The best way to keep the vintage old bungalows from going under the wrecker’s ball is to convert them into restaurants, boutiques, and museums. Fortunately, it is a trend that has begun to catch on. The Zync Café in Bangalore was also a dilapidated bungalow, now rescued to on Hospital Road, the quiet, narrow street between Infantry Road and Dispensary Road. In the middle of the 20th century, the small bungalow served time as a Jewish boarding house. At the back, in a smaller house, lived the owners of the boarding house. Today the boarding has morphed into Sanctuary, a ‘lifestyle souk’ or bazaar where you can browse and shop for candles, artefacts, clothes, lampshades, jewellery, shoes and more.
It feels wonderful to walk down the narrow and bit desolate road and into this lovely new café. A retractable awning shades diners from the summer sun during the day, but at night, the café takes on an altogether more romantic aspect when the awning is rolled up and the candles come out. The café is perfectly positioned to serve weary shoppers coming off Commercial Street, which is very under-serviced in terms of nice restaurants and /or cafes where a girl can sit with a friend and her shopping bags and pass the time of day.
Zync’s menu is large, appetizing, wide ranging and wonderfully priced. The most sought after or otherwise called house specials are Nachos with beans and melted cheese, Lemon and Thyme Chicken, Lebanese Shish Touk, Prawn Satay. There are soups, noodles, salads, sizzlers, pasta, paella, and quesadillas. You can always an option to order Indian vegetarian or non-vegetarian cuisines, the kebab platter served with black dal and roti, or the, hold your breath, dal-chawal plain and simple.
It feels wonderful to walk down the narrow and bit desolate road and into this lovely new café. A retractable awning shades diners from the summer sun during the day, but at night, the café takes on an altogether more romantic aspect when the awning is rolled up and the candles come out. The café is perfectly positioned to serve weary shoppers coming off Commercial Street, which is very under-serviced in terms of nice restaurants and /or cafes where a girl can sit with a friend and her shopping bags and pass the time of day.
Zync’s menu is large, appetizing, wide ranging and wonderfully priced. The most sought after or otherwise called house specials are Nachos with beans and melted cheese, Lemon and Thyme Chicken, Lebanese Shish Touk, Prawn Satay. There are soups, noodles, salads, sizzlers, pasta, paella, and quesadillas. You can always an option to order Indian vegetarian or non-vegetarian cuisines, the kebab platter served with black dal and roti, or the, hold your breath, dal-chawal plain and simple.
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