Rasika for Restaurant Week

I have been wanting to go to Rasika for a while now. I had heard really good things about the food there. Restaurant Week was a good excuse to go, though, we just about managed to get an appointment at 10:15PM on Friday. I know that the restaurant week menu differs from their regular menu, but it still give a sampling of the chef's abilities.

I had all ready checked out the restaurant week menu a couple of times before we went and so had pretty much decided what we were going to order. Luckily, Saurabh concurred! :)

For the appetizers, we got Shrimp Balchao (red chili/malt vinegar/garlic whole spices) and Parsi Lamb Cutlets (ginger/green chillies/garam masala/tomato). We really really enjoyed the lamb cutlets. They tasted homemade, and that's always the best compliment for Indian food that I can give. The shrimp was nice and I enjoyed it, but I didn't LOVE it.

Shrimp Balchao

Lamb Cutlet

For our main course, we ordered the Salli Murgi (chicken/apricots/straw potatoes) and the Mixed Grill (salmon/achari tikka/seekh kebab). Both were excellent. In the mixed grill, the fish was delicious and the chutney they served with it too! Yum! They were served with basmati rice, naan and mint paratha

Salli Chicken

Mixed Grill

Mint Paratha

We ended with the Lychee Rose Sorbet and the Gulab Jamun with Cardamom Ice Cream. I really enjoyed the gulab jamun and the cardamom ice cream. The sorbet, thought nice, would have been better with lighter rose flavour and a stronger lychee flavour.

Lychee Rose Sorbet

Gulab Jamun with Cardamom Ice Cream