tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57851668123138948562026-03-01T00:53:13.769-08:00The Carnivore Bites. Delhi Restaurant Reviews.Mademoseille Chou-Fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400876478488864164noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785166812313894856.post-88436280779577350472014-11-18T07:00:00.001-08:002014-11-18T07:00:29.798-08:00

Hello Folks, Sorry for the long snooze here. But I have been busy moving all this and adding a few morsels more on a new website, where I will be posting all my content as it is up and ready. Hopefully, it will launch sometime next week or latest by the 1st of December 2014. This blog will no longer be functioning, and you will be directed automatically to the new site. I promise I will

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Holy Mole! We've had tex-mex stuff its burritos down our throats, heck we've even had desi-mex drown us in garam masala all in the name of mole.  But the only thing that evaded us till now was actual Mexican food. And all in the blink of an eye, it hadn't been weeks since La Bodega opened its doors when Depot 29 ole'd it's way in to the city too. Let's focus our attention first

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So the 9th round of Restaurant Week has certainly evolved in to something even better. Taking place in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai simultaneously from September 19th to the 28th 2014. This year the menus are a lot fuller and more enticing, the dull, safe menus was my qualm with RWI the first year. Also this time around you can add a signature main for a small increment of Rs. 200-300. This is a

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If you are a lover of aam papad, you have most likely heard of Lubhaya Ram of Amritsar.  If you haven't, well then there is no reason for you to miss out on some fantastic aam papad; that kart has made its way from Amritsar to Delhi just for you to get your paws sticky. On any rare visit to a mall, I go in with blinders and a purpose; and proceed to get the hell out of there as soon as my

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Bid Adieu to Mlle Chou-Fleur Due to various limitations of this blog format, I will soon be moving everything to a website. I thought this would be a great time to give those of you, that have struggled with the name, a much needed break. The new website will still devote itself to honest and untainted reviews - along with a little more travel and a few extra foodie bits. Hence, the name

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CHURROS CON CHOCOLATE Serves 6 Ingredients Quantity For Churros:  Butter    120 gms Icing sugar     1 tbsp All-purpose flour    1 cup Eggs             3  Oil- for frying 8 cups Icing sugar - for dusting   ½ cup Water       1 cup  For

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Manali - An Edible Guide Manali is one of India’s most popular hill station. And the reasons for its popularity are plenty. Manali offers so much more than a commanding height and frosty weather all year through. Adventure junkies can do just about anything here from hand-gliding, to rock climbing. Travellers often use it as a pitt stop to reach higher planes such as Rohtang Pass - the

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SLOW BRAISED LAMB SHANKS Saffron Risotto and Gremolata Serves 4 Ingredients For braised lamb shanks: Lamb shanks 8 (if small a la carte portion - 4 if big) Olive oil 4tbsp Onion, roughly sliced 1 no Carrot, roughly sliced 1 no Leeks, roughly chopped 1no Celery sticks- roughly chopped a few Garlic 6 cloves Red wine 300ml Lamb stock

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Chef of the Month, Abhijit Saha, of the very forward thinking Caperberry (Bangalore); shares a few of his thoughts on food. What he loves to eat and would love to forget. Mlle Chou-Fleur: Food you love to cook? Abhijit Saha: Creative and flavourful  MCF: Food you rather not cook?  AS: The usual suspects  MCF: Frequently craving - sweet or savoury ? AS: Both&nbsp

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Finally Delhi - Say Sawdee to Some Good Thai ! After Ban Thai closed down, Delhi was left with a serious void for a Thai restaurant. I am not sure If I ever thought all that much of it, but at least we had something that went beyond a few speckles of adulterated pad thai and colourful curries that numerous "multi-cuisine" or "pan-asian"restaurants offered. It always baffles me how a cuisine

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Domestic Staff Cooking Program Beginners Course : starts on 14th July, 2014 (Monday) Shreyaa’s kitchen offer a basic & an intermediate course for those potential staff who want to take their cooking skills to the next level, with our six week cooking Domestic staff---training program. This will cover all the essential techniques and skills to get your domestic staff cooking and baking for

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DECONSTRUCTION OF SALAD CAPRESE: Tomato Basil Sorbet, Balsamic Jelly & Liquid Centered Mozzarella  Serves 4 A wonderful new spin on an all-time favourite. Bring your A-game and goggles for this one! Ingredients Tomato Basil Sorbet Red tomato, grated 110 gm Tomato juice 3 tbsn Salt a pinch Basil leaves 1 tsn Glucose 1 tbsn Xanthan 0.1 gm

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SALAD OF MARINATED WATERMELON Mahon Jelly, Tapenade and Mixed Greens Serves 4 Ingredients Quantity Mixed greens                                       few leaves Watermelon- cut into 4 - 6x 6x1.5cm rectangles         Mint leaves        

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WASABI FLAVOURED POTATO SOUP WITH HIJIKI SEAWEED  Serves 4 Hijiki is a sea vegetable. It is alluring for the health conscious, with high amounts of vitamins, minerals, fiber and calcium. Usually sold cooked, and dried and quite black in colour. This product is native to Japan and Korea.  It is also absolutely delicious in salads too.!  Ingredients Quantity

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Chef of the Month I have decided to try and get you guys recipes straight off the country's favourite chefs.  I will try and feature one chef per month and share about 3 to 4 of their recipes through that month. I know that is a lot of "try"s but I am rarely in one place for too long to be as consistent as I would like as my regular readers may already know!  This month's Chef is:

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A friend of mine and recently returned from Nuremberg. All my loved ones know that the best thing to bring me back from anywhere, I literally mean anywhere, is food. This time I was endowed with a bag full of wonderful German meats! Now that is my kind of sausage party!  I love pasta, I need it every few days. Most of those times I make it - either from scratch or from a packet.

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Monkey Bar What was to be Delhi's first Gastro pub had me buzzing for weeks. I waited patiently to let the opening fluff and failures to balance out. Perhaps I waited too long. Or perhaps it was never destined to please me. The third possibility is that they accidentally labelled it gastro pub food, when all along they simply meant to call it pub food! Voila I believe that is my answer. !

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Avocadoes Avocadoes are probably one of the very few things we can describe as rich, creamy, delicious, .... and oh so good for you! I mean really, how often do all those words meet at one place?? This super fruit is good for: High in Potassium Though high in fat its good fats - monounsaturated fats that actually increase good cholesterol (yes there is such a thing) to

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Artusi Before Artusi came along, one had to spend a bomb to get their fill of good Italian cooking (San Gimignano and Le Cirque). Of course there are other cheaper alternatives, but for me they are at best sub par, in front of these names. Despite international cuisine options (non 5-star), springing about all over the city - very few if any at all, give you an authentic experience. Artusi

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There has been a lot of chatter lately on the great worldwide web, about reviewing conduct. Rightfully so, it is a bit of a circus out there. The reason I started reviewing in the first place was because - well a) I was bored but b) I found it increasingly hard to trust reviews. At the time there were fewer bloggers and internet reviewers, and mainly reviews driven by corporates. I did not

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So someone shared this with me recently, and I think it is worth a mention. At a time when we all seem to be going back to "the way it was" . Growing our own vegetables, being accountable for what we consume. But not everyone has acres of land on which to do this. Greentech Life has created just the solution for the space constrained. Bringing to you: Smart Gardens Details & Dimensions

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Krispy Kreme First thing you guys may have noticed is there is no rating. How do you rate fast-food after all?? I would probably give it a solid 4 if I had to.  So let me give you some background info. First year of college I was in Boston, and a little too close to me was a Krispy Kreme outlet. I still remember my first sugar glazed delight. So light, so delicious, it really

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Guppy I hope it isn't too late for me to add my two cents on Guppy. I have been so busy stuffing my face, I forgot to glance up and give a mention to one of my favourite Japanese haunts in the city.  Guppy is A.D Singh's replacement for the late Ai. The kitchen is headed by the talented and meticulous, Chef Vikram Khatri, who also led Ai. Along with Chef Vaibhav, together they have

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A little while ago I had written about my quest for non-vegetarian pickles. Someone obviously remembered and I received a mail saying that, that is pricesly what they have began selling. And promptly the next day I received two jars of Geeta Nanda's meat pickles - Chicken & Mutton. The chicken pickle wasn't bad but too vinegary for me, though Geeta did take the feedback in. Priced -

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Japanese - Fine Dining I have an annoying habit of summing up a place much before I have dined there. The reason I continue to do it is because, well most of the time I am right. But, once in a while, a place I prematurely dismissed, makes me bow my head in shame - En was one such place . En meaning 'synchronicity', opened rather quietly without the celebrity fuss, (perhaps, I should have

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