Veen that springs waters from pure springs in Lapland
and Kotagiri initiated a great connect between Chef Samuli Wirgentius from
Helsinki’s Michelin starred restaurant ‘Postres’ and Chef Manish Mehrotra of
Indian Accent. Chef Manish just came back from Helsinki after showcasing a ‘Taste
of Modern India’ at ‘Postres’…and now Chef Samuli is here creating some Nordic
Magic at Indian Accent until the 20th of October …
ABOUT THE CHEFS
Chef
Samuli Wirgentius is the head chef and co-founder of the restaurant Postres in
Helsinki, which was born out of Wirgentius’s idea of establishing Finland’s
first restaurant to serve only desserts. He realised, though, that there was
not enough demand for a menu offering desserts only and then expanded into a
full range of dishes. Having worked and trained in multiple Michelin star
restaurants in his cooking career, Chef Samuli earned his first Michelin star for
Postres in 2008, only 2 years after the restaurant was opened in spring of
2006. Samuli relies on the classics and handicraft adopting traditional French
cooking practices to present food based on the Nordic Kitchen. His idea is to
recapture the flavours of Grandma’s house in a fancier form. Chef Manish
Mehrotra, Executive Chef at Indian Accent as we all know is ambitious, creative
and has an identity of his own.
THE EXPERIENCE
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husband and I were invited along with a host of other foodies for a showcase of
this spectacular culinary journey. If the kitchen is an Orchestra then I would
say Finland’s best chef and our very dear Chef Manish here composed inventive, authentic
and restful music in a search of the very finest results. There were champagne
and beautiful wines to go with the food but I stuck to the Veen water, the
sparkling was as yummy as the still.
The first course was potatoes, dill and brown butter, the comination ...a true culinary revelation...in one line simple delicious flavours
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| First course
Chef Samuli put his creative energies to the Hay smoked scallops with grilled fennel, sorrel and fennel for the non vegetarians and the vegetarians got the Grilled fennel, sorrel, fennel pollen and Hay ash. Chef also made me try smell the fennel pollen later...which was unbelievably fragrant.
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| Hay smoked scallops with grilled fennel |
After a yummy sorbet in the famed 'baby pressure cooker', it was time to witness the stunning presentation of the charcoal grilled lamb served with exquisite broccoli, oysters and cabbage which perfectly complimented the dish. The vegetarians go the Roasted Endives instead...which was quite a stunner too!
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| charcoal grilled lamb |
With winter round the corner, Chef Manish treated us to his style of makki di roti and sarson da saag....yummy yummy yummy with dollops of white makhani popcorn ...the punjabi in me just jumped with joy literally.
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| Malai corn, sarson ka saag, white butter popcorn |
Sample this bacon, chicken, nuts and garlic in your khichree, you would think the chef is crazy....he ain't trust me the humble khichree couldn't taste better.
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| Indian Accnet Kitsch...reee |
Last but not the least, the Finnish summer aka strawberries, whipped cream and ice put a smile on everyone's face...a yummy ending to the decadent meal...
I would say this restaurant with a long list of loyal clients needs very little endorsement... for example living in Gurgaon, Indian Accent perhaps is the only place that I am happy to drive down all the way to eat...it's absolutely worth it..!!
FAST FACTS-
Indian Accent at The Manor, 77 Friends Colony
(West), New Delhi
Tel: 91 11 4323 5151.
For
more Info-www.themanordelhi.com
