Vegetarian dining It is not the most fashionable dining space in this day and age of PR-led restaurants. It is pure vegetarian to the extent that you cannot get onion or garlic while you’re inside. And the chaat alone is worth a visit, especially if you want the taste of chaat in the 1960s, when…
Delhi’s first restaurant with African flavours Intro: An exciting, unique blend of familiar flavours and completely unusual tastes in this carnivore’s paradise. Atmospherics: A lift from the ground floor leads you to the second and third floors where Uzuri is situated. The animal theme is all around you: on the walls as leopard prints, more…
If there was a beauty pageant for the best looking restaurant in Khan Market, the prize would probably go to Urban Café. The lower floor has a stylish-meets-decadence look with a few overstuffed armchairs and black and white flooring, while the upper floor has a totally different appearance and caters to a different segment altogether.…
Sushi, South East Asian, pizzas Intro: The largest restaurant in Khan Market is headed by a popular sushi chef Atmospherics: Walk up the rather grubby staircase in the middle lane of Khan Market. You will reach the foyer of Town Hall. Inside that is the sushi counter, which itself leads onto the main dining area…
Modern European Blurb: Modern European food, simple elegant settings and plenty of parking! What do you get when two prominent chefs open their own place? You get this gem of a restaurant with a chef-driven menu. Atmospherics: Next door to the now defunct Chilli Seasons is this extremely attractive restaurant in shades of coffee and…
Modern Indian Fine Indian dining as it has never been seen before Atmospherics: On the ground floor of a deceptively simple cube of a building, Masala Library is all set to shake up the world of Indian gastronomy. As central and desirable an address as you could wish for; plush yet simple inside as it…
Cuisine: Italian Blurb: Straight from Milan is this café next door to a designer furnishings showroom. Visionnaire Café really does try to make a difference in Gurgaon. Especially in terms of the concept: a café next door to a luxury furniture showroom selling the designs of Ipe Cavalli and Fendi. Both are prototypes of the…
Multi cuisine Blurb: A fun place in the Inner Circle of Connaught Place that is a bar and a restaurant Intro: The multi cuisine format of yore gets a new makeover, but it still appeals to the cross-section of humanity that visit Connaught Place. Atmospherics: The (excellent) waiter who served our table informed us that…
Bookies are probably placing bets as to how many more restaurants are going to spring up in already crowded Khan Market. The latest is Watermelon, in the corner of the middle lane of Khan Market, just above the Shahnaz Husain clinic. You will see a health café in light, bright colours. Don’t let the words…
Mandakini Gupta gave up a career in television journalism to stay at home and bake cakes, breads, tarts and cookies to her heart’s content. As well known for her bran bread as for her chocolate zucchini cake, the cognoscenti of the city beat a retreat to her door come evening. That is when the day’s…