Delhi Restaurant

I love North Indian food, with its naan and pureed vegatables and butter chicken. Ooh...the butter chicken. That has to be my fave North Indian dish ever! North Indian food is mostly yoghurt based, and is not as spicy as its southern counterpart. The tandoor oven is probably the best known feature for North Indian fare.

Arranged to meet a few friends (previously colleagues) for dinner. It has been over half a year since we last met up. I suggested going to Delhi Restaurant as the food is good and it is affordable too.

After a "trying" beginning, as I lost my bearings and could not find the restaurant, the evening got off to a roaring good fun. Catching up with each other and gossips.

top row: vegetable pakoras, pappadom, pakoras and mint sauce, sizzling mix grill
middle row: flaming mix grill, briyani rice and butter chicken
bottom row: aloo gobu, mix grill, naan, pakoras

We ordered a feast! Vegetable pakoras to start us off. Mango lassis to quench our thirst. For mains, we had a mixed grill sizzler (tandoori meat and prawns doused with wine in a hot plate), butter chicken, aloo gobi (cauliflower and potatoes), palak panir (cottage cheese cubes in pureed spinach), garlic naans and briyani rice.

What a spread. There were also pappadums with mint sauce as snack. Sad to say, I think I only had 1 piece of that. Think I was too busy listening to the gossips to really snack, plus then the food came too.

The vegetable pakoras were good, though a bit on the dry side. It was made right again with dollop of the mint sauce, giving it a much needed lift. The highlight was the mix grill sizzler. It came sizzling on the hotplate. Then the server came back with a shot of wine, poured it over and lit it. Boom! It sizzled and splattered, nice to watch, but oh the smoke. It is choking. The prawns seemed a bit overcooked, maybe cos we left them on the hotplate for too long. The tandoori chicken was fabulous. Tender and soft, not hard and dry at all.

The butter chicken was gorgeous as usual. The aloo gobi was pretty ok, cauliflower was not my fave vegetables but it was not too bad. The spinach and cottage cheese was good. Nice to mop up the sauce with the garlic naan.

Overall, a winner in Delhi Restaurant. I should go there more often instead of once a year. It is just the location. I don't really go to Little India at all.

Location:
60 Race Course Road Tel: 6296 4585