Chowringhee's - North Indian and Bengali fusion cuisine
This is a newly opened restaurant in karama that serves a bit of Bengali fusion too, but most of the dishes are North Indian and they're really good at it. I was invited to try out the food. Some of the portions pictured here are lesser since they were tasting quantities.
As we waited for our food, we had a cup of hot adrak chai (ginger tea) which was so comforting.
We started with a platter of appetisers. I'll name the vegetarian ones first.
Being a fan of potato, I really liked the Aloo ke gutke. These were almost bite-sized pieces of potato with a flavour filling in it.
The lasuni paneer tikka was a tad bit bland for me, but that's what it usually is since it is just lasooni and not with too many other spices.
If you're a fan of broccoli, do try the vilayati brocolli tikka. The broccoli tasted fresh and really flavourful.
The non-veg ones too were really nice.
I really liked the seekh kebabs - the mutton as well as the chicken. Soft when you eat them, yet not too soft that they would break as soon as you touch it.
The tawa machhli was just melting in the mouth. The flavours of the fish and the spices were well balanced.
I also liked the angara chicken tikka. A lot of places, the chicken tikka ends up being just average but that wasn't the case here.
If you like a bit of spicy tikka, then do try the mirchi afrozi tikka.
For our drinks, we had the Victoria shikanji which is a lemonade of sorts. It wasn't too sour, or too sweet and felt refreshing.
They also have masala coke of which I'm really a fan.
For the mains we started with the aloo lahori. I almost always end up liking a potato dish and this was no exception. If you're looking for something vegetarian then definitely try this. The oil is a bit on the higher side if that's a concern for you.
The next dish was a classic - the butter chicken. I really enjoyed this one too, and especially the generous amount of butter. I wouldn't say it was the best, but it was really good.
The mutton kosha is one of the fusion Bengali dishes. The mutton was well cooked and I also like the gravy that it was made it. Usually mutton dishes don't have a gravy with a strong flavour, but this did and tasted great.
There was hardly any space left in our tummy for anything else, but they got us some chicken biryani to taste. As soon as it was served, the aroma made it irresistible for us. One bite, and the taste too lived up to it. It did not have an overpowering flavour of spices but just the mild one which was done very well.
We ended our meal with some gulab jamun which was served hot.
The phirni was creamy and not too sweet which is why I really liked it.
I liked the fact that they have not tried to keep all kinds of dishes from all over India, but concentrated on mostly North Indian and they've got the food right. It isn't a very big place with seating for about 10-15 people. The tables are a bit close to each other.
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As we waited for our food, we had a cup of hot adrak chai (ginger tea) which was so comforting.
We started with a platter of appetisers. I'll name the vegetarian ones first.
Being a fan of potato, I really liked the Aloo ke gutke. These were almost bite-sized pieces of potato with a flavour filling in it.
The lasuni paneer tikka was a tad bit bland for me, but that's what it usually is since it is just lasooni and not with too many other spices.
If you're a fan of broccoli, do try the vilayati brocolli tikka. The broccoli tasted fresh and really flavourful.
The non-veg ones too were really nice.
I really liked the seekh kebabs - the mutton as well as the chicken. Soft when you eat them, yet not too soft that they would break as soon as you touch it.
The tawa machhli was just melting in the mouth. The flavours of the fish and the spices were well balanced.
I also liked the angara chicken tikka. A lot of places, the chicken tikka ends up being just average but that wasn't the case here.
If you like a bit of spicy tikka, then do try the mirchi afrozi tikka.
For our drinks, we had the Victoria shikanji which is a lemonade of sorts. It wasn't too sour, or too sweet and felt refreshing.
They also have masala coke of which I'm really a fan.
For the mains we started with the aloo lahori. I almost always end up liking a potato dish and this was no exception. If you're looking for something vegetarian then definitely try this. The oil is a bit on the higher side if that's a concern for you.
The next dish was a classic - the butter chicken. I really enjoyed this one too, and especially the generous amount of butter. I wouldn't say it was the best, but it was really good.
The mutton kosha is one of the fusion Bengali dishes. The mutton was well cooked and I also like the gravy that it was made it. Usually mutton dishes don't have a gravy with a strong flavour, but this did and tasted great.
There was hardly any space left in our tummy for anything else, but they got us some chicken biryani to taste. As soon as it was served, the aroma made it irresistible for us. One bite, and the taste too lived up to it. It did not have an overpowering flavour of spices but just the mild one which was done very well.
We ended our meal with some gulab jamun which was served hot.
The phirni was creamy and not too sweet which is why I really liked it.
I liked the fact that they have not tried to keep all kinds of dishes from all over India, but concentrated on mostly North Indian and they've got the food right. It isn't a very big place with seating for about 10-15 people. The tables are a bit close to each other.
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