Any north indian food lover who has been living in Bangalore for few years would know of Samarkhand. It has been around for ages, and we've been going here for several years now. Although it had been quite a while since our last visit.
We went here recently for sunday lunch, and in case you didn't know it already - don't try going here without a reservation on weekends cos they get a lot of crowd.
The decore depicts afghani, north western cuisine. Huge boards of mughal warriors adorn the walls around you, and seating is also different, bit low in height and not very comfortable.
The presentation of the menu card is very unique as the beverages menu is printed on a copper bottle, and the food menu is in the form of a newspaper with news from the northwest frontier intermitting the food listing.
The service is decent enough, waiters are attentive even though they are busy. Now coming to the main attraction - the mindblowing food
We usually always have the chandni kebab which is an amazing chicken starter, but this time we tried the baluchi boti kebab for a change. Our veg starter was the lachile subz kebab, which was minced vegetable tikki topped with fried thin vermicelli. Yes, it looked very different, but also tasted unique and was very tender.
The mutton too was soft and had lovely flavours from the marination.
The lassi is thick and heavy, so it cant be taken as a light beverage. Probably half a meal in itself.
For the main event, we ordered a corn methi palak, a rather poor idea in my opinion as the dish needs to have something extraordinary with such simple ingredients, but it didn't. Plus it had a sweetness which was not interesting for a gravy.
The murgh peshawari though was a lovely dish, the gravy tasted really nice in itself and the chicken was perfectly cooked.
Apart from the rotis, we also had a naan baluchistan, which had lots of mutton stuffing and it was yummy. Went really well with our chicken gravy.
Unfortunately we were too full to try the desserts, but i'm sure they would also be equally good.
The pricing is on the higher side, but quality of food really justifies it. If you are a non vegetarian, it is the right place for you.
Add to that the amazing consistency in quality, and i'd highly recommend Samarkhand for good afghan cuisine.
Rating is a near perfect 4.5/5
We went here recently for sunday lunch, and in case you didn't know it already - don't try going here without a reservation on weekends cos they get a lot of crowd.
The decore depicts afghani, north western cuisine. Huge boards of mughal warriors adorn the walls around you, and seating is also different, bit low in height and not very comfortable.
The presentation of the menu card is very unique as the beverages menu is printed on a copper bottle, and the food menu is in the form of a newspaper with news from the northwest frontier intermitting the food listing.
The service is decent enough, waiters are attentive even though they are busy. Now coming to the main attraction - the mindblowing food
We usually always have the chandni kebab which is an amazing chicken starter, but this time we tried the baluchi boti kebab for a change. Our veg starter was the lachile subz kebab, which was minced vegetable tikki topped with fried thin vermicelli. Yes, it looked very different, but also tasted unique and was very tender.
The mutton too was soft and had lovely flavours from the marination.
The lassi is thick and heavy, so it cant be taken as a light beverage. Probably half a meal in itself.
For the main event, we ordered a corn methi palak, a rather poor idea in my opinion as the dish needs to have something extraordinary with such simple ingredients, but it didn't. Plus it had a sweetness which was not interesting for a gravy.
The murgh peshawari though was a lovely dish, the gravy tasted really nice in itself and the chicken was perfectly cooked.
Apart from the rotis, we also had a naan baluchistan, which had lots of mutton stuffing and it was yummy. Went really well with our chicken gravy.
Unfortunately we were too full to try the desserts, but i'm sure they would also be equally good.
The pricing is on the higher side, but quality of food really justifies it. If you are a non vegetarian, it is the right place for you.
Add to that the amazing consistency in quality, and i'd highly recommend Samarkhand for good afghan cuisine.
Rating is a near perfect 4.5/5
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