cherry's the spice

finally "dosa" arrives in cebu! it was a news delivered much delayed but one which got me dialing therestaurantnumber immediately for reservations. my first visit here was last year when my husband and i ordered dosas, extra sambar, mutton biryani, mutton curry, idli (not available), naan, lassi....like two people starving for south indian food. and we were not disappointed! next visits i tried other items (and dosa of course). after experiencing various indian restaurants in cebu, i would say 'the spice' is closest to authenticity. only minus is staff. in my last two visits my table tasted spoilt potato fillings and (dare)mentioned it to the waitress who just gave us a bad look and said 'no it's fresh' 😊. that was the end of my love story with deliciousness..

just when we thought we know indian food, we were wrong! this is the real deal!

we've been searching for an authentic indianrestaurantand we know the search is over. we ordered something we thought we are familiar with but we were schooled real good! 

we ordered chicken biryani - 1/4 chicken (leg and thigh) with a generous amount of amazing basmati rice which was cooked in a way i never had before. a lot of aromatics that waked my senses. the chicken was cooked to perfection and the spices were spot on! the serving of rice is good enough for two that we ordered chicken tikka masala to pair with it. great sauce, nice cook on the chicken and you can choose the level of spiciness - which we always go for mild to medium. to tame the spiciness, make sure to order their lassi :)

although the place needs to be kept better, over all, the experience was wonderful and we definitely recommend this place for people who love spices and aromatics.

really happy that i finally found a decent indianrestauranthere in cebu! had the paneer butter masala, naan, mango lassi and the chicken tikka and it was all good and very filling. since i brought my 3 year old with me, i also ordered some french fries and that too was esquisite as they also added a few spices to make it more "indian." when we entered the restaurant, we entered the wrong entrance so we were welcomed by a strong aroma of spices and cheap looking seats similar to what you see at larsian. good thing the waitress brought us to the airconditioned room where most guests were seated and indian statues and pictures could be found. they also played a cute bollywood movie wherein the waitress had no idea what the title was, plus there were no english subtitles. this could either be good or bad thing because instead of catching up with each other, me and my friend talked about how cute the actors were and busily googled what the movie was, which we later found out was entitled, 2 states. i heard from other friends that their service was quite slow during their visit but for us, it was just like any other restaurant; however we did ate there for lunch. bravo staff of the spice!