We won coupons worth Rs.5000/- to any BJN Group Restaurants on getting second place in Bay Decoration Competition. We had chosen a theme called ‘100 Years of Indian Cinema’.
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We drilled down to Samarkand . We had heard a lot about this restaurant. Heard that it servers the best food and it is one of the oldest in the city. I trust BJN Group to maintain their standards and make any city tastier.
Samarkand can be found on Infantry Road, to be precise girls! It’s just behind Safina Plaza.
Name Samarkand comes from a place in Uzbekistan. Samarkand was the birth place of Mughal Ruler Babur, the founder of Mughal Dynasty in India.
Samarkand is an up market restaurant in Bangalore. It is one of kind and favorite place to dine-out amongst many connoisseurs of food.
Moving to their mouth watering menu,
Menu at Samarkand is a replica of an old newspaper which gives wonderful information about the culture and its cuisines. It is very innovative and apt for the restaurants visual appeal. I could see many struggling to read the menu maybe because of the light print or lighting conditions. These minor things could be ignored when the food is so delectable.
Menu was so awesome that I almost felt nostalgic reading it. Mughlai dishes were so beautifully named that I was about to drool and faint over the menu itself. Sanjeev Kapoor said in one of the shows that naming your dish is as important as the taste.
They draw an analogy between battle and eating. They say starting out in the right manner is critical.
So they have Shorbas (Shorba in Urdu is simply gravy): Tamater ka shorba , chooze ka shorba.
Kebabs , who does not like kebabs. They quote so well that fire was invented only to make kebabs.
We ordered Anjeer Kabab. (Veg) It is worth a try. It was not oily, cottage cheese filled with figs. It was such a new thing. Never ever tasted something like this.
Tandoor Pompfret is also worth trying. Very good fish it was more on healthy side as it was not fried too.
We ordered Non Veg Platter was very good. Expensive in fact very expensive but taste was unmatched.
Yet to explore the entire menu. Meanwhile had a few other things like Veg Biryani.
The Biryani was superb. It was the finest in Bangalore. I am updating my food DB with the best biryani is given dum in Samarkand.
One more thing never to forget is Nalli Ka Salan. Nalli in urdu is limbs. I can still remember the taste of the salan. It was rich in cinamom taste and light Indian masala. They give along with it khameer ki roti. Khameer is yeast so yeast makes the tandoori roti very soft.
In Desserts kulfi, phirni, qubani ka meeta were good. In entire Bangalore am yet to find a place which servers the best Qubani ka meeta. Did not match the taste of home nor Hyderabad.
Variety of beverages were present from Alchoholic to Non Alcholic. I had Black Dog Scotch . The good taste of Black Dog went really well while sipping with less oily finger tip using food. Specially with NV platter as I told everything was smoked or grill cooked .
It was a perfect lunch with my colleagues, good food and Black Dog Scotch.
