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The Hindu :
Ambience: Five star

Service: Attentive

Specialty: Undhiyun

Wallet factor: Expensive

The Gujarati food festival at the gracious Jamavar at the Leela Palace offers a wide range of vegetarian delights as Chief Executive Chef Farman Ali said beamingly. Not that the non-vegetarian need to feel short changed as there was a range of delica
cies thanks to the cuisine of Bohra Muslims — from the velvety kebabs to the deliciously layered patrani fish, there was enough and more to tantalise the taste buds.

There is a choice between a set menu and the thali and one went with the set menu. For starters, there were the dhoklas, khandvi and the layered leafy delight, the patra. Spicy chutneys added the right amount of zing to the proceedings.

For the main course, the dal was a revelation of tastes with an excellent texture, it was to die for. There was also a rather different tasting kadi. Different because it tasted nothing like the Punjabi kadi pakori or the mor kozhambu we…More