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Tasteful New World Mainland China
New World Mainland China, which recently opened at DLF, Saket is indeed a brave new world of combinations and tastes. While Mainland China, with 18 outlets across India is known for its high quality, yet predictable fare, New World Mainland China is all about prudent experimentation. While sticking with Chinese cuisine, it doesn’t shy away from taking a few continental risks.
Reaching the restaurant requires negotiating through the peopled alleys of the mall. Walking through the food court is not the best way to reach it. But as soon as an elevator from a side entrance is ready, access to the restaurant will be simplified. The interiors are decidedly posh and done in deep royal colours.
The meal starts with some exquisite dimsums. The steamed pakchoy with silken tofu is juicy, succulent and flavourful. You’ll be hard pressed to not make a meal of them. While you will find the predictable accompanying sauces, the champion is certainly the unusual black pepper sauce. It is hot while not being spicy and is the ideal partner for the gentle dimsums. Wasabi flavoured mushroom dimsum is a perfect example of the new world flavours at the restaurant. While wasabi might be the archetypal Japanese paste, it does provide a muscular tang to the Chinese dimsum. The crispy Beijing duck roll is nice for its crispiness but does seem a tad too heavy.
The pepper-crusted fish with kaffir lime (typical of South East Asian cuisine) is simply excellent. Hot pepper combined with the coolness of lime makes the dish perfectly balanced. The fish is silken and succumbs like a lover to the spices. Stir fried prawns with olives and jalapeno peppers is the biggest disappointment of the meal. Prawns are blessed with the nicest natural flavour. But this dish successfully exterminates that. The dish seems hardly stir fried as it is unnecessarily heavy.
Braised Chinese greens in a clay pot make for a simple but good dish. The greens look freshly bathed in chlorophyll and dipped in sunshine. The greens are supremely fresh and crunchy. Considering the high quality of the main dishes, it is a good idea to order a straightforward plain rice. But the wheat noodles with shitake mushrooms and leek is not a bad bet either.
The menu has a fairly involved dessert menu which is unusual for most Chinese restaurants. An ideal nightcap is the tender coconut ice cream, packed with pieces of tender coconut. The five-spice ice cream is recommended by a most helpful staff but is rather too pungent for dessert.
A meal for two is approximately Rs.2000 (plus taxes)
NANDINI NAIR
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