We are trying a new spot for Indian food today, Delight Street Eats.
I’m not sure if this qualifies as a Chaat House. To be honest I don’t even know what what Chaat really is. But I’ve been a couple times and have always enjoyed it.
Im starting with a Mango Lassi, a yogurt based drink that can come in handy when you have spicy food. And we aren’t ordering white people Indian food today. Ok, we aren’t going full “make it like your in New Delhi spicy” either. Somewhere in between.
We are starting with Chole Bathura.
I’m familiar with Chana Bhatura. Chickpea curry served with a fluffy deep fried bread. We had a very good example of it recently from Rana Catering.
But what is Chole Bhature?
Well apparently it’s the same thing. The name is just a regional difference.
Except in this case.
That bread clearly isn’t fluffy. But it sure is crispy and airy. Reminds me of a papadum. In fact I suspect that it is.
Regardless it was very good. The chickpeas had a rich, intense flavour that the bread sopped up nicely.
Biryani is alone pot meal, fragrant rice layered with a curry marinated
meat or vegetables and spices.
This is one of the finest examples I’ve ever tasted of this amazing dish.
I’ve never tasted a Biryani with this depth of flavour. I could not believe my tastebuds. With “fall off the bone tender” chicken this could have been a meal in itself.
But I wanted to try something different.
So I asked the server to bring us something white people don’t order.
We got this:
Looks great, but what is it?
My first thought was chicken. But wrong texture.
Then I was thinking a dough of some kind. Nope.
Turns out it was a soy product of some kind, kind of like tofu. Though with a denser consistensy that I’m used to.
In the end, while the curry itself was very tasty both of us found a texture of the soy product a little off-putting and it ended up not being our favorite. You win some, you lose some.
Regardless of the last dish though the food here was spectacular.
A great Biryani, yummy Chole Bhature and creamy mango lasis made for a really great lunch.
8/10