Eco Park Chetpet-Truly a place to enjoy

Chennai boasts a number of parks in the city which includes renowned park such as Tower Park Anna Nagar, Semmozhi Park- Annasalai. Most of these parks provide you with green and peace environment where one can relax and spend good time with family. However, Eco Park Chetpet is different from these parks in the sense that it provide unique facility such as

•        Boating
•        Fishing
•        Laser shows
•        Beautiful walkway
•       Acupressure zone

Figure 1: Lake at Eco Park Chetpet

Timings and Location

The park is open from 9 am to 6:30 pm. The park is closed on Tuesday. The Park is located just opposite to Ega Theatre, Chennai. It cost around 25/- per adult. Children below 2 year has free entry. The cost of boating is 50/- per adult. Life jackets are provided for each person who want to try boating.

Thing to do

Eco Park has walkway which is close to 2KM long. This walkway surrounds the lake. One can enjoy the beautiful view of the lake while walking. Couple who have small children can carry them in Pram so that they can walk comfortably. The walk around the park will take around half an hour. There are lot of benches available here where one can sit, relax and enjoy the beauty of lake. One can come here not just for relaxing but can also utilize it for running and jogging.

                                           There are numerous games available for childrens.They can enjoy various games along with Popcorn, Bhel Puri etc…This is personal walkway which cost around 200 per month per person. Fishing is available at 300 /- per person. There is also an acupressure zone on which one can walk to relax and revitalize various points on the feet.

                            The park has lot of scenic beauty .One can take good snaps here .Taking camera inside the park is not chargeable. One can also enjoy boating for half an hour. Boating get closed around 6 PM. The Laser show is available in the evening.

There are lot of eateries available here where one can try Chats, Ice creams, Pop corns. The cost is reasonable. Coffee and tea is also available here. There is lot greenery available around the park but one cannot walk on the garden.     

              

Parking

These is enough car parking available here. It costs around 20/- per hour. There are three floors available for parking .Once can also park in the ground floor.

                                

Best Veg Restaurants in Chennai

Good pure vegetarian restaurants are pretty difficult to find due to the small market size of the customer base.Most of the restaurants are known for both good Vegetarian as well as not vegetarian food.However,many people in India are pure veg so they prefer to go only to pure veg restaurant.I myself being a foodie, have tried multiple pure veg restaurants in Chennai.Based on my experience,I will jot down the best Pure restaurants to try out in Chennai

1.Cream Center:


When it come to Veg,nothing to beat Cream Center, Nungambakkam.It is located in the heart of city and Known for it delicious Nachos,Sizzlers and Various authentic Indian dishes.

Service: Service here is pretty quick.Though the restaurants is full on weekends all the time,they won't make you wait for more than 15-20 mins for a dish.They also provide puzzles to solve in the time they prepare your food.It also provides Valet parking

What to try:Italian sizzlers is mouth watering.Nachos is also too good.It is also signature dish of Cream Center. Choco-Brownie is also a must try here.It is also worth trying Mexican and Italian

Ambience:The Ambience is pretty good too.They provide very comfy environment with very comfortable sheets.

2.Rang Mahal

It is also located in center of the city.It has variety of Indian Dishes.It also has typical Rajasthani dishes.

Service:The service here is also pretty quick.You need to wait maxium for 15-20 Mins for a dish.The place is pretty crowded on weekends.

What to try:It is worth to try everything here.Starters such as Veg Manchurian,Soup is very  here.Choco Brownie is also good.

Ambience:It is pretty ok nothing great.It is a value for money restaurant.There is no car paring facility provided by the restaurant

3.Flower Drum



I have been to this restaurant multiple times.It is located in Egmore.

Service:Service is pretty slow here.You need to wait for at least 20 mins for a dish to be served.

What to try:The Restaurant is know for its Chinese food.It is worth to try Corn Cornet here.The Sizzlers are pretty nothing great.The Noodles variety is pretty good here

Ambience:The restaurant is of decent size.There are space available for family as well as couple.Parking is not valet here

4.Little North


This is pretty new restaurant located on Kilpauk Garden Road.The restaurant has good parking facility .

Service:This hotel provides a remote facility at each table.Customer can call waiter,request for bill etc using this remote.Service here is ok not very fast.

What to try:Tomato soup is must try.Cheese corn balls and Biryani also must be tried here.The Kulchas and Gravy dishes are also very good

Ambience:There is good sitting facility here.There is a virtual waterfall inside the restaurant.The restaurant is decently crowded on weekends.Car parking facility is very good ere

5.Kaidi Kitchen

It is one of the very few Theme Veg restaurant in Chennai.It is located in Mylapore.

Service:It is pretty slow here.You need to wait for closed to 30 mins to get served.The waiters here are dressed in the prisoner attire.

What to try:The corn soup is pretty good here.The place has very good main course.

Ambience:The restaurant has theme of Jail.It has place which looks like Jail cell.The restaurant is pretty spacious.

Vivanta by Taj-Fisherman's cove ,Chennai

 How it started

 I long wanted to go to a resort in Chennai.The problem here was which one to chose from.There were many options available on ECR road.On browsing on various travel site,found that Radisson Blue Temple Bay, Fisherman's Cove and Intercontinental are among the best options available on ECR .On checking the reviews found that Fisherman's cove suits my budget and requirements.I booked it online for 20th-21st August.

Location

Vivanta by Taj Fisherman's cove is strategically located on the Covelong coast.It is one of the most beautiful resorts in Chennai and about 20 kilometers from the most popular destination Mahabalipuram.It is also one of most popular resorts among the foreigners too.

Day 1
Started from my home by around  10.00 am.The check-in time given was 2:00 PM.I planned to reach there by 1:00 pm so that we try for early check in.The total travel  was around 40 km from my home to the resort.I reached there by around 1:30 PM after having lunch on the way.We were greeted at the reception with Mala and a drink.The receptionist checked our booking and provided the room keys.We checked into our room by 2:00PM.
                    The temperature outside was around 38 degree so we decided to stay in the room till 4 P.M as it was really hot and humid outside.Then we decided to have a walk around the resort.We requested for a electric Rickshaw to see the resort and the service team provided us the same.We went through the resort for around half an hour.It was pretty well managed property.The gardens were very big and the entire resort was pretty good.

The resort has many activities to do which includes indoor and outdoor activities.Indoor activities included

• Pool table
• Table tennis
• Kids games  etc...

There are number of outdoor activities which are provided by the resort

• Adult Swimming pool
• Kids Swimming pool
• Beach volley ball
• Cricket
• Zorbing
• Fishing activities
• Snake catching
•  Kite flying etc..

There were variety of rooms provided by Fisherman's cove

1.Deluxe Rooms:These rooms does not have any beach view.They are about 250 sqft in area and start with price around 10,000.
2.Villa and Cottages:These are located very near to the beach and had private garden.These were slightly bigger in size and had room which measured around 600 sqft

After seeing the resort in the rickshaw,we decide to spend some time at the Bay View restaurant.The restaurant was right near the coastline.The breeze was cool .The beach was also well maintained.There were many activity available there such as Kite flying,Volley ball.We decided to relax and enjoy the cool breeze.We took some good snaps .We stayed there for around 7 PM.

It was getting darker so we checked into the room again to freshen up.We were feelign hugry by now but were confused about where to have dinner in Fisherman's cove.There were three restaurant available here.

Bay View:It is located very near to the sea.In case you want to enjoy a Candle light dinner it is a pretty good place to be.It mostly serves continental foods.It will cost around 3000 for a couple

Sea Gull:It is the most popular restaurant in this resort.It provide good Indian food.The restaurant is located  in the center of the resort..It will cost around 2500 for a couple.The service at seagull restaurant is slow

Upper Deck :This is located on a hill top .This provide a very good view of the beach.It is one of the best place in Chennai for a candle light dinner.It mostly serves .It will cost around 2500 for a couple


The resort is also famous for its SPA Jiva.The SPA is bit pricey but it is worth the money you spend.


We decided to have dinner at Sea gull Restaurant as the menu was as per our liking.It had option of Buffet at 1800/- per person and also A la carte.We decided to go for A la carte and we did not had appetite to go for Buffet.The menu was pretty good.We order the starters,Wine and the main course.The service was pretty slow .We decided to take some snaps by the time the order is delivered at our table.The bill was hefty being a 5 star hotel.After the dinner.we decide to walk around the resort and enjoy the beach in night time.We roamed around the resort for about an Hour and then decided to go to the room and Play cards.

Day 2

There was a plan that we will go to the Pool early in the morning but were not able to do so as we got up late.The breakfast here was complimentary and was available till 10 am.We got freshen up and then went for the breakfast.The breakfast spread was decent with variety of options .It included both indian food items as well as the western .The breakfast lasted for about an hour.We then decided to go back and prepare for the checkout.Check out time here is 12 PM.

The check out formality were done in 15 min time .In the mean time we took some more sanps.Our luggage was put into the car and it was time to say good bye to this wonderful resort.