Author: onionjain

Place : Yellow Chilli

Address: Sunrise tower, Mangal Pandey Nagar, Meerut

Yellow Chilli is Sanjeev Kapoor’s curated restaurant chain all over India. I happened to visit on gin my hometown Meerut and the experience has been exhilarating. 

I had a proper Four Course Meal.

To begin with,

We kicked off with Tomato Shorba served along with Vinegar, Chilli sauce and soya sauce. It is called a Tomato shorba (spiced tomato soup) and not a tomato soup because it is a significantly  lightened version of the classic receipe!

Next in line were the Starters.

Before beginning, hats off to the presentation and hospitality sans any doubt.

For the starters, First that came in were the ‘Karara Subz Roll’ which are crispy spring rolls with crunchy vegetables in tamarind, chilli and garlic sauce. The flavour of each and every ingredient was so significantly felt. The presentation in those shot glasses with the dip was surely a delight.

Following this, the next starter that came in was the newly launched ‘Papaya Peanut Kachumber’ made up of raw papaya and roasted Gujarat peanuts with sour lemon dressing. Its literally hard to explain in words how delectable the dish was.

The last starter I tasted was the Royal Hard Bhara Kebab with pan fried pea patties stuffed with spiced hung yogurt.

We finally proceeded towards the main course.

The menu and spread was pretty creative and unique.  

We had 3 dishes-

1. Laal Mussa Daal – one of the best sellers at The Yellow Chilli, this dal is cooked for 36 hours straight before being served
2. Shaam Savera- Its not any ordinary Paneer Curry but this was the first dish curated by Master Chef Sanjeev Kapoor at Khana Khaazana. The presentation owes to its name
3. Anglo Indian Vegetable Zalfrezi 

The breads served were also unusual and of course, delicious.

1. Tomato Cheese Naan- It tastes like you are having a pizza loaded with cheese. It was my favourite of all the things I tasted. What an innovation and the way it was prepared and cooked is definitely praiseworthy.

2. Peshawari Naan- This was a huge richly presented bread infused with nuts. It was sweet and believe me, you can just have the naan without any curry and you are going to love it.

Last part of the meal, the desserts!

I was literally full by the time I had my main course but as they say ‘ You always have an extra dessert pocket’ so I somehow tasted that too.

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We were served two beautifully presented desserts-

1. Gulaab Jamun with nuts and with a twist, Gulkand. Have you ever had Gulaab Jamun with Gulkand? I have never and trust me, it does taste mind-blowing.
2. Second was the Chocolate brownie, Crunchies with the vanilla ice cream.

This was the end to our food tasting. I will not lie, I slept a lot post going home owing to the amount of food I have had. 

I was really impressed by their cuisine, hospitality and ambience.

Personally, I would like to rate them as follows-

Food – 5/5

Hospitality – 4/5

Ambience – 3/5

Overall- 4.5/5

Place – American Connection Diner

Address- Kalakaji, New Delhi

Nearest Metro Station – Kalkaji Metro Station

I was really excited. I was invited to review the famous 34-inch Pizza at American Connection Diner.

We reached the venue and were pretty amazed by the pleasing ambience of the place. I met the owner of the place, Vidushi and she was really cordial.

She guided us to the kitchen where the pizza was to be made from scratch in front of us. We met the chefs and they were pretty fun loving people.

Then started the process of making the pizza from making the dough to the actual baking. I contributed my bit in spreading the cheese and pizza sauce over the pizza base.

So, this pizza was basically divided into 4 compartments with different topping on each compartment as per your choice. The pizza we had was made up of two vegetarian and two non vegetarian compartments. You can have a fully vegetarian or non vegetarian one too.

Since I am a vegetarian, I shall talk here of the vegetarian bases.

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The first one was a Cheesy Loaded compartment with a properly baked cheese base or a margarita, as you may say.

The second one was a fully loaded veggie pizza with cheese, capsicum, olives, tomatoes and onions.

The best part about the pizza was that despite such a huge size, the quality was not compromised one bit. It was as delicious and as tasty as a regular crispy pizza you would love.

Obviously we could not finish even a slice!

I really loved the idea of this pizza. It is perfect for 15-20 people. Since everyone loves Pizza, its perfect for people who want to treat a hunch of their friends and are working on a tight budget.

The price for the vegetarian pizza was INR 3500 and that for the non vegetarian one was INR 3800 which I feel is way too economical for 15-20 people.

Apart from the pizza, we also tried the cheesy garlic bread, crispy spring rolls, French fries and the grilled cheese sandwich.

In a nutshell, I would say

Food – 4/5

Ambience – 4/5

Value for money – 5/5

Quality – 3.5/5

Overall- 4/5

Hi everyone, this is the first ever blog I am writing. 

I was really excited the morning I was invited to review the massive 56 inch Khalibali Thali at Ardor 2.1, Cannaught Place, New Delhi. I left my place with my brother and a friend and we reached the venue.

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We entered the venue and the aesthetics of the place were eye pleasing experience with a vintage dine decor. We took our seats and waited for our Thali to get ready.

Finally, we saw two people holding a huge Thali and carrying them toward our table. It was finally placed on the table and oh, it looked delectable.

The thaali is designed ideally for 4 people.

The thali comprised a proper three course meal.

Starting with the starters-

The starters menu had a generous amount of Paneer Tikka, Malai Tikka, Haha Bhara Kebab, Dahi Kebab and Soya Chaap. Trust me, the quality of the food was amazing.

The drinks menu was pretty elaborate too. It had 4 classes of Chaach, Jaljeera and Roohafsa.

Before proceeding towards the main course, lets have a look at the Chaat.

You will find a bowl of Papdi, Green Chutney and Curd. Get that Papdi Chaat ready.

Finally, moving on to he main course.

The sides had Sliced Onion, Vinegar Onion, Lemon, Green Chilli and Pickle.

The main course had Dal Makhani, Yellow Arhar Daal, Kadhai Paneer, Paneer Bhurji, Aloo Sabzi, Mix Vegetable , Palak Paneer along with Raita and Curd.

There was an elaborate breads menu too. It has an assorted variety of breads starting from Tandoori Roti, Plain Naan, Butter Naan, Lacha Parantha and Besani Naan.

My favourite part of the Thali were the two huge Rice Bowls. The first one being the Plain Rice Bowl and other being the Vegetable Biryani.

The sweet dish had the ultimate best, gulab jamuns.

We were three people and we were obviously not able to complete the whole of it. One thing that was praise worthy was the fact that besides such a massive quantity, the quality was not compromised. 

I had the Vegatarian Thaali and it costed around Rs.2400 plus taxes which is so affordable for four people with such explicit quality and quantiity.

I had an amazing experience and went back home with my stomach full and heart happy. I got a good night sleep and that’s what we all live for.

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