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For a royal treat

Royal Court offers sumptuous food in a classy ambience

PHOTO: K. GANESAN

EXOTIC Delectable recipes

`Begum Bahar,' `Seekh Kebab Lababdar,' `Kashmiri Roganjosh,' `Gosht Saagwala' ...

Do you mistake any of these names for a Hindi movie title? No harm. For, it is the case with everyone. But any food expert can easily make them out as popular recipes. These are some of the gourmet's delights you find in the menu of Crystal, the multi-cuisine restaurant of Hotel Royal Court.

Ambience and quality of food determine the success of any restaurant. The first thing to attract visitors to this restaurant is its opulent ambience.

Sophisticated ambience

There is a touch of class in every thing here, from food arrangement to interior design, which reminds one of Moghul days.

"Attracting Madurai public with different food varieties is really an art. For, the unpredictability factor is more here. But they are true lovers of food. Once you are able to sustain the quality and taste, then the customer will be a regular to your place," says Devendra Thapa, Executive Chef of the hotel.

True to its multi-cuisine tag, the restaurant offers a mix of Continental, Chinese and south Indian food apart from Italian pastas and tandoori varieties.

"We concentrate more on the hygienic part of food items. We use only branded ingredients which are of export quality," Mr. Thapa reveals.

Exotic varieties

The exotic varieties of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes have caught the attention of a good number of visitors to this restaurant. "Planning your recipes is very important. Besides, it should also taste good. `Begum Bahar' is prepared by cooking tender chicken in cashew gravy. `Seekh Kebab Lababdar' is nothing but minced mutton kebab in onion and tomato gravy. `Gosht Saagwala' is mutton cooked with spinach puree," he lists out.

The week-end buffet draws a line of customers to the restaurant. It offers 40 recipes, including eight non-vegetarian dishes. It comes to you at a price of Rs.222, inclusive of taxes.

To cater to the needs of the south Indian businessmen the restaurant offers `executive lunch,' which is priced at Rs.99, inclusive of taxes. It offers 15 different varieties, including one non-vegetarian and vegetarian dish.

Apart from Crystal, the hotel also has the luxurious roof-top restaurant, Mogul, just to provide diners a bird's eye view of the city. The restaurant offers Royal Couple dinner at a combo price of Rs.500 for two persons.

The swanky ambience at the roof-top with extravagant recipes, that come with a welcome drink (fruit juice), three types of non-vegetarian and vegetarian dishes, two types of rice (pulao and biriyani), desserts and unlimited Indian breads. "This dinner is especially planned for foreign visitors who wish to taste Indian food. But we get more Indian customers now," he says.

Apart from the buffet, every day the Chef introduces his own special recipe. Some of the succulent dish varieties are `Kim Chicken' and `Smoked Chicken'. With more than 25 years of experience in this field and having widely travelled, Mr. Thapa rolls out his own preparations to enthral food lovers. "The `Kim Chicken' is a South Korean dish, which is prepared with the chicken breast. Fry the chicken with egg batter and then toss it with Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce," Mr. Thapa demonstrates.

The `Crystal' is open from 7 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. for breakfast, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch, 3.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. for snacks and 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. for dinner.

The `Mogul' entertains customers from 5 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.

The good thing about the restaurant is the importance it gives to customers' feedback.

Now, this restaurant is gearing up for the Chicken mela from April 8 with 15 to 20 varieties of chicken recipes on the chart.

T. SARAVANAN

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