TEA INFUSED DELICACIES
Why only sip tea, when tea can be eaten too!
From sippin g to eating, tea has its own flavor which can highlight the dish and give more amazing savour to it.
Through this blog lets go on a tea trail and bring more gaiety to this monsoon!
- BURMA BURMA@Fort.
Mandalay Laphetthoke – tealeaf salad
Burma is one of very few countries where tea is eaten as well as drunk. This place is out of few restaurants in Mumbai that serves Burmese cuisine. Burma Burma is the only restaurant dedicated to Burmese cuisine. Their TeaLeaf Salad is an assorted salad which consists of raw mango, grapefruit, alfafa sprouts, cucumber, cabbage and tomatoes with a dressing of pureed tea leaves. Not only this but the piquancy of garlic and combined with light crisp nuts makes the Salad even more relishing. This salad is first slightly seethed and then all the ingredients are commingled. The salad is concocted with various seasonings, but the best part is you can taste every single component of it in every single masticate you do! This salad is best suggested for those who favours crunchiness in everything they eat.
Other Must Try- Raw Mango Salad
Cost- Rs.1500 for two.
- YAUATCHA@BKC
Matcha Macarons
Yauatcha is a Michelin starred dim sum teahouse in London. This brand now also has its outlet in Mumbai being one of the best serving dumplings and chineese.
They serve around 15 types of mouth-watering, delicious, tempting Macarons.
One of the most different one is Matcha Tea infused Macaron. Soft, gooey Matcha Macarons are filled with Matcha creamylicious Butter-cream and Yuzu( A citrus fruit originating from East Asia) giving a soft Asian touch. Matcha is an authentic Japaneese tea. Experimenting and getting the things right done is something really knocking!
Then comes the Jasmine Tea Cake, something as simple as tea can be amalgamated with cake was never really imagined!
Yauatcha has outstripped in experimenting and now I urge you to be ready to experiment these stupendous fabulous delicacies. Not only the noshes you order are appetizing but also the presentation is pleasing to eyes.
Other Must try– Different Macarons and Dumplings.
Cost:
Each Macarons – Rs.70/-
Jasmine Tea Cake- Rs.350
- MASALA LIBRARY@BKC
Chai Ice-Cream
The Kalra team, creators of Made In Punjab, Punjab Grills and Farzi café is also the one who created Masala Library. Zorawar Kalra is the brainiac behind the unique desert combination and molecular gastronomy. Not only in concoction of elements but also in presenting the noshes served are fantastic!
Chai Ice-Cream with Masala Foam and Dal Chini Cookies are exceptionally verily different!
Who knew ice-cream and something like tea can become best friends and Tea which is always preferred hot can be used in making an extraordinary cold serving dish.
Other Must try- Jalebi Cavior, Saffron Glaze, Ras Malai Tres Leches, Rose Petal Net, Payesh Cheesecake.
Cost of Chai Ice-Cream- Rs.475
- FATTY BAO@Bandra(West)
This is ‘THE’ place to have a fare of Asian eatery.
Fatty Bao, Bangalore’s favourite and very famous now also welcomes you in Mumbai at Bandra! The Green Tea Chiffon Cake is a must try for all the green tea lovers.This luscious cake is served with Pistachio, Yuzu Cream at the Centre which gives a sour tatse, Vanilla coulis and Orange Jelly. This cake is an opening to another dome of flavours!
Served with Sour lime sorbet and sizzle of honey on the top.
Other Must Try- Bao’s, Sushi’s, Japanese Cheesecake.
Cost of the Cake- Rs. 275
- THE CAPTAINS TABLE@BKC
How about treating yourself this monsoon with some hot n cold fusion of drinks? The Captains Table brings you with the best tea-infused cocktails!
What better way to enjoy this monsoon with a uniquely green Cocktail of the Month? The Green Tea Gimlet.
This is a fresh sour and treacly cocktail served with some herbaceous essence and taste. An exciting concoction of tea and Gin!
Other Must Try– Tea & Whiskey Highball, Blackberry Man, Mango & Plum Sweet Tea Cocktail and Spiked Peach Tea.
– KHUSHI KADMAWALA
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