New menu at Megu
Leela Palace New Delhi
Megu at the Leela Palace New Delhi has always been a favourite of mine for Japanese food so when Chef Shimomura Kazuya joined the hotel as the Head Chef at Megu and cooked up a new menu, I decided to take a taste.
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Before getting into further details, Chef Kazuya specializes in Tempura and serving Kaiseki, a traditional Japanese multi-course dinner. What he starts of us with is a medley. A medley of Goma Tofu, Simmered Duck, Tai Kimone Temarisushi, Crispy Asparagus and Cottage Cheese Teriyaki. It’s a combination of textures and flavours that I haven’t experienced before and something that you must try out.
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The next course is a soup that’s absolutely perfect for the summers. The Cold Tomato soup with Snow Crab in it cools the body yet having a terrific explosion of flavours on the palate. As Chef is a Tempura master, he cooks up a Sea Urchin Tempura along with Crispy Ebi potato and a Japanese chili sauce along with some Matcha salt. For the mains, there was some Grilled Lamb Chops and Japanese styled Smoked Chicken served with a plum sauce and some Takikomi Gohan, a Japanese style fried rice.
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We accompanied our meals with an ice cold Sawanotsuru Deluxe Sake that’s quite easy to drink along with Chef’s special Fruit Cup to end it all down.
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