A fixture of the Soho area since 2001, Masala Zone has built a staunch following for its take on proper Indian food, covering street food, thalis, flavoursome grills, regional curries, and biryanis. This is full-throttle, powerful flavour through and through, best enjoyed in a setting that’s just as bold and confident. Think soft amber lighting, art rendered in bronze, candlelit tables, and red accents throughout. All combined, it makes the dining room at Masala Zone Soho a wonderful location for all occasions, from business lunches to birthday meals, and dinners with friends.
The Masala Zone Soho menu largely draws on dishes from the West Coast of India, covering a total of six distinctive cuisines, often with a focus on seafood dishes. Start off with grazing small plates and street food staples, like Coondapur chunky chips tossed in shetty masala, udupi masala bullet idlis, and Chowpatty Beach pani puri pops filled with potato, chickpeas, onion and spices. You can also opt for a variety of sharing grazing selections, offering a range of menu highlights for two people to share. Alternatively, guests can choose a thali selection accompanied by a curry of your choice, two freshly made vegetable dishes, lentil dal, basmati rice (or chapatis), and papad and chutney.
The curry selection at Masala Zone Soho is broad, stretching from Konkani vegetable khatkhate curry and fish curry from the Goan coast, to Alleppey prawn curry from Malabar and Bengali lamb shoulder curry with potato and papaya. Naturally, the menu also covers several dishes from the grill, each marinated with carefully blended spices and cooked to order. Two highlights from this section include Goa cafreal green herb chicken tikka and Konkan grilled sea bream with traditional fisherman’s spices. For dessert, there’s a choice of ice creams and sorbets alongside more traditional items like kulfi, gulab jamun, and mango srikhand.