ever date in Bahrain and drove off to Seef Mall.

I expected the place to be fairly busy but it wasn't. We occupied a table for two and decided to attack the food without wasting time. There was everything - chicken, beef, shrimps, mutton, veg, noodles, and so on. The food this time was average compared to the last time I visited this place. The menu was almost the same but taste wise, it was very average. Good thing hubby and I were hungry. You don't judge food as much when you're hungry, you eat what you get. So we piled our plates with food not caring whether we're mixing all favours and ate till our stomachs were full.




There's always place for dessert no matter how full you are so after a short chat session we got ourselves a plate each of all the mini colourful desserts. I was actually searching for warn chocolate brownie with icecream which I had last time. But that's out of the menu now - bummer.  But they were quite good I must say.



FINAL VERDICT: It was average. The ambience was nice but I really expected better tasting food. So being a foodie myself, I wouldn't go back there unless they decide to step up their flavours. 

Rating: 3.5/5

Bill Breakdown: 
Buffet - BD.6/- (per head) x 2 
Soft Drinks - BD.3/-
Total: BD.15/-

So that's what it was, I gotta go now. Advance New Year wishes to all of you and your families. 

Tc & Stay Fab
 - J

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