Castle9 in C.P

Specialities:

Dahi ke kebab
Creamy hung curd cakes cooked to perfection on a hot plate.
Khumb ki tikki
Minced mushroom cakes with Indian herbs grilled on griddle plate.
Galouti kebab
Delicate smooth baby lamb mince cakes cooked the lucknavi way on the griddle.
Jhinga mirchwala
Juicy prawns batter fried the Indian style.
Penang chicken curry
Boneless chicken cooked in an Indonesian red curry.
Country fried chicken
Whole tender chicken breasts crumb fried continental style.
Grilled lamb chops
Baby lamb chops grilled and served with your choice of rosemary or mint sauce.
Prawn thermidor
Prawns cooked with mushrooms in a brandy and mustard flavored creamy sauce.

Drop in at :
Castle 9 & Knight
B-45/47, 1st Floor
Connaught Place, Near PVR Plaza Cinema
New Delhi-110001
Call us at :
+91-11-41528141-42, 43586133-44, 9899917789, 9811859324, 9911010904
Fax :
+91-11-43586177
Email us at - team@castle9.com

The Great Kabab Factory

Park Plaza Hotel, B Block, Sushant Lok 1, Gurgaon 122002

Mr Amit Kumar
0124-4105533, 4150000

Work Timings

12.30 PM TO 3.00 PM,
7.00 PM TO 12.30 AM

Key Offerings

North Indian

Products and Services

Murgh Kali Mirch Ke Parchey, Ajwaini Machchi Tikka, Tandoori Chooza, Patiala Macchi, Kadak Seekh Kabab Burrah, Narangi Chooza, Gosht Babri Seekh and Gosht Biryani and Dal Milli Juli, Paneer Pudina, Bhey Ki Shammi and Malai Broccoli and End Meal with Phirni

Reporter Comments

Meal for 2 - Rs 1800

Other Branches

Hotel Radisson, NH 8, Mahipalpur, Delhi 110037, Ph: 26779191;
Fortune Arcade, Sector 18, Atta Market, Noida 201301, Ph: 95120-2515880, 2515883;
31-32, Central Market, Punjabi Market, New Delhi 110026, Ph: 25221172, 25221173;

Frontier ke Samose

Shop number 14 Panckuian lane , besides the metro line Delhi

Reporter Comments

Worth every trouble coming here. The samosa served with alu sabzi simply rocks.

Rajinder Da Dhaba

AB 14B, Safdarjung Enclave, (Opp. Safdarjung Club) DDA Market New Delhi 110029

Work Timings

5 PM TO 11 PM

Key Offerings

Famous For Non Veg Food

Products and Services

Galina .......

6, Gole Market Bara Khamba Road New Delhi 110001

011-65786588

Work Timings

10:00 AM TO 11:30 PM

Key Offerings

Indian Non Veg Food

Products and Services

Chicken, Fish, Mutton & Pork Products only. Refined Oil & Double Tonned Curd is used. All items mentioned above i KG will be weighed Before Cooking.
Click here to see the menu

Merchant Comments

Liquor is strictly prohibited inside and outside the premises. beware of pick pocketers The Management and Stafff will not be responsible for any mis happenings. All theabove prices are subject to change without any prior notice smoking is strictly prohibited inside the premises

Reporter Comments

Meal for 2 - Rs 200

Chote Lal Chaat Bhandar

1028, Sitaram Bazar, Chandni Chowk, Delhi 110006

011-23237767

Work Timings

12 noon to 10 pm

Key Offerings

Streetfood (Chaat) - Vegetarian

Reporter Comments

Meal for 2-Rs 200

IIFT - Tanku Dhaba....

Just in front of IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) Qutab Institutional Area Delhi

 

Key Offerings

Dhaba food

Reporter Comments

Good food
Only food place in that particular place
Good Young crowd, you get to see new faces every now and then

Not just paranthas........

M-84, M Block Market, Greater Kailash-2, New Delhi - 110048
9311044552, 011-29223366, 29213343, 41448222

Meal for 2-Rs 600,
Good Display

Kuremal’s Kulfis: Masterclass and Recipes

The best ices in Delhi? It’s a big claim, but these are kulfis with a pedigree.

The Kuremal family have been making kulfi in the old city since 1908 when Pandit Kuremal left his ancestral village in Haryana at the age of 8 to seek fame and fortune in the big city. He learned the kulfi business in an Old Delhi Halwai (sweet shop) and by the time he was 14 had his own pushcart selling just one flavour: plain rabri. Word spread and over the next 40 years Kuremal built the business to a multi-cart affair.

Location: 546, Kucha Pati Ram, Bazaar Sitaram. Mahavir Prasad’s elder brother, Mohan Lal has a shop directly opposite Duli Chand in the same lane. That shop is almost always shut, since they focus entirely on their catering business. To reach Mahavir Prasad’s shop, you need to walk a little further into the lane. Map Location.

Prices: About Rs. 25 per kulfi, but varies according to type and flavour.

Timings: Erratic, but generally open between 1pm and 9pm.

Daulat ki Chaat

Daulat ki Chaat (or Malaai Makkhan, as it is called in U.P.) is not a tangy treat of the sort the word chaat evokes. This incredible little dish is made up almost entirely of air: it is essentially just milk froth. They start making it at about 2 o’clock at night, and insist that their only contribution is to churn some creamy milk and whip up its froth — the rest is the magic of the winter dew. This whipped froth of milk is set in a large brass pan, and some khoya and finely sliced pista are sprinkled on top. The entire delicate ensemble is brought to the market in the morning on a khomcha (a cane tripod), where if you ask nicely, the man will scoop out a generous portion of the froth, powder it with bhoora (unrefined sugar) and khurchan, and hand it to you in a little leaf bowl. A spoonful of it just vanishes in the mouth, and has a very sophisticated, understated sweet taste to it.

Any reasonable person would demand a princely sum for such an ethereal treat. Yet in the by-lanes of Shahjahanabad, a dona of Daulat ki Chaat sets you back by exactly 10 bucks!

We were lucky to catch this vendor on our way from Hauz Qazi Chowk (where the Chawri Bazaar metro station is) to the Jama Masjid. His normal beat is Kinari Bazaar, close to the Dariba area of Chandni Chowk, but he probably starts in the morning from the Hauz Qazi area — we were there at about 8:30am. If you ever manage to catch the elusive Daulat ki Chaat vendor, give him a miss at your own eternal loss!

Location: Kinari Bazaar has at least a couple of vendors, including one (Khemchand Adesh Kumar) at the corner of a cul de sac called Naughara — an official heritage site with beautifully ornamented entrances to well-preserved havelis. I have mapped this location here.

Timings: Winter mornings till about 10 am.

Khan Chacha in New Delhi

The story of this small eatery tucked away against a wall in Khan Market. Today, Khan Chacha is famous for its mutton seekh kebabs, paneer tikkas, mutton tikka rumali rolls, chicken tikkas, chicken tikka rumali rolls-and people flock here everyday to sample this stuff.

75 Middle Lane,
Opposite the Big Chill,
Khan Market
Phone : 9810671103

Chicago Pizza......in Khan Market

Cuisines: American, Pizza, Fast Food

Address:	68B, Middle Lane, Khan Market, New Delhi
Contact:	011-43507505
Timings:	11am-11pm
Cost for two:	Rs.400

The Big Chill .....in Khan Market

The Big Chill


Location-68A Khan Market, Khan Market, Delhi

Phone- 41757588, 41757599, 41757589, 41757590, 41757591, 41757592, 41757593, 41757594, 41757595, 41757596, 41757597, 41757598

34, Chowrangi Lane, Delhi

34, Chowrangi Lane, near Venkateshwara College in Delhi is the place for gr8 kathi rolls. Last time I blogged about The Big Chill, this time it's Chowrangi Lane and Rajinder da Dhaba (i m not sure where this place is but its somewhere near South Extension).

Rajinder da Dhaba, serves you kathi rolls in rumali roti whereas Chowrangi Lane's rolls are normal parantha rolls. The filling in the rolls, of both these places is good enuf to feed ur hungry tummy. Make sure u try these 2 places when in Delhi. And YES, they r economical :) Very typical street food with some gr8 mouth watering kathi rolls, available in many types: single egg roll, double egg roll, single egg double chicken roll, double egg double chicken roll, veggie roll, etc.

Amritsari Meatwallah........

Keema Meat

ull love the Amritsari Meatwalla.

Mr Narender's keema meat is spicy, soft and guaranteed to put you to sleep for you just cannot stop eating.



Very nondescript, you will find this place once you turn left after you pass under the Defence Colony flyover.


There is not a lot of things that you can eat here. The several printouts plastered all over the walls indicate four items - the Keema meat, Keema kaleji, Keema egg curry and Chicken biriyani - all priced between fifty and eighty rupees. Each roti comes at two rupees. The first three items have a generic keema-based gravy that comes out of this large bubbling pot.

AL BAKE....in New Friends Colony

Welcome to Al-Bake, most certainly the makers of the most popular shawarmas in the capital, and for my money, the best.
New Friends Colony is not without its share of meaty and Muslim cuisine, but Al Bake stands out, and so does its shawarma - demand is so high that there is a brand new Al Bake, barely twenty metres from the old one. Bowing to the demand, Al Bake also sells shawarmas to go in a packet containing four hot ones, selling for hundred rupees. Very often, that is the prudent idea as seating is hard to find once the sun begins its slow descent.

College goers are proud of their shawarma records. I've heard someone brag about seventeen of them at one go. With the lightly spiced chutney to go along, that record cannot have lasted too long.

Afgan Resturant in Lajpat Nagar.....

Location: The restaurant is a small affair located at H-7, Krishna Market, Lajpat Nagar-I, about 50 odd metres away on the opposite side of the road from the large Gurdwara that is a landmark there. Not far from the railway crossing between Lajpat Nagar and Jangpura. Few people in the neighbourhood know of its existence, but you should look out for a signboard with Persian script, with the shop a few steps up from street level. I’ve also marked the location on our google map. Their phone numbers are 9810905799 and 9873428432; ask to speak to Samir or Nabi.

Prices: Expect to spend about Rs. 200 to 250 per head.

Timings: From around noon to about 10:30-11:00 at night, every day of the week

Karim’s

Karim’s has opened up about a dozen branches all over the city. They acknowledge only one on their website — Dastarkhwan-e-Karim at Nizamuddin, but a phonecall confirms that the little establishments in areas like Chittaranjan Park, Zakir Nagar, Patparganj, etc are also all owned by them. However, there seems to be no effort at maintaining any quality standards across these locations. The Nizamuddin branch is probably the best alternative, but there the spices are milder and the taste distinctly watered down, perhaps in an attempt to cater to the expat population in the neighbourhood. The Zakir Nagar branch, just behind New Friends Colony

Location: Gali Kababian, near Jama Masjid Gate No. 1. Ph. +91-11-23269880, 23264981. Map Location.

Price: Our dinner ended up working out to about Rs. 400 per head. In smaller groups you should expect to spend a bit more.

Kulle in Chawri Bazaar

Favourite chaatwaala in Chawri Bazaar to show something quite special.

In the night, once the paper traders of Chawri Bazaar have downed their shutters and the throb of commerce has quietened to a murmur, Hira Lal Chaat Waale’s shop stands out like a beacon by a darkening sea. Incandescent lamps light up a stack of fruits in a blaze of colour, and the warm aromas from the griddles draw you irresistibly in. For four generations, people have come here for their choice snack — alu chaat, fruit chaat, alu tikkis, and even pao bhaaji.

But hiding amongst the goodies is a charming nugget that is hard to find outside these parts: kulle, or kuliya, as they are often fondly called, are made by scooping out one of several vegetables into cup shapes, which are then filled with chick peas, pomegranate seeds, various tangy spices and a dash of lemon. Of course, the regulars like to have theirs just so: “bina nimbu ke, bhaiya“, “masala thop ke uncle!”

You can get your kuliya made from cucumber, sweet potato (shakkarkandi), tomato, potato, apples, and if Shashank is to be believed, even pineapples in season. My favourite though, is the banana, which is slit lengthwise to allow space for the fillings, and provides the ideal contrapuntal sweetness to the sour masala. You could call it an authentic, All-Indian Banana Split!

Of course, Hira Lal’s is not the only place you can get your kuliya. As a matter of fact, just a few paces away on the other side of the street is another popular chaat shop, this one named Jugal Kishore Ramji Lal. This too has been around for four generations, and by Asmita’s account, they do a fine job of their kuliya. Her description revealed a slight difference in the recipe — they apparently fry their chick peas, while Hira Lal’s place likes to simply boil them. Sadly, they tend to shut shop a little earlier in the evening, so when I was in those parts last weekend, I didn’t get a chance to give them a try. But I will, next time!

Price: Rs. 30 for a small plate, but prices tend to vary depending on what fruit or vegetable the kuliya uses as a base.

Timings: Hira Lal’s shop shuts by 10pm at night, and tends to remain open all days of the week. Jugal Kishore Ramji Lal certainly shut shop by 9pm, perhaps much earlier.

Location: On the Chawri Bazaar main road, somewhere between Hauz Qazi Chowk and the intersection with Nayi Sadak. Close to Raghuganj. I’ve marked it approximately on our Google map here.

Amritsari Kulche in Rohini

You vl really gonna feel the spice........

Born of a thick dough of maida layered several times over with ghee, stuffed (typically) with spicy mashed potatoes, grilled in a clay tandoor, and then generously smeared with butter, the amritsari kulcha lands on your plate as a piping hot, crispy, flaky flatbread that goes perfectly with sour tamarind-and-onion chutney and a gravy of mildly spiced chhole. It’s no wonder that a breakfast of kulche at the neighbourhood dhaba is about as much of a daily ritual in Amritsar as a visit to the Golden Temple – the latter probably made all the more necessary by the concomitant anxiety over your arteries.

Having located a solitary amritsari kulche shop in Rohini, an area of Delhi crawling with well-to-do Punjabis, an economist would glumly mutter words like “monopoly” and “high demand”, and predict outrageous prices, poor quality and bad service. Nudge him a bit more and he might brighten up with phrases like “supernormal profits” and “free entry”, and tell you that in short order you should expect the city flooded with amritsari kulche shops, with competitive prices, good quality, and flowing milk and honey.

Meet reality.

Break Fast Point, a modest shop located in the Prashant Vihar market in Rohini, is a debt for which it’ll be hard to repay Tania.

Run by Mukesh, the shop is devoted purely to catering to the neighbourhood’s burgeoning demand for amritsari kulche. Despite a constant stream of phoned-in orders, Mukesh does a good job of giving his walk-in customers personal attention, and after a short wait for a table, service is prompt. The kulche themselves are reasonably priced and delicious, very much on par with the ones we fell in love with on a recent EOiD trip to Amritsar. The six of us who landed in Rohini on a Sunday morning about a fortnight ago comfortably ploughed through two kulche each, along with glasses of lassi and cold drinks. A good kulcha is golden crisp on the outside without being too dry, and rests lightly in your stomach. I reckon the secret to both is the generous application of ghee (rather than oil) to separate the layers of the dough. Of course, getting the mix of spices in the filling right must also be crucial, but I doubt Mukesh would tell us the exact recipe for that!

Mukesh is originally from Amritsar, and set up a kulche shop in Chander Nagar in east Delhi more than a decade ago. Over time his business has deservedly expanded, and now includes three shops in different parts of town.

Yet, in a city brimming with Punjabis, I find it hard to believe how difficult it is to find a place that sells the Amritsar staple. Is it that Delhi’s Punjabis immigrated largely from west Punjab (now in Pakistan), while the penchant for a kulcha breakfast was localized to east Punjab? Is it that the dish is a recent innovation that is now migrating to Delhi?

I don’t know the answer, but I’m sure glad Break Fast Point cocks a snook at the dismal scientist in me!

Location: A-76, Shop No. 5, Prashant Vihar, Lancer Convent School Road, Delhi 85. Ph. 9810080082. The nearest Metro station is Rohini East. Map.

The other two branches are at: BK-1/4, Shop No. 2, Kaila Godam Road, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi 88 (Ph. 9212045475); and Shop No. 5, 30, Satnam Park, Main Road Chander Nagar, Delhi 51 (Ph. 22023203).

Prices: Rs. 45 for a plate of two kulche with the accompanying chhole and chutney.