In my Monday Chit-Chat post I told you all of how the lovely Tuke invited me to Spice Route for lunch, she wanted to take me out as wedding gift to Bobo and I. I was very very very happy about that especially as I’ve heard a lot about the place. I pass it often on Adeola Odeku and I always wondered…”what goes on there”…. I remember when Kemi Adetiba complained about the restaurant saying they didn’t allow her enter because she was unaccompanied by a man: that made me scared. `Now that I’ve been there I can probably understand why: the place is filled with expatriates and they are being careful not to turn it into a semi-brothel…they are probably trying to keep it clean. I get that. I still think it is a bit discriminatory sha.
HOSPITALITY
We received a nice welcome: we were greeted at the entrance by some guys with huge biceps and we were directed to the hand sanitiser sitting in the corner (These are Ebola times). The waitress showed us our table and kept us in this nice secluded part of the restaurant, which was great because we were just yapping all through! She helped us with the menu, suggesting picks that she thought we would like: it’s not easy to choose your food in an Indian restaurant.
LOOKEY-FEELY
It was very nice inside the restaurant, cool calm relaxing. Its very cosy, dim lights everywhere, colourful and the ambiance is just lovely. Bobo was saying it was a place to bring a babe when a guy is trying to take things to the next level i.e propose. LOL. It wasn’t noisy, soft music playing in the background, Asian and Indian decor all over, along with a huge Buddha in the middle of the restaurant, you certainly get an out-of-lagos feel.
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| Buddha |
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| Table of spices |
WHO I WENT WITH
I went with Bobo, Shade, Tuke and Busayo. Tuke is a blogger and you can visit her blog HERE. Busayo is a photographer: he took these amazing photos. See more of his work HERE. For the first time I enjoyed a meal I’m reviewing without any form of distraction, typically I’m the one holding the camera but on this day…I just dey chop dey go! This is the first time we were all meeting and we spent over 4 hours together, chatting! It was so much fun!
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| Tuke and Sisi |
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| Shade, Tuke and I |
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| Shade, Tuke, Linguini (Busayo), Bobo and Sisi |
WHAT WE HAD
We had Goan fish curry, poppadoms, plain white rice, Chinese fried rice, samosa’s . I loved almost all I ate expect the samosa (it was big and I really didn’t like the way it tasted). The goan fish curry was cooked with coconut, mango and other indian spices. I love fish. We also ordered for different types of naan bread and I loved them all. Next time I’d probably stick more with the Chinese cuisine as I think Indian takes some getting used to. 
DAMAGE DONE
Chai…this is the most expensive restaurant we I don chop (in Nigeria). The bill for Bobo and I was 17,000K. Ojigbijigbijigbi . We ordered fried rice, plain white rice, naan bread, 2 bottles of chapman and 2 sauces. Make sure you study the menu well when you reach there. Asides the bill, I loved everything about it. I’ll definitely go back to Spice Route if I had a special day but not really to branch and chop.
HOW MANY LOVES?
