Wednesday 2 April 2014

Eat Well Restaurant, Ajman

One of our team members is a big fan of South Indian meals. A South Indian meals consists of rice, set of curries, crunchy pappadams/appalams, pickles, fish fry (Non-Veg ones obviously), specially prepared butter milk etc. These dishes together are traditionally served on banana leaves. South Indian Meals is originated in the Southern Part of India, a very useful piece of information, isn't it? Well, the southern part of India has 4 states, namely Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Andhra Pradesh was divided in to 2 separate states very recently. All these 4 states are as diverse as a man from Japan, an Italian Girl, a kid from a South Caralina school and an old Scottish person. Very different. Since all of them are human beings, they possess many common characteristics even when they are different from each other. Its the same with these states. Even when they are not the same as the other, the have a lot in common. A huge costal line for example. Each of them have hundreds of miles of it. As you have guessed, each state add heavenly seafood dishes to their Non-Vegitarian meals. Well, our point is that all these 4 states serve meals, they have common bits yet they are very different from each other. We have provided some photographs for reference. All these images are from the internet.


Andhra Meals

Kannada Meals

Kerala Meals

Tamil Meals

These meals are served by many in Duabi and they do add their own twists to them. Mostly they are priced anywhere from 8 to 15 Dirhams. Very few restaurants serve it on banana leaves and charge a couple of Dirham premium. Most restaurants serve unlimited amount of rice and curries. Non vegetarian restaurants add fish curries and fish fries to the set. Today we were in Ajman and we found a little restaurant in there. Eat Well. No you guessed wrong, thats the name of the restaurant. There were plenty of parking available, the location was not close to the residential areas though. The dining area was neat and tidy. It was almost empty and the remoteness of the location could be the reason. We have ordered for a Kerala meals, as it was a Kerala non vegetarian restaurant. 


They came back pretty quick with the meal. The set had Boiled rice, Sambar, Rasam, Fish Curry, Payasam, Fish Fry, Thoran, Lime Pickle and Pappadam. The rice was properly cooked. These dishes may not be familiar with those who never had South Indian dishes before. They are delicious but require great care while coking to be so. We were happy with the taste of all in the set. The fish fry and the fish curry had decent portions of good quality fish. That was a well prepared meals set.


We have ordered lime juices to finish off the lunch. The lime juice was delightful. It was fresh, had the wonderful taste of lime and chill enough. Sweetness is a bit more than required, though. Should be alright for people with sweet tooth. Prices were alright. Meals set was 10 and the Juice was 6 Dirhams. Most Dubai restaurants charge 10 or 12 Dirhams for similar meals set but with out the fish fry. Yes the restaurant is in Ajman and hence they should be cheaper. Point noted. But we believe that they have got the pricing part right. They even bothered to come to us and enquire about the taste and quality of the food. We love the fact that they care about the diners. It is not a fancy restaurant. They do not woo the diners with all the glitters and glamour. Just a small, honest place to have good, affordable food.


Rating Description

One Star: Avoid.

Two Stars: If you are really hungry and thats the only restaurant nearby, you may dine in there.

Three Stars: A very good restaurant in it's category.

Four Stars: Excellent cooking; worth a detour.

Five Stars: Exceptional cuisine; worth a special trip.




Restaurant Contact Number: 067417557

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