With the number of restaurants that are launching in Delhi NCR, eating out has become an complex operation in itself. An app which finds you the best place to eat along with offers that make a substantially lesser dent in your pocket is a marvel indeed. I chose to take out my girlfriend for a fine dine meal by booking through WoWTables and it was a marvelous experience indeed. WoWTables had got set course menus at fixed price which allows you to traverse the best culinary scene in the city. Being Bengali, our restaurant of choice was the quintessential Lavaash By Saby at Mehrauli.
Why WowTables?
WoWTables is a restaurant reservation app that operates in the major cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore among others. In conjunction with their partner restaurants, they offer curated dining experiences. These fixed course meals are available at attractive prices which makes eating out so much lighter on the pocket. They also have a range of alcohol paired dinners and meals across the best fine-dine restaurants, making them one of the best restaurant reservation apps we have come across.
Why Lavaash By Saby?
It is very rare to find a restaurant that expresses a true labour of love. Lavaash by Saby is a peek into Chef Sabyasachi Gorai’s childhood experiences. Growing up in the coal belt of Asansol, Chef Sabyasachi’s early childhood was spent under the influence of the Armenian culture. ‘Lavaash’ literally meaning bread gives life to these memories. The admixture of Armenian cooking in the Bengali cuisine will leave even a true blue bong astonished. There is a 
splattering of the famous Gondhoraj Lemon which still grows in my ancestral home along with the Bengali staple Kasundi (mustard sauce along with green mangoes and other spices). There are also some modern spinoffs as Chef Saby uses cheeses made from the region. The salted Bandel reminds you of the steamy, overcrowded Bandel Local on the main line while the Calimpong reminds you of the coolness of the hills.
It’s also the scenic beauty of the place that draws you towards it. Located in the scenic Mehrauli complex with a chic bohemian setup which takes you away from the busy life of the city. Lavaash has a calm serenity that soothes your frayed nerves. The food plays no small part in it. Chef Saby’s acolyte, Chef Megha Kohli has researched in depth of the Bengali cuisine. Her face lights up every time someone recognizes the Bengali ingredients, sauces or the dishes.
Course 1
We start off Course 1 with two cocktail snacks. One of my favourites is the Mutton Puff. Spicy mutton filling in the crispy puff pastry covered with the Kalimpong Cheese. There’s also a Crispy Lentil Sticks (INR 200) which is a spinoff on the traditional Dhoka (don’t mistaken that for betrayal, Bengali cuisine has a dish named Dhokar Dalna) with a chutney that might befuddle a lot of North Indians. Bengalis have a history of using coriander chutneys instead of mint chutney and Chef Saby uses his grandmother’s recipe to incite the memories of my childhood. There is also a new addition to the sides of the menu. A Tomato chutney that is quintessentially Bengali with a perfect dose of sweetness acts as an alternative to Salsa.
Course 2
The Jurassic Cheese Lavash Pizza is a thin crust pizza like never taste before. With all the three types of Bengali cheese making their presence felt, the arugula, pine nuts and onion seeds add a flavour profile which is quite unlike the other thin crust pizzas. The Egg Devil is something that you must try out. The spicy chicken is wrapped around a boiled egg. The nuttiness of the melted egg yolk permeates through the chicken to create an explosion of flavours on the palate.
Mains
The Soy Keema Koobideh is a treat for sore eyes and hungry tummies. With contrasting colours of red, green and yellow on a white flatbread, the succulent Kebab sprinkled with a dash of Gondhoraj Lemon and the Kasundi are a meal in itself. But the dish I fell in love with was the Lavaash Fish which is Betki wrapped and cooked in a Lavash bread along with spices. The coconut, mustard and chilis gives it a flavour that you would typically find in a lot of Bengali homes.
Dessert
We end our meal with a decadent Milk Chocolate and Cherry Cheesecake and Custard Cream Ponchiki. The Ponchiki is an Armenian donut filled with pastry cream. The light fluffy bread combines with the cream to create a dessert that I will cherish for a long time. The most essential part of the desserts are that these aren’t overtly sweet by retaining the tartness of the cherries and the bitterness of the coffee.
Why you should try WoWTables?
Lavaash By Saby is a treat for anyone who enjoys food. Just food without the cacophony of noise. People who make love to their palates. I had all of this decadence at a mere price of INR 844++ per person. Being two people who consume a lot of food, it is a perfect deal for us. You can find the deal here.
