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Review of Cocoparra

Cocoparra has one of the best Ambiance in this sid...

Cocoparra has one of the best Ambiance in this side of Pune. The nice riverside breeze and calm vibe you get here is worth travelling this long. The restaurant is spread in a huge area and have everything which a modern person can imagine or want. This is a must visit place in the rainy season and in winter as it gets super cold and you can enjoy a nice bonfire while having some amazing drinks and food.

About the service, I found it bit slow even if the restaurant was pretty empty. It took a lot of time later on for our mains to come. Service could've been better.

let's get started with what we had here -

jalapeno cheese poppers - A perfect big size poppers which welcome us with a great crispy coating. The size was bigger than usual, the inner filling was quite gooey as it supposes to be and it was more than regular filling size. The cheese poppers were perfect and had a nice blend of jalapeno and cheese.

Paneer Jafrani - One more extra size starter but the size didn't go well this time. The paneer chunks were quite bigger than usual which ended up having less flavour than needed. The marination had perfect flavour but it was lesser, we felt like it could've been more to give that perfect taste and flavour of marination throughout the paneer. The paneer was a bit hard but it wasn't the actual problem. Even if the marination was perfect we felt like eating dry paneer because of the less marination.

Aloo Sumiran - It was the best starter in our dinner. The Tikki was super crispy and had a nice filling of tangy peas with slightly mashed potato. The tangy peas had that flavour of imli in it which was a gamechanger. The perfect soft crispt covering gave it a nice texture and it was fried to perfection. The Tikki didn't feel oily at all and finished in no time.

Murgh Rozalie Kebab - Minced chicken with cheese cooked in tandoor and stuffed between chicken strips which were marinated in Indian spices. The chicken was minced perfectly and the cheese didn't overpower it's taste, whereas the strips were perfectly marinated with Indian spices which gave a dominant flavour of curd in every bite. The minced chicken had a nice smoky touch to it of the tandoor. Also, it had a tangy extra flavour additional touch of lemon which was sprinkled on top of it.

Chicken Popcorn - Nicely fried chicken chunks made with perfection but I think the coating was lacking marination. I didn't taste anything in the coating and it was a bit chewy which was a disappointment for me. The chicken was juicy but the coating failed to impress me.

Cheesy Prawns - The fresh prawns arranged in the shape of bonfire which was quite appealing. The cheese sauce was good and it was consistent in creamy mild taste. The sauce which was left in the bowl was a bit salty, which I don't know why happened. There wasn't any flavour of garlic or it was way too less that I didn't even get to taste any.

Chicken Wings - It looked perfect when came on the table. A nice glaze of bbq sauce with more than enough flesh of wings. It was the perfect wings on the dish but when I tasted it the sauce gave a dominant sweet flavour which I wasn't expecting. The sweet and tangy flavour suppose to be balanced but here the sweetness was more and it ruined all the magic of a bbq wing.

Overall Verdict - They need to work on small things and on service also. My experience was not that bad and the ambiance balanced it out pretty well.