As the first stop in India for many international tourists, New Delhi is often overlooked for smaller and more touristic cities in northern India. Agra, Rishikesh and Jaipur are all popular destinations and just a (relatively) short train ride away. Undoubtedly anyone who travels or backpacks India will pass through Delhi a few times.
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Finding International Food in Delhi
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on September 1st, 2011
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Comments OffContemporarise, don’t cardboardise!
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on May 1st, 2011
Why are chefs at Amarata, the Oberoi’s contemporary coastal restaurant shying away from the soul of Indian cooking?
By Anoothi Vishal
What is the future of Indian food in India? This is a question that is often debated by chefs, restaurateurs and foodies. And clearly, looking at the spate of big launches in the last two years, one would have to acknowledge that while a wealth of regional and community cuisines lies unexplored, it is what is now known as “contemporary Indian dining” that is taking centrestage.
Posted in Cuisines, Culture in India, Restaurants Tags: Blue Cheese, Coastal Cuisine, Comfort Food, Curries, Fancy Restaurant, Foie Gras, Food In India, Foodies, Gastronomy, Great Expectations, Grouse, Gurgaon, Hot Thing, Indian Cooking, Indian Cuisine, Indian Food, Indian Restaurants, Oberoi, Restaurateurs, Vishal 1 Comment »There’s a truck in this restaurant!
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on August 30th, 2010
Despite being a smallish restaurant really, The Dhaba at the Claridges, Delhi, has always enjoyed immense popularity. Like Bukhara, the ITC brand, it has proved to be an evergreen concept, revolving around the simple theme of a highway eatery (or dhaba) and dishing out such staples as balti meat (which arrives on your tables in mini brass buckets) and tandoori items in a quaint setting, reminiscent of far humbler pleasures than dining out in a pricey five-star involve.
Posted in Destinations Tags: Bitter Chocolate, Buckets, Chocolate Cake, Claridges Delhi, Clientel, Delhi Dhaba, Fondness, Gandhis, Immense Popularity, Indian Restaurants, Indira Gandhi, Loyalists, Ncr, New Delhi Hotel, Old Timers, Pastry Shop, Priyanka, Rahul, Sister Property, Staples, Surajkund 1 Comment »Wine bar, bread bar, Baluchi bar bar
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on July 9th, 2010
An old Delhi restaurant gets a spanking new makeover— successfully
By Anoothi Vishal
Growing up in Delhi, one restaurant that I frequented more than any other was Baluchi at the then hotel Intercontinental. Part of an older genre of “Indian” restaurants, this was a family favourite, as much for its tikkas and curries as for live musical performances; more Bollywood than ghazals.
Posted in Anoothi's Ratings, Hotels Tags: Argentinan, Baluchistan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Curries, Delhi Restaurant, Dips, Fenugreek, Indian Food, Indian Restaurants, Kashmir, Mals, Massis, Musical Performances, Old Delhi, Radish, Roti, Sauvignon Blancs, Tikkas, Vishal, Wine Bar 1 Comment »The world’s best risotto chef
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on May 16th, 2009
Before the financial meltdown when chefs indulged in high-flying nonsense such as edible gold in ice cream sundaes, a risotto of escargots (the most expensive in the world, on a room service menu, where else but in France) would have tickled our fantasies. Now, it just makes us go ugh at the waste of it all.
Posted in C'Wealth Cuisines, Cuisines, Restaurants Tags: Best Restaurants, Buffet Menus, Cold Cuts, Distinctive Traditions, Edible Gold, Financial Meltdown, Hollywood Celebs, Ice Cream Sundaes, Indian Restaurants, Khichdi, Perfect Risotto, Pope John Paul, Porridge, Posh Restaurant, Raw Fish, Restaurant Menus, Room Service Menu, Simple Creations, Wholesome Food, Yardsticks 1 Comment »Indian Accent: A new restaurant at The Manor
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on April 18th, 2009
Fusion Indian food, the kind that you can easily sample now at smart restaurants in New York or London has never really succeeded in India. For that matter, neither has regional or “Muglai”-Punjabi succeeded in any high-end restaurant environs—other than perhaps the success of ITC restaurants like Bukhara and Dumpukht.
Posted in Fusion Food, Restaurants Tags: Boutique Hotel, Bukhara, Chicken Tikka, Different Kinds, Environs, Food Critic, Indian Food, Indian Recipes, Indian Restaurants, Itc, Khana, Metcalfe, Middle Class Families, Pomegranate, Punjabi, Puri, Restaurants In New York, Special Occasion, Tasting Menu, Wholemeal 2 Comments »Top 10 Indian restaurants in India
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on April 13th, 2009
Recently, the Singapore-based Miele Guide asked me to be part of their jury to vote for Asia’s best restaurants. This is for the second consecutive year that I have been asked to do this, though I must say that I wasn’t to happy about what eventually turned up last year: Not many Indian restaurants were mentioned, the guide was heavily Singapore-centric and amongst the winners, the lone Indian, Bukhara, was as clichéd as cliché can be.
Posted in Restaurants Tags: Best Restaurants, Bukhara, Chettinad, Chinese Street, Comfort Food, Cuisine Restaurants, Garlic Crabs, Indian Judges, Indian Restaurants, Indian Snacks, Rasam, Regional Indian Cuisine, Sagar, Second Consecutive Year, Southern India, Street Style, Subcontinent, Tiffin, Trishna, Variety Of Rice 3 Comments »
