Cuisine of New Delhi for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

One of the main merits of the crowded and buzzing city of New Delhi is a rich choice of restaurants and bars. Visiting of the brightest gastronomy destinations to learn major culinary traditions of the city is on the schedule of entertainments of every tourist visiting the city. Apart from upscale restaurants and small ethnic cafés tourists love street stalls offering a rich selection of original treats. Tourists should keep in mind that far not all the stalls in the streets serve good quality meals. In order not to make a wrong choice tourists should follow local folks and choose that stall which gathers the longest queue. One should not doubt that a short discomfort of waiting in a queue will be totally compensated with delicious treats of highest quality.

One of the most popular “street served dishes” is considered to be “chaat” snack. Chaat presents small deep fried puff pies. As stuff for such pies green lentils or potato are most used. The stuffing is always richly flavored with spices and herbs.

According to experienced tourists the best chaat in the city is sold at the Bengali market. The market hosts several eating houses specializing in cooking of this ethnic treat. The most popular among them is considered to be the Nathu café. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Genuine gourmands and those tourists, wishing to try the daintiest Indian dishes, are recommended to visit the Aska restaurant. It is among the most prestigious eating houses of the city. Specialities of the house are still meat delicacies and kebab. The youngest visitors are offered a specialized menu in the Aska restaurant. The most popular treat for kids is speciality ice cream.

Restaurants of other trends are also of immense popularity among city guests. The Golden Dragon restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine. The eating house features luxurious interior design. Italian cuisine admirers are recommended to visit the Italiano restaurant which offers plenty of delicacies on the menu. Among Japanese cuisine restaurants the Enoki eating house is of greatest popularity. It is almost impossible to resist the taste and flavor of speciality lamb chops cooked on special bamboo grill and tender chicken meat.

The Thai Wok restaurant introduces a vast selection of dainty sea foods dishes. Its menu offers the restaurant guests a good choice of meat dishes as well. Those tourists wishing to add the meal with exciting entertaining program are recommended to visit the Masala Art restaurant specializing in Indian cuisine. The eating house holds exciting events and engaging entertaining programs almost every evening.

New Delhi's traditional cuisine is based on vegetarian dishes. Here they cook a lot of interesting rice dishes with various sauces and spices, as well as interesting specialties from vegetables and noodles. Flatbreads baked in a special oven are served instead of bread. Ordering a simple rice dish at one of the local restaurants, be ready for at least two bowls with sauces or spices to be served additionally.

The abundant use of spices and seasonings is one of the main distinguishing features of local gastronomy. Spices are used not only to make dishes taste special but also to protect food from germs, which thrive in hot climates. The most famous traditional dish is curry, which can be cooked with various types of meat, seafood or just vegetables.

It is literally impossible to determine what components some dishes are prepared from. It is customary to stew meat and vegetables for a very long time until the dish acquires a homogeneous puree-like consistency. Walking along the city streets, you can notice small cafes and stalls selling popular pastries. Here you can buy traditional “Puri”, as well as special types of pastries with “Paneer ” cheese. To taste fresh pastries, many experienced gourmets go to the markets. Here, in the open air, they prepare traditional puff pastries filled with potatoes or lentils. This treat is common and quite cheap.

In New Delhi restaurants, most meat dishes are made from poultry. Chicken biryani is a popular dish with rice as an important component. Dishes with lamb are also widespread, and “Kurma” stew is especially popular with foreign guests. Traditional kebabs and meat cooked over an open fire are also available for trying in any local restaurant.

New Delhi restaurants offer an equally diverse fish menu. Fish can be grilled over an open fire or stewed with vegetables. A lot of spices and seasonings are always added to fish dishes. As a dessert, it is worth ordering various sweet pastries, and ice cream lovers will surely like Kulfi ice cream. A very popular dessert is “Gulab jamun” - sweet donuts with sugar syrup.