Tigers Experience at Diggin - Anand Lok New Delhi

Location , Ambiance , Food a Good Combination in the heart  of South Delhi . 

Diggin Cafe - Anand Lok , Opp Gargi College , New Dehi

Stylish,Very modern , Very elegant , Colonial, colorful, Youthful, airy , loads of light , two floors , next to kamla Nehru and Gargi college a true hidden gem with great potential . Two floors - ground is seating with bakery and ice creams and a kofi bar - upstairs is alfresco seating cum indoors .A brain child of Digvijay singh Bedi also known as Diggy . So its Diggin by Diggy.  In the  front of the restaurant they have courtyard or the veranda there are two jhoolas and nice wooden benches and tables for the smokers specially , let the weather get better we al be hanging out outside. LOL .Perfect hangout place for the college goers and in the evening friends.

Check out the wooden draws , the stools at the Kofi Bar , never seen such high ceiling in a restaurant - adds so much bounce to the whole place .External lighting is so good there doesnt seem to be the need of any lights inside - I love naturally lit up places , they feel so airy and real - comfortable .

Tasteful done interiors- loved the cushions and i have this fetish for whote chairs with colored eats covers just love them . Truly gorgeously dione the whole place , Kudos Diggy . I am sure there is a lady behind the interiors of Diggin , so tastefully done , keepin gin mind all audiences.

Nice Cafe menu - Soups salads. ice creams , Burgers , Sandwiches, Mains , Pizza and deserts . Nicely designed basic menu - yellow color , btw the thingy on top of the menu is a coaster just letting u know lol . A very comfortable menu slightly over priced for the kids from the two colleges but then you have to pay for the ambiance also . The Menu carries just the right food not a over loaded type .. they have figured out what sells and are focusing on that only .

Strawberry Mojito and Ginger Fizz

Both very refreshing drinks , the smart server recommended the strawberry mojito to me - and yes it was so worth it , lovely sour and sweet flavor of the fruit and to all to it the mint leaf - very fresh , The Ginger Buzz - i think i have the name wrong but was equally good on the sweeter side tho .

Caesars Salad

BTW Caesars salad has nothing to do with  our child hood enemy in school wala Julius Caesar hehehehehehe it was invented by Caesar Cardini in the early 1920's and in Mexico - he was an Italian immigrant - the basic construct of any Caesars salad is lettuce and croutons dressed with Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and black pepper and then you can add chicken bacon whatever u desire and olives too . Honesty speaking i wasn't that impressed with this one - the croutons were soft , it had too much dressing which make my salad soggy  and who puts dhania on it - the desi touch .... diggy please improve on this one and make it a killer , will be back for it soon.

Bacon Stuffed chicken Legs

Impressive - Fat chicken legs with grounded bacon  and cooked in a Agrodolce sauce which essentially means a sweet sour flavor - the sauce is reduce from vinegar and sugar .. beautiful bouncy sauce - the rocket leaves the olives - good crunch, the bacon had a nice salty flavor which is a bonus tot he bland mr chicken  . Very nice dish for a starter - the girls probably can make this their main dish also .

Carbonara

Creamy , Cheesy perfect herbs , good amount of bacon - u cant go wrong with a good Spagheti carbonara.. roll you fork and enjoy a hot delicious well cooked pasta in Grana Padona Cheese .. grainy and textured cheese . take a while to cook for sure dont be in a hurry .. i love my bacon nicely cooked in the pasta to give it a good salty meaty flavor along with the cheese . One of my most tried dishes globally ... just love the bacon and the cheese combo .

Lamb Shank with Seasonal Veggies

This came as a surprise to me .. Lamb Shank - perfect . Great marination , beautifully browned, well cooked in the jus  it was wonderful , the veggies went well with the gravy and the lamb ... my guess is its a 6 hr marination because the meat just fell apart. Good Dish ... the taste well meaty ,it has to be , salty , lovely tangy ness tot he gravy . I would love to do this dish again and recommend the same .Loved the herb infused potatoes, the baby carrots and the beans .

Lasagna

This is a real homey for me .. love w well made cheese lasagna , the meat was not the regular pounded keema it was a bit thicker pieces, Im hungry suddenly ..... a baked lasagna makes so much sense to me - seems simple to make but each element makes the dish - the cheese has be nice and guey and yet a hard cover , the meant has to be in a perfect gravy which blends nicely with the pasta , the dish has to be a perfect temp so that when it reaches the customer it is not boiling and is comfortable to eat .

Bacon and Onion Pizza

Pizzzzzaaaasssss ... and that too with bacon just the thot is a drool ... base ok , sauce ok , the bacon needs to be more crisp - it was a bit chewy ....

Four Cheese Special

This is my families all time favorite .... where we go we simply order this four cheese pizza without thinking twice ....  A mix of Emmnetal , Feta , Parmesan and English Cheddar -- wish the Gouda or the blue cheese was also ont he topping,e bas maza aa jata ..... love the way cheese melts and stretches when pulled ..... The base was not a 100% thin one but very doable.

Chocolate Walnut Brownie

No Comments it was SINFUL thats all i can say Lol .

Overall Tigers Experience : Wonderful , I just loved the place - A place where i wud not mind sitting for a couple of hours with my wife and chatting and eating heheheheheh  we both love cafe food and make it a point to go to one once a month .... Pizza's are our favorites , the other dish im going to try next time is the mushroom risotto. My suggestion to Diggy is that Increase your menu have a different menu for Breakfast Lunch and dinner - a slightly fine dinning element to the dinner menu , your location is demanding bro make use of it  - im sure the lights and the decor at night would be beautiful also ... the lunch menu shud be reasonable priced , more of fast food , easy to carry , youth style food , express counter for quick take away , and breakfast is essential due to its location centre of south delhi ... they wil find office goers , health freaks like me , or early morning daters coming in . Parking is a bit tough but manageable

. Playing on the location factor they need to pump up the volume to get the south delhi ites in .

Food : For a cafe its perfect food - can be better keeping in mind the ambiance of this beautiful cafe .Im going to go back for some more delicacies for sure , not happy as yet hehehehehehe.. I feel the chef needs to be challenged with more dishes , he is not using his ful capability as yet ... i didn try the ice creams but they looked awesome ,hope they are home made and not outsourced. The one dish im going back for is the Lamb  , i saw this man on the other table eating a All Pork Sandwich which looked very very inviting - wil leave it for next time .

Service : Great , attentive , good knowledge of the menu 

Ambiance - I have said enuf above Lol . Just go there once and You wil Pakka FALL IN LOVE - with the place .