Smoke house Deli @ DLF promenade-vasant kunj
After a quite a long break from writing due to exams, I went
to DLF promenade for a lunch. Smoke
house located on the ground floor of the mall, boasts of a large indoor and
outdoor sitting place. The joint is almost similar to the one in khan market.
Though in a mall it’s almost exclusive and is a busy place any day of the week.
Ambience
The restaurant succeeds in maintaining the fine dining atmosphere in a mall, dim lights and well spaced tables make it soothing for the customers. Its light art worked walls is always nice and a nice place to go with your friends and family. It also has a semi-open kitchen and the chefs “flambé” techniques makes it fun for the keen eye.
I would give it
Food
We ordered for a baby fennel and smoked chicken soup. The soup was very good, it was well seasoned and flavors were well defined. A pleasant surprise was the balsamic reduction served along with it. The balsamic helped to cut through and balance the creaminess of the soup. For the main course we ordered for lamb lasagna, chilly cobbler with lime and thyme veloute and a “Ras El Hanout” rubbed chicken with spiced rice. All the three dishes were amazing. The lasagna was simple brilliant, paper thin lasagna sheets and the lamb with your melt in your mouth texture. The lamb was so well cooked that it simply dissolved. The sauce was again very good, creamy and rich with slightly tart olives made it beautiful. My only criticism of this dish would be that the dish was a little overpowered by the sauce, a little less on the plate would have added to the balance.
The chicken again was amazing, succulent and juicy. The dish
was well balanced and seasoned. The spice rice was also very good and so was
the sauce. I especially loved the salsa dip which they served. The spice rub
was both tasty and helped to balance the dish.
Cobbler was the best of all, a perfectly cooked cobbler
served on a bed of lime and thyme veloute was delicious. The sweetness of the
fish was perfect with a slightly spicy and lemony veloute was very good.
And finally we ordered for a white chocolate and orange
crème brulee for dessert. The crème brulee was perfect, the slightly torched
top, slightly bitter in taste was in harmony with the cream and the chocolate
and orange are two combos that can’t ever go wrong.
Basically the lunch was flawless and I would give it
