Restaurant Week India
or RWI comes twice every year,
with the promise of giving you nothing but an exceptional experience at your
choice of restaurant. This year they completed 5 years, and had 27 restaurants
in their list in Delhi. Present in 5 cities- Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata, RWI
offers a list of over 100 restaurants to choose from across India. Went for a
meal to Indian Accent in the
restaurant week, and loved every bit of it.
The reservations are made online on RWI’s website (www.restaurantweekindia.com) and
this time the entire money was paid upfront on the website itself (Rs.1100++ for lunch and Rs.1300++ for
dinner in Delhi).
I went with Indian Accent, for obvious reasons, and oh my, the
meal was exemplary! As soon as we reached Indian Accent we were escorted to our
table and promptly handed over the RWI menu after serving us water. Palki was
very kind in helping us with the choices, and our server Shubham took the
trouble of explaining every dish to us as and when it was being served. He was
patient enough to also let me take infinite pictures of my food before I
allowed him to serve it to us.
The meal began with Blue
Cheese Naan. Small bite-sized naans filled with some rich blue cheese
inside- setting the mood and expectations for the meal ahead. After this
preview, we were served an amuse bouche- Pumpkin
and Coconut Milk Shorba with a pinch of garam masala. Extremely soothing
and yummy. The RWI menu is given below, and each could choose any 1 starter,
main course and dessert from it.
We were 2 people so we had 6 dishes in total that could be
shared amongst us. We chose Baked fish,
amritsari masala butter and Indian
Accent galawat, strawberry green chilli chutney. The baked fish had a
gorgeous crisp coating on the outside with very delicate fish inside. Just
melted in the mouth! The fish was baked, as the name suggested, but the golden
crisp was really impressive knowing it wasn’t fried. The galawat, a specialty
of Indian accent, came with a strawberry chutney to cut down on the heaviness
of the meat. An absolutely droolworthy strawberry chutney it was! The galawat
was spot on with the taste, but I’ve had softer ones that melt in your mouth.
We were served a complimentary Burrata
Papdi Chaat, which had dahi replaced with burrata cheese (Thank God!). The
burrata was mind-blowing and went surprisingly well with the papdi and tamarind
chutney.
Our main course came with Pulled Pork Kulchas, Butter
Chicken Kulchas and Bacon Kulchas.
Do you read what these kulchas have stuffed inside them? Can you even imagine
how insane they must be? The Butter Chicken Kulcha was so so soft, the pulled
pork kulcha had the most amazing pork, and the bacon kulcha with a sweet tinge-
my god! It’s so hard to choose a favourite.
We come to most people’s favourite part- the desserts.
Enough has been already spoken about Indian Accent’s desserts, but here are my
two cents. We got a platter of desserts, instead of 2 desserts, because we
couldn’t choose which 2 should we go ahead with. Extremely heartwarming gesture
for 2 people who are genuinely insane dessert lovers! The platter had Daulat Ki Chaat, Mishti Doi Cannoli with amaranth laddoo, Warm doda barfi treacle tart with homemade vanilla bean icecream
and Spiced chocolate brownie with salted
chikki and boondi cheesecake. A very different fusion of flavours. It’s not
possible to explain each dessert- you’ve got to taste it. They’re a league
apart! The Daulat ki Chaat was a wonder with nitrogen in it. So so so light and
airy! Whenever you visit Indian Sccent, only opt for a dessert platter, no
matter what desserts they have in their menu that day.
Our meal ended with the patent charpai of Indian Accent offering mouth fresheners, aam papad and the likes.
The place offers you an experience, and indulgence, one like
no other. The portions are really filling- so you don't feel like you're just tasting the food. It’s not just a meal out at an expensive restaurant which is one of
the best in the world, they justify the money you spend. And imagine spending
only 1100++ for this, all thanks to Restaurant Week India.
Address:
The Manor, 77, Friends Colony, New Delhi
Timings:
12 Noon to 3PM
7PM to 11PM
Contact:
01143235151, 9871117968
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