A restaurant which has made a name for itself in less than a year is already getting all the attention from the Mughlai lovers in the city, and I am sure by the time you end up reading this, you’ll cancel your next trip to one of those so called air-conditioned dhabas at murthal and head to this place for a delicious Mughlai meal.
We at travdiary believe in exploring the lesser known but authentic taste foodie-paradise in the city, and this time we took a ride to greater Noida after hearing about this place on facebook, and then the “Recommended” tag from trip-advisor and those super ratings on zomato from the people who had been there made it all the more alluring for us.
We decided to go on Thursday just because it is the second most less-crowded day of the week after Tuesday. The route is straight and the road is beautiful, and thankfully the weather was awesome with a little drizzle.
We reached at 3 pm and went inside expecting the place to be empty, but to our surprise, it was almost full, and since we were 4 of us, so we had to wait for 10 minutes to get our seating.
The interior decor of the place is very soothing to the eye, the first thing I liked about the place is that the man hasn’t tried to make the place look like Arabia, which gives you an idea how the owner puts his entire effort in the taste of the food.
We ordered our starters and the waiter asked us to wait for 10-15 minutes.
Well, fair enough, if you have driven 50 kms to reach this place, you would certainly not want to leave the place in another 30 minutes. So we came prepared for a complete 90 minutes meal.
Since we were four of us including a pure vegetarian, so we ordered 3 non-veg dishes and a Paneer 65.
My other non-veg friends ordered a chicken malai tikka and a mutton seekh kebab.
I ordered a Mutton Galouti Kebab, now if you guys have been to an authentic Mughlai restaurant and if you had tried the Galouti Kebab, you must have noticed the extra oil and that separate taste of spices in it now that tells that either the chef was in a hurry, or he doesn’t know how is it made. In either way, you as a customer are in loss.
In all the places that I have been, I didn’t find a single place with the perfect galouti kebabs, the way they cook in Hyderabad. So I was expecting the same taste I had all across north India.
Our order came and we all took the first bite of our dishes. I could see them all chewing their kebabs and chicken and paneer, but mine it just melted and disappeared in my mouth... it was heaven, purely heaven!!
I have no words to describe the taste of those dishes. It was just perfect.
Our expectations from the place got sky-rocketed. For the main course we ordered Nalli Nehari, Chicken dum biryani, Dal Makhni, Achari paneer, Khamiri roti and one ulte tawe ka paratha and to tell you the truth we all got blown away by the taste. There came a time when our minds, hearts, mouths and hands wanted to eat but our stomach refused to cooperate. And how I wished that I had a kumbhakarana’s appetite that day.
But we did try those sweet dishes, and boy I don’t even know of a place who serves “Shahi Tukda” and no wonder that it is the most hot selling item of the restaurant, but I am personally a fan of that Zafrani Phirni which in itself was superb, a less sweeter than Shahi tukda, but amazing in taste.
In the end we desired to meet the owner of the place, that’s when a slim tall gentleman with grey hair appeared from kitchen with a silver spoon in his right pocket, probably for frequent tasting of the dishes.
“Hi, any problem with the dish sir” he said. And I so wanted to kiss him for the favour he is doing on us poor souls who are wandering from one end of the city to the other trying to find a perfect place to have Mughlai.
Our search for the perfect Mughlai food in Delhi-NCR ended at ZAUK, greater Noida.
Oh ya, do try those Galouti Kebabs and Shahi Tukda for sure.
Keep travelling, Keep exploring, Keep sharing!
Article credit: travdiary.com
