Cocooned in Nature!
Continuing with the review of Orange County Resorts in Kabini. Yeah, there are 2 restaurants here - the Honey Comb restaurant & Kuruba grill. The Honey Comb restaurant is a buffet restaurant where you can also order something special. Did I mention it was my birthday when I ventured here, so the head chef Ranjith, took me by surprise & sent me a birthday cake to my hut!!!
For breakfast, there's a section for meat eaters, and the rest are mostly veg. There's a good mix of South Indian, North Indian, Continental foods as well as super healthy & special diet foods like dry fruits, nuts, sprouts, cheese, coconut milk, fruit juices etc. Ofcourse being here, Mysore Masala Dosa and Filter Coffee with Jaggery are a must try!
Lunch & Dinner buffet is way too extensive! I didn't bother to see the variety in non-vegetarian food! The veggie side has a range of salads, fresh fruits & vegetables as starters. Then there's a range of gravies incl Dal, Paneer & some subji and a live counter for Indian bread varieties. There's also plain rice and one variety rice plus some more south Indian options incl Sambar, Rasam, Poriyal, Aviyal, Palya etc.
There's also a couple Italian options with Lasagna or Pasta etc. There's also a small section of organic food. The dessert is a large selection of Indian sweets, cakes (incl a couple eggless variants), mousse etc. One fine day I did just gorge it all on lunch (effect of super tasty and super variety of food) and that day, for dinner all I could manage was some yogurt!!!
The Kuruba Grill is more of an open air grill restaurant, but being a veggie, I guess the food here wasn't really of my taste! There's a exquisite Boat Dining experience as well, but sadly the summer had almost dried up the river (more about it Kabini itself coming soon) and the water level was too low for a romantic floating dinner!
Yes, the resort in just on the banks of Kabini river! The view is just exquisite! Esp at sunset I did get a bit crazy with photography! Just doing nothing at all, but just sitting here and watching the cows graze by, the villages walk by, and the oh so many birds chirp away, is the best way to relax...
Sitting here, basking in the setting sun, with its reflection on the river, watching the villagers & people head back home, with a cup of hot chocolate in hand, is just......................
They also have a sewage treatment plan that manufactures manure which is used in their garden where several vegetable yielding plants are grown. These vegetables are used in the staff kitchen. The Bio Gas Plant helps in generation energy for staff kitchen!
There is a small hut in the resort, which is a replica of the typical Kuruba (the local tribe) hut! Like the in-house historians in Hampi, here are some in-house naturalists who accompany the guests in the all the activities in and around Kabini. More on that coming up soon, stay tuned....
To Get There:
Refer to my earlier post.
To Get There:
Refer to my earlier post.
P.S: I was invited by Orange County, Kabini to stay and experience the hotel for review purpose, however the opinions are my own and this post does not to advertise the product/service.