MAE KONG
Address: Kenilworth Hotel, 1 & 2 Little Russel Street
Covers: 65
Timings: 7pm to 11pm. From December, the restaurant plans to introduce lunch on weekends.
Menu: Vegetarian Oriental food covering the regions that the Mekong river (hence the name) flows through, like China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
Colour theme: Oriental red, black and gold.
History: This space was the original dining room of The Kenilworth in the 1960s. Personalities like Satyajit Ray, Shashi Kapoor, MF Husain, Uttam Kumar and Kishore Kumar would dine here.
Pocket pinch: A meal for two would cost around Rs 1,400 plus GST.
Anjana Bharat, director, Kenilworth Hotels & Resorts.
Text: Karo Christine Kumar
Pictures: Arnab Mondal
