Flags - a review

We go out for lunch every month. Usually its for a team member's birthday or farewell. Once it was just coz the team morale was low. My boss is really sweet and takes us out to a new place every month. She's a real sweetheart.

This time we decided to go to Flags. It is a slight distance from the office but we okay-ed it with her and booked a table. It had been a while since I last went there to eat, maybe a year or two. I think it shut-down in the middle for renovation or something. I didn't see much of a difference. It looked rather lackluster. When I entered, it seemed dull. There was no music (they generally play soft music) but it was put on half way through our meal.

One thing I don't like about this place is the table height. It is rather weird. The sofa seats sink in and the table becomes really high unless you're a tall person. So anyways, we start ordering stuff. The food, I'd say, was good. Slightly over-priced, but good. The portions were a lil small but flavorful nonetheless. We ordered some salads, which were good. I ordered prawns in a spicy tamarind based sauce. It was quite spicy (as described) and tasty. Rice and mashed potatoes on the side. The others enjoyed their food as well. I had quite a tough time deciding what to eat, fewer options now that I've stopped eating meat.

The desserts were tasty. Brownies and apple pie. I ordered the Nutty Coffee, which was really good.  Coming to that, the coffees were really overpriced. I mean 200-250 bucks is a bit too much for a coffee. So were the drinks. Iced tea was - 125 and fresh lime - 75. The Strawberry smoothie was also nice - Rs. 200 (if I remember correctly) Also, the only bottled water they had was Evian, which was like 150 bucks a bottle. Thank god it was a team lunch and my boss was footing the bill. We were all quite taken aback by the total.

The service was good. Pleasant staff. they served us lil chocolates with the bill, though we were quite stuffed already. The AC was the right temp. I mention this coz I hate places where I freeze to death. We did have a good time. Conversations revolved around traveling, US foreign policy (My boss is from the US) and office stuff.

P.S. They have a lunch buffet at Rs. 250 + but not much variety on that menu, very limited.The a-la-carte menu has dishes from all round the world. From China to Mexico to Portugal to Japan. they Even an had an Ethiopian dish (Pardon me, but I thot they didn't have much food there)

P.P.S We also got these discount cards. If you visit five times, on your 6th visit u get a flat 50 % discount !! I took one, just in case :P