The last culinary experience was at the Sultans of Spice located in the culinary capital of India, Koramangala in Bengaluru. The restaurant has Punjabi, Afghani and Old Delhi cuisine. They call it old Dilli and that itself takes the cake.
As we entered, we were treated warmly and shown to our table. Plush sofa's and chairs made the seating very comfortable and the slightly more than dim lighting added to the ambience, and not mention Anup Jalota, Pankaj Udhaas and Jagjit Singh playing in the background. Nothing much to write about the drinks, as it were the usual beers, fruit punches, juices and cocktails, although the Bloody Mary looked made of only Cauvery water, but tasted like Bloody Mary, so no complaints. For starters, the veggies went for a veg platter, which had a bit of everything - mushrooms, potato, gobhi, paneer etc and some pakoda and chutey. For the meat eaters, we ordered a Murg Daftani. This was tender chicken marinated overnight in some afghani herbs and charcoal cooked to perfection. It lived upto its name and the the taste was awesome.
In between some chaats came and went by and before I realized that I need to have a bite, it was all gobbled down. For the main course, the veggies ordered mixed vegetables curry and dal makhni. The dal makhni was cooked to perfection. This is the second place in Bengaluru, where people understand what Dal Makhni is (first is Mast Kalandar). For the non-veg main course, we ordered Murg Makhni Makhan Singh Wala. For a layman, this was butter chicken. Small, boneless pieces of chicken in gravy. The spices had made their way through each small proton, neutron, electron particle of the chicken piece. The rotis and naans were the usual. Some of us ordered Chaas or butter milk. By far, the best "majge" (butter milk) in town. I can guarantee that.
Considering the damages, you would not want to go here as a regular, but be prepared to face 4000-4500 for 6-7 people with a couple of drinks each and food. This restaurant is located opposite Jyoti Nivas College (ask anyone in Bengaluru) in Koramangala.
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