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Owner, Sahil Sambhi with
Chef Amninder Sandhu

Malai Kulfi Sandwich Paan on a platter

childhood fascination with the uniquely the pungency and richness of the flavour, well. It is important that it does because
flat Parsi Dairy Farm Kulfi and a playful a degree of courage. In this regard, there it is a chef-centric restaurant, one that is
variation on the kulfi theme. is more than a touch of Indian Nouvelle identified with Chef Amninder Sandhu.
As a chef, Amninder has the rare Cuisine, in that she addresses one of the This again is a rarity in many restaurants as
ability of presenting and plating dishes standard criticisms of traditional Indian there are, perhaps, a handful in which the
which look extraordinary. The dish in that cuisine, that there is an irritating absence chef can be identified by name. There is
regard which truly stands out is her Gucchi of aesthetics in presentation, something added reason as she is female, and as such,
Stuffed. I adore the Kashmiri morel, one which the French and the Japanese are for a woman to have several restaurants
normally has it in pulaos, but what she known to excel at. under her stewardship, acclaimed ones,
does is to place it on what appears to be I hope that this restaurant thrives and is rare in India and is something which
faux soil which is actually a mix of nachni prospers. Certainly on the several occasions should be encouraged.
and walnut to convey the impression that I visited it, it was heaving with people and Bawri
you are dining on a morel found foraging it was not easy to get a table. But I am Shop No. 5, Ground Floor, Ins Tower, G
in one of the forests of Pahalgam. This sure that given the quality and range of Block BKC, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra
creation takes a feat of imagination and the menu, the ambience of the restaurant East, Mumbai 400051
for many people who are not familiar with as well as its location in BKC, it will do Mob: 0 92051 00992

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