Garden Restaurants are like pearls. Difficult to find, but beautiful nonetheless. Same is the case of Lodi-The Garden restaurant. A Unit of Sewara Hospitality, a company actively involved in wellness properties all over India, this beautiful restaurant set in the lap of the iconic Lodi Garden is an automatic first choice to impress your date. Let the cool breeze titillate you as you have some scrumptious food made from their organic farm. With seating either inside the restaurant or the beauty outside, it can pretty much make your day.
The Cactus Colada is a typical tropical drink with the acidity of pineapple combining with the creaminess of coconut in a tequila base while the Old Fashioned holds its recipe correctly with the use of Jim Beam along with the perfect balance of angoustra bitters and sweet. Another drink that does leave its mark is the Cold Fumes. A spicy, zesty refreshing drink with hints of ginger, lime and thyme in a vodka base.
The sesame coated deep fried prawns impress with the inherent freshness along with the nutty taste of sesame seeds while the sweet chilli sauce adds a perfect antecedent to it.
The two soups on order include the broccoli with hazelnut and a seafood soup. The bright contrast in the range of flavours is evident. We do take some freshly baked garlic bread along with it.
The salads are the epitome of Lodi’s food. The fresh organic vegetables from their farms is an remembrance to their philosophy of slow living. We suggest you to go in for the farm fresh greens with tomatoes. Add to that the crispiness of sunflower seeds and the salty creaminess of goat cheese and you get a dish worth remembering.
But it’s the Chicken Liver Pate that blows you away. The ebullient nutty texture of the liver with the crispy melba bread and the sweet sprightly Beetroot jam are a perfect marriage of flavours and textures upon your palate.
The mains include a healthy quinoa with farm fresh vegetables. The dish rockets to being one of the healthy, staying true to the philosophy of Sewara’s Hospitality. The Chicken with ricotta and spinach filling livens up your tastebuds, perfectly accompanied with a garlic herb rice. A set of perfectly done pork ribs also adorns our plate as the barbecue sauce blows us away with complex, spicy and sweet flavours.
End your meal with some decadence. There’s an almond cake with toffee syrup over it and some homemade fig ice cream. The sweetness and the warmth of the dish makes it a perfect dish for the coming winter months.
Lodi-The Garden Restaurant truly lives upto its reputation of some stellar food in a mind blowing ambience.
