Wednesday, May 10, 2017

IPL - Rising Pune Supergiant vs Gujarat Lions - MCA Stadium

For the first time in my life I decided to go for a live cricket match. Since I am from Gujarat and staying in Pune, what other match better suits then RPS vs GL which took place in MCA stadium on 1st May. I had booked tickets from bookmyshow for four of us.

Route: We left my home at 7:30 PM and took the route shown here. It took us almost an hour to reach the entrance of the stadium and we were already late by half an hour to reach at 8:30 PM. The match had already run till 7 overs in first innings and the score was around 1/61 when we sat. When you park the car, make sure you remember some landmark otherwise when you come out of stadium, you might miss where you parked. I already saw at least 5 guys searching for their cars.

Food: There were multiple breaks for drinks at 7 and 13 overs in both innings as well as in the middle of the two innings when you can have some snacks. Multiple items were there for sale including Vada Paav, Samosa, Burger, Pizza, Masala Corn, Pop Corn, etc... along with cold drinks. Free water was also provided and wash-rooms were ok to use.

There were early wickets for RPS but finally they managed to win with help of a century from Ben Stokes. 

When we came out of stadium, there was heavy rush and the car didn't come out of parking for almost half an hour. We safely reached home at around 1:10 PM. 

Please enjoy if you get a chance at MCA.


K Factory - Baner Pune

I went to K Factory - Baner Pune in the month of March with my family to have a good dinner. This is a new happening place that has come up in Baner and I really felt worth visiting.

Food: The restaurant menu is available here. The restaurant also offers hard drinks but the seating arrangement is separate for them on first floor. We went for the ground floor where only soft drinks are served.

We ordered three main dishes and soup:
  • C2 Tomato Basil Soup
  • F3 Tandoor Roasted
  • R2 Cottage Cheese Tikka Lasagna
  • R3 Pasta with Farfalle and vegetables
The three dishes were really delicious especially the R2 and R3. Soup was clear so neither of us enjoyed it. Tandoor Roasted was like pizza but with less toppings. The total bill for three of us came to around INR 900. I found it worth visiting again.


Saturday, May 6, 2017

Banana Leaf - Aundh

I had visited Banana Leaf - Aundh in the month of May 2017.

The menu of the restaurant is available here. We had ordered two dosas, one idli-vada and one uttapam along with two filter coffees. The restaurant is not very expensive so total bill came to be less than INR 300 for two of us.


The restaurant has closed and now a new one named "Madras Cafe" has come up.