Tastebud : Non Solo Bar (3rd time)

19 August 2025

After our Indian vegetarian meal, we went to a cafe where we could sit longer and enjoy our chat. The Indian restaurant, Saravanaa Bhavan was starting to get noisy as more customers walked in. Same as our previous dining experience in June where we ate at Chuan Tapas, we went to Non Solo Bar again as this place has places to sit indoors. Plus, it closes at 11pm. It was packed outdoors and I was impressed by the other customers' perseverance to sit outdoors with a temperature of 16 degrees without sun.

Previously, we shared a keylime pie but there was no pie today. So, I had a piece of coconut pastry dipped in chocolate SEK39. It was quite hard and I am pretty sure it contains a lot of sugar. And an alcohol-free pear cider SEK64, just like the previous time.

Tastebud : Saravanaa Bhavan

19 August 2025

Today, I had an Indian vegetarian meal for dinner. I did not find the taste to my liking as I thought it was bland. Probably because I had similar meals in Malaysia and they were tasty. Plus, Indian vegetarian meals in Malaysia do not cost a bomb...

This restaurant, Saravanaa Bhavan has branches in Malaysia too. We shared a small dish of rasa vada SEK79 and I had aloo gobi with rice SEK169 while my friend had ghee onion rava masala dosa SEK149. Just like in Malaysia, the the dosa is stuffed with potato and onion and served with coconut chutney, tomato chutney. However, the dosa is too paper-thin compared to the one in Malaysia where it is thick. 

Rasa vada is lentil doughnut served in rasam soup. Rasam is spicy lentil soup. I used to have rasam for free in some Indian restaurants in Malaysia but the rasam soup here costs SEK55! My aloo gobi dish has cauliflower and potatoes in onion cream sauce and comes with rice and a small serving of salad. 

The food is good here but it is not in my recommendation list or a restaurant I want to go back to unless I have no other options. 

Rasa vada.

Ghee onion and potato dosa.

Aloo gobi.