Eat your heart out at Rajajinagar in Bangalore

DNA checks out some of the most interesting eating joints in Rajajinagar…

Indulge Fine DineThis is a multi-cuisine restaurant that veers favourably towards Southeast Asian cusine. A shorba rubs shoulders with tom yum soup and ocean bisque, you get a shrimp cocktail and a sarson walli machchi on the same page of starters and from pastas to lobster rogrande or even biryani, you have much to choose from when it comes to the main course. At a little less that Rs1,000 for two, check this place out. At 5, Siddiah Puranil Road, Basaveshwara NagarCall 41492020/ 41493030JalpaanJalpan serves only vegetarian food, but is equally good with both Italian and Indian cuisine. It is also one of the very few places that offer a fondue experience to the everyday diner. The desserts too get rave reviews from regulars and it truly offers a fine dining experience, and yet it comes to an affordable Rs 800 or so for a meal for two.At 1st Main, 1st Block, 14, Rajkumar Road, RajajinagarCall 42437788, 9591996822

Coastal ExpressThis is one of those places, you know, like the curry house round the corner. You're a regular, you know the menu inside out and yet you reach out for its comfort day after day. The name would suggest a seafood menu, but it has a sizeable north Indian segment to offer too. A no-frills kind of a place, it could see you filled up and happy for as less as Rs400 for two.

At Dr Raj Kumar Rd, RajajinagarCall 23329977/ 23329978

Sheraton HotelsOf course, for those seeking a bit of la dolce vita, there's always Sheraton Hotels and Resorts nearby, what with its restaurants Feast, Persian Terrace, Bene and the pub Durbar.

At 26/1 Dr Rajkumar Road