Review:Naivedyam (Hauz Khas Village) 3.9/5

 

Food - 3.5
Naivedyam, a south indian restaurant at the Hauz Khas Village was my last weekend's pick. The restaurant serves "Rasam" as a complemetary drink after the guests are seated and it's definitely to die for, just perfectly spiced and flavorful.

Tarun ordered the south indian Upma along with Curd Rice and I orderd the special "Maharaja Sajjige Masala Dosa". The Upma was part sweet and part salty, very different
from what we've had before. The special Dosa was made of the rava batter with the filling of mixed vegetables and it tasted great. I was surprised to taste Sambhar, which was just not upto the mark.
The sweet pan served at the end of the meal is very mouth freshening.

Cleanliness: 4.0
The tables were thoroughly cleaned before being reset for the next guest. The glassware and the tablware were spotless.

Service: 4.0
Attentive.

Pricing: 4.0
Moderate.

Location/Information:
1 Hauz Khas Village
New Delhi
26960426, 26236364

Hours:
11:00 A.M. - 11:00 P.M.

Trip to Amritsar

I was in Amritsar last week with my family, to attend a cousin's wedding. The wedding was on April 11th, and we were supposed to head to Jullundhar the next day to meet some relatives but decided to checkout the city a little bit before starting our journey for Jullundhar.

On April 12th. the day after the wedding, we decided to skip the b'fast at the guest house and eat at "Bharawan Da Dhaba" a much recommended restaurant in Amritsar famous for its Amritsari Naan.

We reached there past noon and ordered the speciality thalis with their famous naans along with sweet lassi (without malai, of-course :)). After having all the yummy food, we decided to head to the Golden temple, a truly magnificent house of god built in the middle of a lake.

The sublime peacefulness of the place was contrasting with the heavy traffic outside. I was amazed to see the number of people in line, standing in sun, to say their prayers. 

Baisakhi (the harvest festival of Punjab), was the following day and it was adding to the crowd at the temple. People came a day before and sat in the corridors to say their prayers the next day. It was amazing to see the willingness and the faith amongst people.

We took a round, around the lake where the temple is built, said our prayers and returned. So glad we checked it out, definitely one of my favorite sacred places now!

Review:Masala Art

I dined at Masala Art, an upscale Indian restaurant at Taj Palace, last week with a friend who was visiting from SF. I wanted to take him out to a restaurant where he could enjoy good indian food, always something I wanted to do when I visited from US.

We started off with Kingfisher beer and left the menu selection on the server. Sidd, my friend wanted to stay away from chicken (fearing bird flu!), so we decided to have lamb instead. The server recommended the chef's special lamb and Shahi Paneer. We ordered Okra on the side ourselves.  The lamb was really good!

If you order plain roti/chapati, they make the tava roti for you at your table, which is very unique and welcoming especially if you are visiting from abroad where you are used to eating frozen chapatis :)

The food overall was quite good whereas the service was average.