Welcom Hotel Dwarka is a popular spot for amazing dine in experience and offers both Indian and international cuisines. The Sunday brunch also co-incided with their Dastar-e-Nawroz food festival celebrating the Persian cuisine. Nawroz is one festival celebrate in huge swathes of land which used to be part of the erstwhile Persian empire now includes food from countries like Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran. The Nawroz Food Festival aims to bring the authentic Persian food to the Indian palette with rice and lentils being the staple and other dishes and desserts infused with coconut. The Persian and Afghani influence on the cuisine can be clearly seen facilitated by the trade activities on the silk route. Upon entering the place, one comes across the delicious wafts of food aroma which is highly eaten on a Persian New Year. Coming to the food, salads and yoghurts are a must before any Persian meal comprising mainly of cucumber. Eggplants, peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes are plentiful in the Middle- east, thus these form the core of Persian food.
We started with palak kofta, kuchaloo burani, paneer, lobia dal, mash pulao and khameeri naan. The kuchaloo burani was basically just potatoes infused with spices and condiments. The pulao tasted delicious with moong dal on top. Badanjan burrani was a great appetizer. The Afghani chicken was succulent which is prepared on a special tandoor. The khameeri naan was was soft and fluffy as it is prepared with yeast. Interaction with the chef gave us much more insight about the Persian cuisine.
The Shawarma needs a special mention accompanied with delicious flavorsome dips such as Baba Ganoush and Hummus. But it was the Mantu that took our hearts away. Dimsums with pulses and yoghurt on top was a great combination that we truly enjoyed.
Moving on we had special desserts from the region. Fruit tarts, chocolate pie, cake prepared with rice with a strawberry sauce topping, baklava, basbusa ended our meal perfectly. Each layer of the baklava is a surprise with the nuts and the honey between the layers of flaky, sweet pastry. Basbusa is made from cooked semolina and coconut with orange or rose syrup.
Basbousa
The Nawroz food festival was held from 19th March- 27th March. An amazing experience overall. We would highly recommend this place for anybody who loves to eat some deliciously cooked food
