Premarket moneycontrol7/24/2023 ![]() Having replaced a pub, it also serves a good variety of cocktails. Located in Islington, it has the buzz of a pub, but serves perhaps London’s biggest and tastiest tiger prawns, and crispiest fried okra. Take, for example, the interestingly named The Tamil Prince. Some zany new entrants have also garnered attention. The gusty Asma, with a PhD in law from King’s College, leads an all-women team and seems to have wowed London with her Calcutta-style Dum Biryani. If you love tea, then go for its masala chai, over any dessert, if you have to choose.Īlso to have made a mark is Asma Khan who runs Darjeeling Express. It’s a pity, though, that it has now stopped its delicately cooked Raan, which was one of its signature shareable dishes. It now has nine branches in the UK - six in London, and one each in Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham. Regulars love how it takes care of you, offering refreshments while you wait for a table. Offering food in a very pronounced cultural context, clever marketing and a markedly young crowd has made it stand apart. Others like Dishoom have changed the equation completely. London’s West End still has Chutney Mary, Benares, Jamavar, Gymkhana and Veeraswamy, to name just a few of the high end Indian restaurants. Gaylord shut in 2019 after being in business for half a century and so did Red Fort in 2018, after building a loyal clientele for over 35 years. House of Ming joins what is appearing to be a crowded space of high-end Indian restaurants though every critic agrees there is scope for more. “We have kept in mind our sense of place, as we are located in the Royal quarter (the hotel is walking distance from Buckingham Palace) and the imperatives of Indian hospitality.” The rest have been worked out by our chefs here,” she answers. “Forty to forty-five percent consists of our popular HoM (House of Ming) dishes from India. ![]() The Da Hong Pao, grown in the Wuyi Mountains, which costs $1.2 million per kg, and Sea of Blossoms, made from 100 types of blossoms from 22 different countries, humbly priced at £1500 a kilo!Īs I sat negotiating the signature Flaming Duck on my plate, having just emptied it of prawns and stir-fried Chinese greens, I asked Mehrnavaz Avari, area director, UK, and general manager, St James’ Court, how difficult or easy it was to choose the menu. The guests were served 17 (or did it cross 20? It was difficult to keep track!) dishes that were accompanied by two expensive teas made available by the London Tea Exchange. ![]() It joins four other restaurants that serve St James’ Court, including the Michelin-starred Quilon, but Taj regulars know that House of Ming has been operating in Delhi for over four decades. The dragon made an appearance with some music and fanfare, signalling the 50-odd invited guests to enter the tastefully decorated House of Ming. A dragon outside a marquee Indian hotel on the streets of London! That’s what happened on the evening of (Tuesday), at St James’ Court. ![]()
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