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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011
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M
azeej promises a lot with its‘Flavours of Arabia’ taglineand a menu to match, butmost of it is only on paper
GENESIS:
Mazeej is a venture of Fuzion Foodz, owned by Faizal,Sameer and Subein. In addition toMazeej, the premises also hostBlackboard Cafe and Gakko, aChinese restaurant. The restaurantsstarted operations a month ago.
SIGNATURE DISH:
Shish Tawook,Roasted mutton leg.
COST:
For around
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900, you couldshare a soup, a non-veg appetiser, amain course consisting of rice,kuboos, a non-veg gravy, a dry dishand end your meal with a dessert.Considering the portion sizes and therelative scarcity of options for the cui-sine, the pricing is just about right.
PARKING:
Street parking, andthough it’s not the easiest of streetsto find parking in, there are handyside lanes nearby.
 ALCOHOL:
No, but soon to get beerand wine.
VENUE:
Mazeej, No: 816, 20th Main, 8thBlock, (opposite Indian Heritage Academy)Koramangala, Bangalore 560095. Ph:8792143224
FOODIES’FEEDBACK
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e:On a broad level, the premises has been categorised tomatch the three kinds of cuisine being served. There is an outdoor area for thecafe, a slightly more formal dining areafor the Chinese restaurant and a semi-covered terrace with loads of oversized cushions that corresponds toMazeej. However, this is not strictly followed. So you could sit anywhere andorder your preference of eats. Mez
 
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ore: The menu begins withshorba options, some familiar, andsome slightly more uncommon ones like the Shourabat Mozaat. This is followedby appetizers and rolls to choose from,including the familiar hummus, falafeland shawarma. The main course in-cludes fried items, charcoal grill androasted options along with gravies withchoices in veg, chicken, lamb and seafood. To go with that, you could try various rice items or roti/kuboosO
 
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s:The Shourabat el Qeema wasmildly spicy and the meatball’s texturecomplemented the soup well. The Chick-en Manakeesh, an Arabic version of thepizza, was the pick of the dishes, withminced and flavoured chicken on flatdough. In the main course, the ShishTawook, made of marinated chickencubes was appreciated for the subtle yoghurt and lemon flavours. The DajajAlabama was not spectacular, but the tomato-based gravy just about passedmuster. Among the desserts, the choco-late walnut brownie was quite good withan excellent chewy texture.D
 
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a: Much was expected of theChicken Shawarma, but it completely dis-appointed with its blandness. The hum-mus was a similar tale with not even a trace of olive oil coming through. TheCalamari Fry, though crisp, lacked anyflavour whatsoever, and the sauce provid-ed with it did nothing to help. In the maincourse, the Rubiyan Alabama (prawn) didnot even get to the level of its chickencounterpart. The Mutton Nashif was sup-posed to have tender mutton but thatmust have been some time back since the consensus was that it was stale. Thebigger disappointment was that manydishes were unavailable. This included the Cajun fish, most rice dishes, Umm Aliand other desserts like the Caramel Coffee Bavarian, and its vanilla version.S
 
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e:Helpful staff, who also educate you on the day’s special. But they diddecide to bring a couple of the starters after the main course had arrived, and had to be reminded twice to refill our glasses.Verdict: Since the cuisine is relativelyuncommon, Mazeej’s menu does showpotential if they can ensure that theyare able to serve all the items men- tioned, and serve them well. What alsoworks in their favour is that unlike theregion’s more famous export, the pricesof these dishes won’t make you recoil.
(from l to r) Pradeep Kumar, Maria Shalini, Harish
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KIDS STAYING in mouldy homes have three times greater odds of developing asthma by the age of seven. “Early lifeexposure to mould seems to play acritical role in childhood asthma devel-opment,” says Tiina Reponen, profes-sor of environmental health at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati who led a study.Researchers analysed seven years of comprehensive data for 176 children to evaluate the effects of mould exposure in early life, the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology reports.The children were part of the Cincin-nati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollu- tion Study (CCAAPS), a long-term pop-ulation-based study that includedmore than 700 children from theGreater Cincinnati area, according toa university statement.Mould exposure levels were meas-ured using a DNA-based analysis tooldeveloped by the US EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) -- the envi-ronmental relative mouldiness index(ERMI). Eighteen percent of childrenenrolled in CCAAPS were found to beasthmatic at age seven.
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