Baluchi - The Lalit Ashok Bangalore

GourmetsTravelGuide

6 years ago

5.0

For every gastronome who loves curries, Sri Lankan cuisine is a must-have. Sri Lankan food is not for the faint-hearted; the fiery curries, sweet caramelized onion in seeni sambal and sour lime pickle all have dominant, powerful flavors that startle awake senses dulled by the daily city life. Dishes from the island-country are known for their intricacy and many thinks they are quite similar to South Indian food but Sri Lankan cuisine continues to carve out its distinct niche. Throughout years of colonisation and influence from neighbouring countries, Sri Lanka has adapted its food culture into a blend of different curry concoctions and varied flavours. Some of the specials on the festive menu are extremely interesting & traditional and can be any food connoiseur’s delight. Foodies of Bangalore can taste this unique cuisine in Sri Lankan Food Festival at Baluchi, The Lalit Ashok Bangalore. You may not want to share the Sri Lankan Karawila Sambol, a smooth yet, perfectly fried bitter gourd with ridiculously crisp outer layer, served with marinated onion, tomatoes, green chilli and spices. The Sri Lankan Pol Sambol rings the perfect starting, and might just be the best thing you'll have that night. Share the delectable crispy Sri Lankan Seer Fish Cutlets batter fried beautifully holding the flavour and melt in mouth spicy tuna  and potato mash. Sri Lankan Seer Fish Cutlets are deep fried to golden brown perfection. Be sure to dunk the Seer Fish Cutlets into their spicy house dip! For mains start with the addictive Sri Lankan Wattakka Curry loaded with fresh chunks of pumpkin, coconut milk and local spices. This must try flavourful Sri Lankan Wattakka Curry  featuring a generous portions of un-skinned pumpkin in spicy coconut curry and perfectly matched with a bowl of warn rice. Make sure you shouldn't miss the mouth-watering, Spicy Sri Lankan Crab Curry that is seasoned simply with local spices, salt and pepper, and served with flavourful spicy curry. The seasoned crab meat is so seductively caramelised that it will go perfectly with rice, idiyappam or appam. Do not miss the Spicy Sri Lankan Crab Curry flavoured with traditional spices and coconut milk, if you want a real taste of Sinhala food. Then tuck into spicy Sri Lankan Chicken Badun Curry prepared with chunks of tender and juicy chicken, coconut milk, tamarind and authentic spices. An infusion of bold and savoury flavours await in the Sri Lankan Chicken Badun Curry, sprinkled with spices and black pepper dust, served with a side of idiyappam. Slow-cooked till extremely soft, their melt-in-your-mouth Sri Lankan Lamb Coconut Curry is an excellent option that comes with a bowl of steamed rice. Meat-lovers, try this super flavourful Sri Lankan Lamb Coconut Curry topped with toasted grated coconut.

Kushal Makam

3 years ago

5.0

The options available in the menu are limited for vegetarians but all our requests were fulfilled completely. We were a group of 23 and didn't face a single issue, Mr Jitesh was from the beginning very helpful in choosing our food, arranging the table and experienced good service too. It's a good recommendation for a family dinner.

Saawan D Meda

3 years ago

5.0

Excellent service by Mr. Jitesh. Helped us decide on what to eat and it's always good to have physical menu cards instead of the QR code scanned pdf. But the highlight is the scrumptious and superbly presented food by Chef Santhosh. High recommend for a family dinner or date

Avisha

6 years ago

5.0

Wat a stupendous place...the ambience is not as good as in Baluchi of Delhi..however the food here is impeccable literally we had cheese naan,dal makhni,paneer tikka masala and tandoori roti just loved it😍😍

CA Gaurav Agarwal

7 years ago

5.0

Enjoy some great kebabs. A must visit place for people who wish to eat some great kebabs. The must try are tandoori prawns, mutton seekh and tangeri kebabs and Raan. Great food with fine dining service.

Arun Kumar

5 years ago

5.0

This place is a heavenly abode of Indian cuisine, it has increased my expectations label from other restaurants. What a true delight to be here. Loved it.

anagha kumar

1 year ago

5.0

the methi pal papad sabzi is awesome. the chicken biryani is also tasty and the chicken is well cooked

Krishnnadas

3 years ago

3.0

Had team lunch here and food was amazing. Liked the chicken , tuna and thier fish. They had huge variety of salads and buns. Dessert spread was nice and lots of varieties too. But service was bit poor and staffs were not trained properly, Lack of service was disappointed. Food is nice, seperate piza and chat counter. They have continental Thai dishes too. Overall good food and ambiance. But service need to be improved

+2

Shwetha Cunigal

7 years ago

2.0

Disappointing. Right from the service of wine to the food, everything was below average. We ordered white wine, which was at room temperature. We weren’t offered a taste before he finished pouring the entire bottle. Then we requested for less spicy starters. The broccoli and paneer kebabs were good. But the potato and mushroom kebabs were so spicy that we had to send it back. During the service of the mushroom kebab, one of the servers dropped a mushroom on me and didn’t even bother apologising. The main course took forever. One of us ordered the set menu and his main course didn’t arrive until after we finished our food. But his naan came with our food. So it was cold by the time the gravies came. And it’s definitely not worth the unreasonabley high prices I would give it a 1.5 if possible I would not recommend going here......

Samrat

7 years ago

2.0

Good place with good food we enjoyed and had a good time. Service has to be improved and should be more faster. .. . It’s inside lalit Ashok .