Tigers Experience - Dimsum Bros Chefs Table

The honor of being at the Chefs Table is an experience never to be missed . The Chefs table is a great opportunity for the man who sweats it out behind the scene to please guest in all shapes and sizes , he handles more rejections than appreciation from the guest , its human nature to find faults but to show gratitude or even recognize the talent of the man and his team behind the scene - Seldom . We need to change this and start appreciating ALSO . Each chef has a different hand , food taste different from every hand , all chefs are masters of their skills hence know as chefs - they not only cook but they show their aptitude and passion in whatt hey do through their skills . Tiger was witness to the same at Dimsum Bros in Gurgaon Ambi Mall . Dim Lighting , Candles , host to greet you and guide you to your table , center kitchen divided horizontally one side kitchen the other side is the well stocked bar . The bar side is mre like a  hangout lounge for a perfect Saturday evening .

I love their name Dimsum Bros ...  it says Chinese Fine Dinning and now i know why - they have some of the best wines in stock , they make amazing cocktails and have a well stocked bar . Each dinsum is handcrafted  LOL obiviously  hahahahahaha. Well being a pukka punjabi always thot Dimsums were only ment for starters - nah nah  They Make a Full Complete Meal -lesson learnt . Shared a few moments with the chef who explained to me how to judge a good dimsum - Wrapper , Filling , Steam  which brings out the flavors of the ingredients and presentation .

Well here is the Menu of the Special chefs Table :

Menu- For Chefs Table  night

 Dimsums & Appetizers

 Almond Prawns With Wasabi Mayo * 

(always  a favorite - jumbo Prawns soaked in wasabi mayo layered with almonds)

Chicken Marinated With Chinese wine

Scallop Sui Mei *

(Perfect flavor of Scallops - guess scapops taste god only steamed )

Crispy Duck Pancake

Laska Crab Dumpling *

(This was inventive  - Crab and laksa combination- had the tinge in it and the flavor of the famous Laksa)

Steam Black Bean Fish
(Black Bean Flavor is always a hit with me - well steamed fish covered with the sauce is yum)

Japanese Seafood Roll

BBQ Pork Pastry *

(Yummy perfect pastry filled with delicious pork in a tangy sauce )

Pork seiw Long Pao *

(To me the best dumsums and the best meat is always Pork , so juicy )

Chicken Sui Cot

Beijing Chicken Dumpling *

(Mild Flavored )

Mango chicken Dumpling *

(Sorry dont have a pic of this , wil try and lift it off from somehwere - but was made very interstingly never seen such a thing before - super flavor )

Steamed baby BBQ pork spare ribs

Duck dumplings *

(My favoiruite juicy packets of ducky )

Vegetable Vietnamese  Roll*

(cabbage roll with mushrooms - nice and peppery )

Tofu Black Bean

(I did try this one Tofu to me is bland - and u had to eat this with an overdose of black bean sauce to enjoy the silky tofu)

Chives N Water Chestnut *

Spicy Thai Asparagus Dumpling *

(Beautifully presented - perfect spice and super tinge)

Chinese Pickle Vegetable Dumpling *

Veg Sui mai with Anoki Mushroom

Malaysian Veg rolls

Veg tempura with Hot yaki sauce

Pack man dimsums

 In between we had some duck wraps which the host Ajay insisted on making and servng pyar se - leaving aside the fact that you cant match the shredded duck to the traditional wood fired duck - the rolls were excellent flavored the plum sauce bang on )

Soups

Duck With Pickled Vegetable soup *

 Did not try but smelt fab

Large Plates

(Served with choice of Sticky Rice, Steamed Rice, Udon Noodles Fried rice or Stir fry Noodles)

Steamed basa ginger scallion and wine

 Prawn XO sauce

I love Xo sauce - did not pay too much attention tot he prawn - thanks to all the above 

Duck dry red chilli wine

Chicken kung pao

Black pepper tenderloin with red wine

(This reminded me of beef Bulgogi  -super)

Stir fried morning glory

French bean burnt garlic *  

(Just had this one new dish with steam rice - really good fresh crunchy beans with garlic )

Stewed eggplant in sweet bean sauce

Stir fried miso vegetables Tofu in home made chili sauce

Desserts

 Red Velvet Cake*

(Just a wow - made by them inhouse which made it even better  see pics below)

Tiramisu * too sweet

Chocolate Mousse

The basic concept of Dimsum Dinning is to serve small portions so that you can try a wider variety of meats ,flavors , sauces in Dimsums.  And Dimsum Bros did that well they kept my mouth on the toes LOL

Let me tel u a secret - started with one full dimsum , then half , then quarter  then just smelt and then just saw the filling and assumed the flavor LOL .

Four type of sauces to go with the Dimsums - Didn really need them - the dimsum had their unique flavors to relish.

I loved this picture I took - the baskets being steamed .

The Kitchen 

The Good looking Dimsum Bros LOL - Ashish and Ajay 

The Well Stocked Bar 

The Making of Dimsums

Random Food Shots - Me and my silly photography skills

Super collection of Greens 

close up of a Prawn Dish 

The Killer Red Velvet Cake 

The Foodies - All ace Bloggers , Top Gourmands and great friends 

one of the handsome Dimsum Bros - Ajay Saini Lol 

Serious discussion on my table .

Overall a great experience of flavors , inventions , Attentive  friendly team who know their stuff , super concept - and a beautiful display of talent by the chefs , Dimsum Bros is definitely a place to sit back relax enjoy your drinks , cocktails and the chain of fresh Dimsums - No Hurry food . 

Trust me we need to get away from the Momo school of thought and get into understanding DIMSUMS - they are quite different from the Tibetan momo's.   from Wiki : While dim sum (literally meaning: touch the heart) was originally not a main meal, only a snack, and therefore only meant to touch the heart, it is now a staple of Cantonese dining culture, especially in Hong Kong. Superbly brought to India by Dimsum Bros and managed by Ashish and and Ajay . 

Tigers Experience of Mini Mughal - Gk 2

Tigers Experience of Mini Mughal GK - 2  , I remember going to Jor Bagh to eat in this small restaurant , i also remember people going mad about its food specially BC and brain . The restaurant had a die hard list of patrons who had to eat once a week at Mini Mughal . 

But todays was Chef and Us wala experience - Sunday Afternoon and it was only us and the Team of Mini Mughal atthe restaurant hahahahhaha , wonder why ? Anyways doesnt bother us - we had a super duper meal like always . 

Sirke wala pyaaz and Chutney - awesome - very seldom do u find sirke wale pyaaz so authentic -means nice soaked and not just colored with beet root - small soft khtata and fresh - the mint chutney was one of my favorites amongst the many u get at the kebab places .

The Number ONE Butter chicken  - i keep drifting between Moti Mahal and Mini mughal - the flavor is almost the same - except moti mahal has more visible tomatoes in it - both made in Amul Butter - but delicious to the core - chaat te rah jao ge . Please have the bone wala not boneless - the use semi tandoori chicken and that why it taste so cool.

I have this bad habit of ordering Gobi Aloo at all these places - get scolded by everyone also but i never give up - i just love the fried gobi aloo like they serve in the weddings lol - but but this was disappointing - bland and it was supposed to be gobi aloo masla . Actually wasted my time ordering it .

Ah!  Tawa brain masala - actually the best had so far ...  nice tomatoe and pyaaz ka masala - brain was fresh and soft 

Butter Naan - butter dripppeeeeeedddd all the way to my plate hahahahah nothing can really go wrong with a Butter naan. 

On the side we ordered a Daal Makhni also which actually was really nice - after a long time had a good daal makhni - pictures we not allowed to be taken by a irritated family  LOL 

Over all experience of food was awesome - empty restaurant scares me , loos wet , staff well turned out , food fresh and delicious . Guess a take away wud be better . 

Tigers Experience at Nashta Panni - Sultanpur

Tigers Experience of Nashta Paani- MG Road

 Been travelling on the MG road to Gurgaon and back for years and have always had the urge the craving the need for a cuppa chai or coffee but belive me there was none on the way  sadly .  Always wondered by Barista  or CCd didn open a shop on MG road which has such high traffic – besides a kathi roll place there was actually no place for a Chai Break .

Couple of days ago a funny thing caught my eye – a buss or a truck on a wall – hahahahha , I actually stopped and wondered if someone was opening a playschool or something hahahahahaah very nice made with an actual tyre , windows, Driver wala door  etc etc . I said wow some sweet shop is coming up like a typical agarwal sweet , then I thot maybe the man who owns the farm got inventive and is opening a puncture shop , I just kept getting curious .

In fact the client I was visiting wanted to get inot  food truck invasion concept , and I told him bhai sahib lets open some snack shop on both sides of MG road . The man said ahh  nahi chalega nahi etc etc – idea shelved

Then on another day  while driving down to gurgaon for a client meeting who wanted to open a restaurant I saw a sign called “nashta paani” –  and that made me curious and I said must stop by . Which I did but there was nothing happening there . (BTW I recommended Chai Paani to my client)

Last evening while we were coming back from a meeting we decided to definitely stop by “Nastha Paani “   we did . Very take away type of a menu – Alooo Puri , Poha , Sandwiches , rolls , salad But no tea Coffer I went Eh!!! Whats going on . Anyway made a bit of a noise – saw this young lady inside and asked her for tea – she stepped out of the truck and said we don’t serve tea coffee as yet but for you we shal make it – I jumped of rthe offer – now that she was being kind I said might as well order something – so amongst the three of us we ordered – Chicken Cheese roll (spring rolls with thai sauce ) we had something totally diff in mind – a bit disappointed , a chicken n cheese sandwich – which was yum  served with potatoe wedges and cole slaw salad (which cud be easily avoided ) and and and – I saw an omelet listed on the menu – inventive bulb cam alive child hood memories cam back and I asked the lady if she can do us a omelet sandwich wut kachhi bread butter and ketchup , She said Sure – Wowo weeee  - in the head the questions started soming – dog u have just had lunch , idiot what wuill wife say on reading this – supposed to be on a diet – haahahaha but tiger is tiger guts hain bhai – we ordred . I tell you it was the most amazing omelet sandwich I have had in years – the egg cooked perfect not rubbery with onions and chilies - perfect , the bread edges trimmed fresh , lil bit of butter and ketchup -   overall maza aa gaya .

So while the chai was being made – got chatting with the owners – she was from IHM Bangalore , her other partners were also professionals from different fields . It was nice to see new blood getting into food business as a perfect team , we need this definitely and specially on MG road  – The concept as per them is to order while u r closing in on the place (Located next to sultanpur metro station on the left if coming from gurgaon to delhi ) and they will keep you packet ready = the menu has Rice with Rajma ,Kadi , chole ,  Wraps of all kinds , Poutine – this was surprising to find ,and other hot finger snacks like chicken lollys , fish fingers, Poha  etc etc hahahah I found a spelling mistake also for which I troubled them like school children .  

Overall – Much Needed on MG Road , have told them to let me open on the other side also – food quality is good  – slightly expensive, increase portions and  am  concerned about the hygiene factor  and yes also about my CHAI Coffeee. The Chai Arrived . Good place to visit – please must try . They are open 7 am to 8 pm .All Seven Days. 

Tigers Experience Of Indian Accent - Manor Hotel

Tigers Experience of Indian Accent

Was an honor to be a part of one India's Leading Gourmet Clubs Anniversary Celebrations  at the World Famous Indian Accent Restaurant at the Manor Hotel Friends colony New Delhi - Managed by Old World Hospitality.

Official Time 8 pm  to Greet and Meet with snacks and wine flowing . 9 pm to be seated for dinner , yes we did actaully sit down at 9.15 and continued eating till 12.30 LOL

The Dinner : Seated with 35 Gourmands was an experience each more knowledgeable than the other - the only connect we had in common actually was that we were members of the prestigious club . 

Sat down for dinner with 3 other food trail buddies - full of laughter and greediness .

Menu divided between a Vegetarian and a Non Vegetarian section - but being a greedy punjabi wanted to eat both the sides , and did manage it also .

The evening started with an amazing sophisticated of Pumpkin and coconut in shot sized cups = delicious the mixof both the flavors and texture very evident - on shot and we were done with it .I actually love Indian Accent for Surprises , combinations , research, fusion .

Then comes up on stone plate Nadir curma ,daikon and lal pyazz - basically lotus stem shredded  with a dressing = normally u find people slice lotus stem in circles but this one was cut in long stips very interestingly done - crisp wafer and a nice daikon - a jap mooli hahahah with a tangy dressing , eaten very sophiticatedly as the chef was roaming around , so manners tiger manners .

Next Shredded Kolhapuri chicken salad with avacado Koshimbir -O teri . Fresh salad mixed and eaten as instructed by Chef Manish himself - with a tinge of kolhapuri masal chilies - nice cruch , also tired the veg version eggplant instead of chicken one bite and ran away lol  tasted nice but kuccha baigan na na ,

Break

Nimboo Pani Kulfi Sorbet , Champagne - Palate Cleanser ,my dish of the day ,if im allowed to call it a dish - what a combination - refreshing bubbly - super fusion - wonder who found this combo .

wait wait the main course is coming up slowly slowly ....

Baked Khandavi cannelloni , pulled kathal in karonda chutney ( Cranberry ) - yaar this chef does magic - pulled kathal wow the iveggy imitation of meat - beautiful falvor - a winner simple dish

Steamed Fish ,Ambi Panna reduction - simple simple simple lovely mango ambi flavor with the steam lil fishy  nice

Break - Cleanse your Pallates please more to come - hey bhagwan

Anar and Churan Kulfi sorbet - wah remebered school days of chooran .

Dal Moradabadi ,Jodhpuri chur chur naan with fresh pesto - Yaar kamal hai the daal on its own was so so delicious had a toping of crunchy bhel /chaat type khata meetha dressing , we actually licked the bowl to the end  the chur chur ka paratha with pesto - was not really taken into account till they got us a garam wala  hahahah see the greediness coming out - or lets put this way the chef recognized a true foodie table lol - but yes it was a nice fusion .

Bas Yaar

Nah and here comes Daal Ghost , Indian Accent signature dish -  wil put up a pic of the same beautifully plated in a deep bowl one ball of meat with a brown tangy gravy with some lacha on top - mix it all up and u had a kiler on hand .

Next Please

Tawa Duck Khurchan , Methi Aloo Rassa - i want to try this once again to getyhe flavowrs  so no comments - Acha we asked for the veg version also - it was Masal Dhood Makkai , bhutte ke kees - whatever uit was was fab  hahah  tired tyoing and itiered eating also .

This was served with wasabi Curd raita - wjich was ok ok  and Indian Accent famous Kulchas - pumpkin and mushroom this toh had to be eateb come what may LOL

And yes  to out suprise the chef made some amazing lolypop s-  choclate and coffee very cool

Wait wait

Desert time  Chefs Desert Platter - Misthi Doi , Dhohda , rum Ball  - had one bite and ran real far lol

BTW on the Side was Galouti Kebab / Spare ribs and amazing Kulchas 

Kudos to Manish , Shantanu ,Samrat for managing Indian Accent , will always love you guys for the magic you create .

and it didn end here there was an awesome chocolate cake for the host to celebrate their anniversary -  soh bhi khaya .

On the side - Galuouti Kebab, Bar B Qd spare ribs  LOL .

Tigers Experience of Udaipur

Tigers  Gastronomic Experience of UDAIPUR - 

tried to do everything in three days LOL - Udai Vilas , Lake palace ,Natraj , Ambrai - the winner was Udai Vilas for sure . ok here goes step by step

Natraj first meal - disappointed - they dont serve the authentic rajasthani Thaali for some reason - guess its the second generation which is making the changes - the place is amazing 1000 thalis a day and this is what i call fast food . The gujrati Daal was the winner - Yes clean hygienic for sure , wanted to check out the kitchen but was stopped by the owner dunno why - the amazing part was that all the waiters were bare feet and the floor was spotless - when asked why - the young owner said his dadajee always said that a guest at home shud always be served with bare feet as a part of the respect to the guest  , hence the same is followed here too .

Ambrai - Touristy . Beautiful location on lake pichola and thats its - Dont eat just grab a drink and retreat .Very touristy , beautiful view of the Hotels and the palaces - perfect for romance .

Supposed to be Laal Maas - burnt flavors fo the masalla.

Special AmBrai Chicken 

Taj Lake palace -  The Lake palace is like being on a cruise . Boy the experience is something after the hype they have created - permission to go there , id check ,cover charge - were all the hurdles we went thru before the GM called and invited us over - awesome boat ride . The food made by Chef Manish joshi was great - he did magic . The sad part is that everything out there is show business ,thanks to the frequency of celebrities to the property  Awesome place to visit and spend a evening - we personally wud not stay der - every room smelt of dampness . Very gordy or as they say over opulent . The Food pure Rajasthani Commercial . The Ambiance awesome .

4. Trident - this is really funny , landed in Udaipur escorted to Udai Vilas saw the menu got a fright ran to trident to eat - ordered the most disastorus meal ran back with a dilema , now what to do ? Hahahahaha - eventually gave into the Udai Vilas hospitality and enjoyed the food .

UDAI Vilas - here comes the king - till our visit we had a fixation about Taj being the best in hospitality - man Oberoi beat them hollow - every aspect of our stay was luxurious - the food - Deep Mohan Singh Arneja created magic and did not leave anything to convince us about his culinary skills - each dish was crafted . hats off to you deep .
6. BEDLA house - Had the pleasure to meet one of the members of the Royal family mr Vijay singh Bedla who are the originators of Laal Maans and khudd cooking - so much respect , so much affection - so Royal i must say - they made us sample the lla maans and also the Bedla suace - the family never discloses the secret behind the fab taste - if in Udai pur u must call them and have a meal with them .

 Assorted Sweet to be welcomed

Deep explaining his passion for food - A thorough Gentleman and a true Punjabi 

Mid meral snaclk Duck Confit with the tradiotional club Sandwich 

 Simple refereshing salads 

Cheese Omelette 

Eggs Benedict with Truffle Omelette

 This is the Ecstasy of eating a Eggs Benedict perfectly made - Its the drool .

What i missed mentioning was the Special invite by the Royal Family of Bedla - an amazing experience - the y made us taste the Laal Maas which as per them has been invented by their family , and the guy who made it his name was Laal hence Laal Maas . Then they have a signature bedla suace - which is a reduction of several masalas and preseved for years to mature - yes one drop of it and the dish was a killer . Their hospitality was outstanding - i got scared actually with so much politeness . 

NET NET Udaipur has more temples than most of the cities in India , people are very nice , the city is small can be covered in 20 mins , the weather weas better than Dilli - The FOOD was wonderful and worth every pound that we oput on - The Hospitality of Rajasthan was DIVINE and calling us back .