Rasoi means 'kitchen' and, in this case, also means fabulous, award-winning, bravura cooking. Vineet Bhatia is the chef who won Zaika the first Michelin star ever for an Indian restaurant, now he has opened this intimate, upmarket, charming townhouse restaurant in Chelsea.
Rooms are smart modern with splashes of colourful Indian saris and artwork. The 'evolved Indian' menu may include dishes like starter of assorted sea scallops which are spice-crusted, chilli, sesame and o nion seed, main course of grilled spice marinated duck escalopes with hot tamarind chutney, sauteed garlic shiitake mushrooms and onion fritters, and pudding of poached pear, ginger, and yoghurt cheesecake with blueberries and fennel sorbet. Superb wines.
We wish someone would invite us to a group meal here, because it would be a very special event indeed. The level of cooking is known to be among the very best in London with dishes invented by Vineet Bhatia based on his own interpretation of traditional Indian cooking to sublime effect. The private rooms are small and rightly so. Jaipur seats up to 14 and Udaipur, leading onto a private roof terrace, seats up to 6, and the two can be combined.
Group menu dishes include starter of rasoi platter including Bhatia's famous tandoor salmon, main course of prawns in coconut and chilly masala and kashmiri lamb rogan josh, and pud of silky chocolate delice with Indian tea ice cream. Great service.
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