FLAVORS OF MIDDLE EAST, the Food Fest is on from 20th to 30th April, 2018 at Double Tree By Hilton, Gurugram

With the expertise of Chef Puneet Sethi, Double Tree By Hilton, Gurugram has come up with Middle Eastern Cuisine Food Fest from Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey at the price of 1750/- plus taxes for the guests here. Chef Puneet has worked for quite some time in these Middle Eastern countries so has fairly good experience of their cuisine.

FLAVORS OF MIDDLE EAST, the food fest is on from 20th to 30th April, 2018 at ASIA ALIVE. The entrance of the restaurant is beautifully done up according to the theme. The servers are decked up in Arabic attair and with the background arabic music, for some time you feel you are landed in that country.

Sesame seeds, Prunes, Dates, Chickpeas, Olives, Olive oil are generally used in their dishes. Hummus made with different combinations, Pita Bread, Falafel, Pickled Veges are some of the popular eatables here.

KHABSA....Rice & Chicken cooked together, KERSHA NV...Lamb tripe done with beans & tomatoes, ADAS POLOW....Persian style cooked rice, SAMKEH HARA.....Labnese dish done with Fish & Tahini Sauce, lemon juice. The food has a distinct flavor with less on oil.

Delectable desserts are lined up ......TURKISH DELIGHT, PERSIAN FERENI, UMMALI, BASBOUSHA, PERSIAN HALWA, NOKHODCHI and BAKLAVA......the  delicious and famous dessert pastry filled with nuts. PERSIAN HALWA and FERENI is somewhat similar to what we Indians make.

Wonderful evening spent having different cuisine with humble team.

AROMA OF AWADH, the Food Fest is on at Courtyard By Marriott, Gurugram from 13th Feb for ten days

The rich cuisine from Nawabon ke Shaher, Lucknow is brought by team Courtyard By Marriott, Gurugram with the very experienced Chef Haleem specially come over from Lucknow. AROMA OF AWADH, the food fest is started from thirteenth of April and will continue for another ten days. The delectable delicacies are made with dry fruits and some exotic spices to give taste and flavor.
The restaurant, Downtown Kitchen & Bar is appropriate ly decorated with the theme. Live counters are there to get Kebabs straight from the Tawa.

THANDI, a welcome drink was offered first hand. Then the mouthwatering Veg and Non Veg GALOUTI KEBAB, FISH, CHICKEN, soft and juicy.

Ample choice for both Veg as well as Non Vegetarian for the main course. MURG KORMA WAJID ALI, LUCKNOW NIHARI GOSHT, MAHI REZAALA the fish in gravy with AWADHI GOSHT PULO. From the veg section, PANEER BEGAM PASAND, ATISHI KHUMBH, BHINDI SHAJADI, ITTAR KI DAL, SUBZ DUM PULAO, all dishes are perfectly done with flavors intact.

SHEER KHURMA, the furni  and SEVIYAN, you can't resist even when you are full.

Well spent evening with live music, well crafted menu and all the courtesies extended by the team Courtyard By Marriott.

DARZI KITCHEN & BAR in CP is a multi cusine restaurant with Tailor made concept

Almost a year back, DARZI KITCHEN & BAR, the first venture of Manuj & Parul, Engineer & Doctor by profession have come up with this Tailor made concept with some good options for vegetarian as they said, they found very less options for vegetarian in comparison to Non Vegetarian people.   
       
This multicusine restaurant is in CP, H Block, Outer Circle and on first floor.The interors is done with everything related to name, DARZI, Sewing Machine, Sciccors, Thread. Even the corridor up to the restaurant is painted with Scissors etc. Approx ninety eight covers restaurant is spread in two floors with open Terrace. The view from Terrace is terrific with so much of greenry around which one can't think of in place like CP.

SANTRA..... LADIES GARMENT..... unique names for these refreshing Mocktail and Cocktail.

ALOO KHUMANI KI TIKKI..
...... awesome with a sweet taste, PATTHAR KE KEBAB,
ISBT MAKHANI MAGGIE.....Maggie in gravy
GRILLED RUM CHICKEN......

MASTER JI KI DAL, PANEER LABANDAR, DARZI CHICKEN TAKA TAK.....for the mains

ROTI CHURMA PIE, the dessert.
Enjoyed the main course.

COCHIN TO DELHI FOODFEST TO WELCOME THE NEW GM AT HOLIDAY INN MAYUR VIHAR

A great gesture to welcome the new GM,  Mr Kunal Shanker to Holiday Inn Mayur Vihar by the team of the hotel by organizing the Food Fest, COCHIN TO DELHI as the GM was posted in Cochin and now has joined in Delhi.

The menu for this Food Fest is South India's famous VADA with lipsmaking Chutneys to DILLI KI CHAAT.Variety of delicious delicacies are layed for the guests while changing the menu every day.                               

Enjoyed the refreshing welcome drink made from Kokum and Amchoor Powder, tangy and tasty with nice eye catching color.          CHILLA and UPPAM with CHICKEN STEW was awesome.

PANEER BHAJI, SUBZ KOFTA CURRY, BEANS PORIYAL, the South Indian style French Beans with Coconut and Lentil, LEMON RICE, GOSHT DUM BIRYANI, MURG TIKKA BUTTER MASALA, here grilled chicken cooked with butter was lipsmaking and the star dish for me, from South, NANDAN MEEN CURRY. For the desserts, Gajar ka halwa and South Indian style Seviyan were just perfect to end the feast.
 

The entire team of Holiday Inn, Mayur Vihar Suprabhath Roy, Shikha Singh, Faisal Ahmed,.... is very enthusiastic to welcome the new GM.

Excellent weekend getaway from Delhi, just hundred and tweenty kms drive on a smooth highway, National Highway 8 is NEEMRANA. Basically it is an Industrial Area, not much for sight seeing but if you want to relax and unwind, GRAND HIRA RESORT is the ideal place with sprawling Lawns having well manicured grass looks like a green carpet. Also it is very good option for weddings and conferences. Can accommodate fifteen hundred to two thousand's gathering. They have Indoor games like Pool Table and Outdoor Swimming Pool. 

 

Seventy keys resort has spacious rooms with all the basic amenities. Rajwada is the all day dining, multi cuisine restaurant. Bikaner Restaurant in on the same premises, where all travellers and Buses come all the time. We reached the resort at the lunch time, so straight away went for lunch and as suggested by GM, Sudeep Yadav to have traditional food, we relished GATTE KI SUBZI, BADI n PAPAD KI SUBZI, PANEER, GOBHI, PINEAPPLE KA RAYTA along with Indian Breads. Food was really good with distinct flavor with  the use of special yellow chilli grown there.
                                       

For the dinner we had it from the buffet, had the Salads and LAAL MAANS with Rice, was okay. Morning breakfast again buffet was there, tried a few things, POHA was a bit dry, Bread Pakoda and Cheese Roll was awesome.           

Overall a good change from a routine life. Exec Chef Anil Singh is quite experienced and F&B Manager Sudesh Dabral, were courteous.