Indian Zing

Chef-patron Manoj Vasaikar’s restaurant is popular both as a local & a destination Indian, thanks to refined cooking that balances well-made traditional dishes with clean modernist flavours. Enticing starters include dahi kachori (spiced pastry topped with yoghurt & mung beans) or a clever & subtle green peppercorn chicken malai tikka. Mains are more tried & tested: the substantially portioned lamb shank is served with poppy seeds, onion, ginger & various spices, while a less robustly flavoured mewari chicken serves the bird in a light sauce of fenugreek & dill. Also worth trying are the black lentils & the jackfruit & raw banana with coconut curry. Finish with the likes of warm masala bread & butter pudding served with ice-cream. Wines are well chosen & the whitewashed dining room easy on the eye.