What: Kebab festival
Where: Buzz, The Gateway Hotel
When: Till December 17, 12.30pm to 3.30pm and 7.30pm to 11pm
Pocket pinch: Rs 750-plus per person
As the temperature dips, the need to keep warm increases and Buzz at The Gateway Hotel has our back with a winter food festival that serves up fresh-off-the-grill kebabs.
The first food festival at the hotel since Deep Mitra Thakur took over the reins in the kitchen as the executive chef, the grilled delicacies range from Lucknowi-Hyderabadi to Awadhi flavour from Pakistan and Afghanistan too.
“This is the right season to indulge in kebabs, which come to your table straight from the tandoor. Each plate is a complete meal served with bread and dal,” said Thakur.
Kakori to seekh, chapli to burrah, what’s your pick?
FAST 5 WITH CHEF DEEP MITRA THAKUR
What are some of the spices you can’t do without?
I love the Chinese five-spice and garam masala.
What is your favourite cuisine?
South Indian and then Chinese.
What is your comfort food?
Anything that my mother cooks, but I love shukto.
Since you were a pastry chef, what is the most tricky dessert according to you?
Anything that has a freezing point, like gelato. If the recipe isn’t followed closely, it might not set.
And your favourite dessert?
I love Indian dessert. I would spend a lot of time in the halwai. My favourite is nolen gur rosogolla, especially if it’s hot.
Text: Deborima Ganguly
Pictures: Rashbehari Das
