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As you would know, Restaurant Week India, 2016 has started in Kolkata and is about to end in a few days. Read the pre-event listing here. I am a big foodie. This is the only reason why I became really excited when Restaurant Week India invited me to taste some special menu for the event. They gave me a few choices of restaurants in the city among which I chose Yauatcha. The reason why I chose Yauatcha is, I have heard a lot of rave about this restaurant from my foodie friends and secondly, I wanted to try some food from the city’s first Michelin Star restaurant. I took my sister along with me.

We had a table booked for us by RWI team for lunch. As soon as we entered the restaurant, we were escorted to our table by a staff. After we made ourselves comfortable, the manager (I am really sorry, I can’t remember names :/) came to us to know if we are comfortable there. We were served welcome drinks. Mine was a Lime and Passion fruit drink and my sister got a Strawberry one. At this moment, the manager introduced us to the chef, Kushal Lama (I remember his name because I have his business card). After exchanging greetings, he explained us all about Yauatcha, its start, the menu and what they aim to. Yauatcha is a pure Cantonese restaurant, opened in Soho, London in 2004. It’s first branch in India was opened in Mumbai. Without further ado, let’s get into the most important part of this post, the menu or rather the special menu.

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With Chef Kushal Lama of Yauatcha, Kolkata

The Restaurant Week India special menu at Yauatcha is divided into three parts which is the three course- appetizers, main course and dessert. You get a choice to choose one from each menu along with staples like rice/noodles for RS 900/- per person (tax extra). Honestly, I have no idea about Cantonese food and I did not want to mess up my experience by experimenting, so I asked the chef to suggest which dish should we go with. The chef was really happy to do that for us.

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Wrapped Chicken in Pakchoi with Szechuan Sauce
Restaurant Week India, 2016| Yauatcha, Kolkata Special Menu|cherryontopblog.com
Crispy Prawn Cheung Fun in Light Soya Sauce

So, from the appetizer menu, he suggested us to try the dumplings and the cheung fun which are their specialties. He suggested the Wrapped Chicken in Pakchoi with Szechuan Sauce and the Crispy Prawn Cheung Fun. The first one is a steamed dumpling where Pakchoi which is a Chinese green is filled with diced chicken and yam bean and then steamed and served with szechuan sauce. The second one is basically a roll in which steamed rice paper is wrapped around crispy fried prawn dipped in tempura batter and served with sweet soya sauce. Both of the dishes had a very subtle flavour to them. I loved the Crispy Prawn Cheung Fun a lot and I would recommend you guys to try it out. The steamed outer part and crispy inner part gives it a very unique texture which I loved. My sister, on the other hand liked the dumpling more.

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Sliced Lamb in Kam Heong Sauce

 

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Stir Fry Prawns in Home Town Chili Sauce

 

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Chicken and Egg White Fried Rice

For the main course, chef Lama asked us for our choices and we wanted to go for a prawn dish and a lamb dish. We went for the Sliced Lamb in Kam Heong Sauce and Stir Fry Prawns in Home Town Chili Sauce. The lamb was tossed with diced veggies like yellow bell peppers and onion and the Kam Heong sauce.  I found the lamb a little chewy. It was not as soft and juicy as I would like it to be. Both of us liked the prawn more. The prawn was blanched and then tossed with some veggies and the Home Town sauce which is a little spicy and tangy. I must say this dish hit all the right notes. We had also ordered the Chicken and Egg Fried Rice along with these two dishes.

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Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse

For dessert, we had only four options among which we both agreed for the Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse. Chocolate any day! This dessert was so blissful that the taste is still in my memory. It was actually a mousse served with ice-cream. I haven;t tried anything more divine than this in a long time.

We both enjoyed our food and the overall experience was really good. The chef was always there by the side to assist us learning about what we were eating. The entire staff was so soft-spoken and helpful and the ambiance of the restaurant was really peaceful.

OLA Prime Presents Restaurant Week India is about to end on May 1st. If you want to try the special menus then book a table now. You have visit RWI’s website to book a table.

P.S.- Please bear with the amateur photographs. It was my first time clicking with a DSLR.

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 Event: Ola Prime presents Restaurant Week– 22nd April to 1stMay, 2016 in Kolkata

Ola Prime presents Restaurant Week, April 2016 gives food lovers the opportunity of experiencing a three course set meal in a fine dining restaurant, with plenty of vegetarian or non-vegetarian options at a set price [INR 900 plus taxes] per person from 22nd April – May 1st, 2016 for lunch or dinner. Bookings for this have to be made online, exclusively on www.restaurantweekindia.com. Reservations will go live on Friday, 15th of April at 12 noon for ‘Ola Prime customers’ and general reservations will go live on Monday, 18th of April at 12 noon. All Ola Prime presents Restaurant Week customers will get free Ola Prime rides, to and from their Restaurant Week meals.

The participating restaurants for “Ola Prime presents Restaurant Week” in Kolkata are:

  • Baan Thai, The Oberoi Grand
  • Pan Asian, ITC Sonar
  • Peshawri, ITC Sonar
  • Saffron, The Park Kolkata*
  • Serafina, Ballygunge
  • Souk, Taj Bengal Kolkata
  • Studio – The Pan-Asian Galerie, Novotel Kolkata Hotel and Residences*
  • The Corner Courtyard, Sarat Bose Road*
  • The Legacy Grill, The Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata
  • The Oriental Express, Hotel Hindusthan International Kolkata*
  • Yauatcha, Quest Mall
  • Zen, The Park Kolkata

 

Date: 22nd April- Ist May 2016

Ola Prime presents Restaurant Week’ goes live on Friday, 15th of April at 12 noon for Ola Prime customers and general reservations will go live on Monday, 18th of April at 12 noon.

 

Time: Lunch – 1 pm
Dinner – 8 pm and 10 pm

 

About Restaurant Week India (RW):

“Restaurant Week” which started in India in 2010 is the largest and the most popular pan India culinary event, where customers have the choice to dine at some of India’s finest restaurants at a fraction of a la carte rates. It is a celebration of the culinary landscape in each city – a time for us to be proud of our finest restaurants. It rolled into India with Mumbai and after its huge popularity moved to Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and finally Kolkata as of September 2015.

The concept of “Restaurant Week” originated in New York in 1992 and is now being held in various locations in America, Europe, South America and South East Asia.

 

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