By: David H.
Submitted: 2009-10-12 15:16:00 | Word Count: 708
Eating places in Chandigarh offer hygienically prepared and delectable Indian cuisines. These places may include cafes, restaurants and other eating houses. Your visit to the city will be a gastronomic experience.
You will find several eating places in the city of Chandigarh that offer various types of cuisines such as Indian, Chinese, Mughlai, Thai, French, Mexican and Continental. A number of clean food stands are spread around the city. These are delicious yet very affordable. Visitors will enjoy some of these local delicacies like the samosas and pakoras. Furthermore, you will find great experience in tasting South Indian dishes such as idli, dosas, uthapam and vada.
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First to try is the North Indian Dishes. All locals and foreign visitors in this city can greatly enjoy a wide variety of tasty north Indian delicacies. Hot Million restaurants is one among so many places that offer wonderful North Indian treats coupled with excellent services and comfortable ambiance. These delicacies are flavored with hot sauces and exotic spices. These may include: chicken tikkas kabas and the delicious paneer butter masala.
Also check out the Chinese Restaurants. The city’s Mandarin Restaurant serves a wide selection of hygienic, mouth watering Chinese cuisines to its visitors at reasonable prices. It provides a very relaxing and a calm atmosphere where business people, college students and office goers usually hang out here. The staff here is well trained and very friendly as shown in their quick service and smile as they serve every customer. The fried rice, lamb dishes, chicken, seafood and chowmein are some of the great foods of the restaurant. Desserts and soft drinks are also available here. This place is also a perfect venue for birthdays, kiddie parties and Valentine’s Day celebrations.
Mughlai Dishes are also a must try. The Mughlai cuisine is known for its richness in protein, carbohydrates and fats. Primarily, this kind of dish incorporates the use of nuts, dried fruits and exotic spices. Some of the menu under this category include: Biryani Badshahi, Mughlai Chicken Pulao and Shahi Kaju Aloo.
Also popular in the city is the Khyber Restaurant. It specializes in Mughlai cuisines. These may include kebabs, spicy curries, tandoori, grills and parathas. Its ambiance is so relaxing and is also renowned for its top quality food and efficient service. Its interiors exude an Afghan ambiance. A tree standing in the middle of the restaurant is the most remarkable feature of this place. It is situated in Sector 35 of Chandigarh.
Traditional Indian Cuisines are also good selections in the city. The tremendous use of exotic spices and herbs is what makes the traditional Indian food remarkable. Its preparation differs from region to region. These traditional Indian foods may include: South Indian, Bengali, Rajasthani, Kashmiri, Gujarati, Punjabi and Mughlai food.
There is also the Connoisseur Restaurant. This renowned dining place of Maya Palace Hotel is popular for its delectable traditional Indian cuisine. Chinese and other Continental dishes are served. The chicken fried rice chicken garlic, and tandoori chicken mughlai are some of its delicious preparations. Desserts and other kinds of sweets can also be enjoyed here. It has also a well stocked bar. In addition, this restaurant is famous to both locals and tourists because of its live musical performances usually organized during dinner time, adding to the liveliness of the ambiance.
All major credit cards are accepted here. Its business hours are 1:30 to 3:30 for lunch and 7:30 to 11:30 PM for dinner. The Connoisseur Restaurant is located at the very lobby of the Maya Palace Hotel in Chandigarh.
South Indian Dishes are another kind worth trying. South Indian dishes usually incorporate the use of curry (gravy) leaves. Its emphasis is on rice as the attach grain. A lot of pickles and the constant presence of rasam and sambar (called rasa and saaru) are the main distinctions of this food. This variety has poori, bajji, dosa, idli, bonda and vada.
Also worth trying is the Sundaram s Restaurant. It is known for its tasty South Indian cuisine at affordable rates. This is also the locals and tourists’ favorites because of its relaxing and cozy ambiance. The foods served have an aromatic scent since they are prepared in a vazhailla (planted leaf). It is conveniently located at Sector 35 of Chandigarh.
