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Tasty sight You can watch your roti being prepared

Roomali with a view, a venture by Kapoor hospitality is stylish and subtle in its ambience. From the carved windows, coloured columns, motifs on the ceiling, the royal purple table covers and minimalist lighting to the copper table ware, classy chandeliers and Rajasthani dolls – you have to lookcarefully to discover the elegant surroundings.

The place makes best use of natural light that comes in from the open view overlooking the road. Started four years ago on 100 Feet Road in Indiranagar, this second outlet has done everything to replicate the first. A peaceful restaurant on the busy Marathalli main road is welcome for people who live around the area.

A complimentary welcome drink which could be a refreshing strawberry milkshake or tangy jal jeera in a matka clears your stomach and rejuvenates you as you settle in and scan the menu. Director Sanjiv Makin, a chef himself, tells you that the chief cooks are from the four different regions. And then as you sink into your chair, you look at the “Roomali with a view”. And sure enough, there is an open counter which makes five different types of roomali – pudina, methi, palak, butter and plain and if you want to be choosier, you can ask for carrot or anything else you can think of. The cooks are bustling around, as you can see from the large glass window that gives a clear view of the kitchen.

Starters are a must here – fine, round tandoori aloo lets your teeth sink into grilled, smoky perfection, large tandoori gobi pieces lets your tongue flutter in piquant pleasure, paneer tikka with layers of masala is less on the salty side and is best eaten grilled with capsicum, tomato and onion. Non-vegetarian starters are something else now – large malai kababs are juicy even in the inside and laced with crisp, charcoal edges to complete the taste.

From the buffet section which is priced at Rs. 245 inclusive of taxes, gosht adraki are nice, succulent pieces of mutton that has been soaked well into the curry, murg besimaal had a strong tomato base, louki Shimla sabzi brought back memories of eating in your grandmother’s house in the summer holidays and kadai paneer could have been softer. Ghustaba was out of the world – finely cut pieces of mutton cooked in curd and flavoured with dry mint powder. You can either have it with steaming pineapple pulav or green-tinted palak roomali.

For desserts, there is heavenly gajar ka halwa with vanilla ice-cream or heavy but not sugar-sweet moong dal halwa. The trick is definitely, to indulge in a little but of everything, and not go overboard on one variety.

What’s more, there’s a comfortable party hall on the mezzanine floor where you can sit back and feel like nawab of some bygone era, with a greater view of the last few days of the airport runway.

Roomali with a View on the fourth floor, above Next showroom, opposite Innovative Multiplex on the Outer Ring Road is open on all days for lunch (noon to 3.30 p.m.) and dinner (7 p.m. to midnight) with an a la menu as well and can be contacted on 25234546, 47 and 9886466424.

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