Delhi is the culinary capital and an ideal place that
connects us to the variety of food in an abstruse way. The soul of the city is
rich in North Indian cuisines and while there are rows of restaurants already,
new ones open each and every day. Delhi offers multi cultured food with an
expansive panel from traditional eateries to modern cuisines while plates in
Delhi have been catering to what your taste buds like.
Walking on the streets of Delhi is quite tiresome and the
only thing one looks up to is good food. It can turn out to be a daunting task
to find the best restaurant serving your favourite food dish.
These 10 ultimate restaurants of Delhi have fine dining
venues which serve delicious food that you’d come back for more.
1.
Artusi
Ristorante, GK II
This small little eatery pays precise attention to tiny details from menu till Italian wine list. This small place pours its energy in serving its patron superior quality and authentic Italian food. It is packed in Greater Kailash II neighbourhood. The kitchen has been taken care by an Italian owner and chef hailing straight from North-eastern Italy, Emilia Romagna region who has brought some delicious traditional recipes from his city. The Italian chef sprinkles Italian magic in each recipe he cooks. The pasta made here is home-made which is made using wooden rolling pins. Some of the in-house-made ingredients are sauce, dips, bread etc. The hand-made pasta arriving at your table with perfection tops the list in particular, gluten-free tajarin tartufo. This dish is decorated with truffle butter.
2. Bukhara
This is categorised as the best Indian restaurant worldwide. This restaurant located in ITC Maurya Sheraton hotel also has a popular tag of Best restaurant in Asia. It is indeed the father of all authentic Indian food because of its open kitchen and rustic atmosphere. This restaurant welcomes you with the aroma of its famous Dal Bukhara. It gets its name from the process it is cooked on slow fire since the last 18 hours. The massive hot naans and malai kebabs are plated together with Dal Bukhara which is why it is known for paying more emphasis on traditional culinary ways making the dish a masterpiece. The famous Dal Bukhara they cook has achieved legendary status. Also, the tikkas and kebabs are appreciated like Burrah Kebab and Murgh Malai Kebab which are skilfully cooked and marinated in the finest of spices. It is suggested to book a table in advance if you don’t want to return empty stomach!
3.
Karim’s,
Old Delhi
Karim Hotel has been active since 1913 and has been serving the best of Mughlai food ever since. It is located near Jama Masjid, Old Delhi and is famous for its delicious meat curries. Its inexpensive soft kebabs and mutton korma has invited people again and again because of its taste and quality.
4.
Moti Mahal,
Dariyaganj
This place is famous for its dish of Butter Chicken Curry and this restaurant actually invented this lively food dish when it was established in 1947. It has been known that Chef Kudan Lal Gujral preserved tandoori tikkas in the gravy simmered with tomatoes, butter and cream to form the moist texture. This restaurant was started by three men of Peshwar who fled to Delhi after the partition of India. These men churned out tandoori cuisines at the time of Independence of India. It also has many outlets but the oldest one remains at Daryaganj that serves some great tikkas and kebabs. The interior decor is seen to be lined up with awards that give you the feeling of travelling back to history.
5.
Sagar Ratna
This restaurant with a number of outlets serves great South-Indian food cuisine. The paper-thin crispy masala stuffed dosa, mini Idlis are few of its famous dishes. It mostly serves vegetarian food dishes and its main location stands at Defence Colony Market. The south Indian sambar and coconut chutney it serves is utterly magical which you don’t want to miss out on.
6.
Indian
Accent, The Lodhi
This huge restaurant presents the simplest of Indian ingredients fused with unique cosmopolitan swag. The global touches are blended with Indian food accent to produce some great fusions. Indian Accent has ranked number one on San Pellegrino’s list of Asia’s top 50 restaurants. People from around the city visit this place to taste a morsel of two of its famous dishes of blue cheese naan and chicken tikka meatballs. This restaurant is located at the Lodhi hotel and had been spreading its location internationally. The unique fusion of Indian and modern cuisines results in some tasty dishes like pulled pork stuffed into tacos made with phulkas and duck khurchan presented in a cone with chilly chutney.
7.
Dum Pukht,
ITC Maurya
This restaurant got its root in 1988 and is known to be serving one of the best north Indian foods. The speciality of this place is the taste it has constantly been simmering into the food since the start. It has revived royal culinary tradition by cooking in ‘dum’ style. Dum refers to breathing in and hence the name is adapted for each of its famous dishes. The slow cooking process inculcates a tender texture and an impressive flavour in the food. Some of their finger licking dishes include dum pukht kakori and dum cooked mutton biryani.
These
famous, top notch traditional and modern cuisine serving restaurants are a
place to visit at least once if you’re in the capital. The aroma of food served
here is something that sticks to your nose and the delicious taste of the food
is something that waters your mouth asking for more.
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