Bangles Tandoor - Popping My Bubbles!
Right now the 8 foreign guests around us in the hotel's Private Lounge on the 33rd Floor have gone touristy-gaga over the aerial display by the noisy jets rehearsing for...National Day? or Top Gun remake? (forgive me, I can't remember...after 3 soul-clarifying G&Ts and 3 glasses of champagne you can hardly blame me!)
And as I slipped my third Tandoori-spiced prawn off its mini-skewer (courtesy of the Cocktail Hours buffet we were enjoying) and relished the burst of flavours, the Tandoor genie in my mind cleared his throat before I could proclaim my passion for my new-found food! Hey, what's the panic? No way the prawns were going to debut at No. 1 on my Tandoor List!
The memory of Bangles Tandoor's Reshmi Kebabs is still so fresh (but of course, it was only yesterday!)...the succulent pieces of minced chicken marinated in fragrant spices and lightly braised in the Tandoor oven...bless the Chef and his kitchen!
Bangles Tandoor is a tiny little gem of a restaurant...Moghul-ish dark wood interiors, sufficient heirloom-ish brass decorative essentials, lots of Indian men hanging around behind the cashier, proper leather-bound menus and the quintessential ornate Indian tableware (do a Google if you don't know what I mean). But don't be shocked, they've got more culinary accolades than the squabbling Katong Laksa stalls put together!
Like most times we were in an Indian restaurant, I left it to Him to organize the order...There are some things even I can't learn. So we started off with the Aloo Chat - a very refreshing, mildly-spicy diced potato and tomato salad). Then came the Piece de Resistance of the menu (in my opinion!) - the Reshmi Kebabs. Although I'm quite the sucker for North Indian meat dishes, I've never had such perfect Reshmi kebabs...I can remember EVERY bit of the taste as it hit my palate and pricked my Kebab-Bubble with an enormous POP! Yup, been living in my Kebab-Bubble...didn't think/know a small un-pretentious kitchen on a side street could do this! Given it was portioned for 3 or more, I pinched myself to stop from asking Him to order more...
Tip: NEVER over-indulge, it will spoil your current experience and which will subconsciously lead to a prologing of the next craving for that gastronomic delight!
After that, it was hard for the skewered lamb pieces (a tad salty and tough) to live up to the magic of the Reshmi kebabs...although the Kitchen did make a genuine effort through the Zenobia Koffta (minced fresh vegetable balls in a thick gravy) and Pudina Parothas...
And having seen the menu, He had ensured I had saved some space for my favourite Indian sugar binge - Gulab Jamun...SSsslllll...so warm, so sweet, so savoury...it's something in Indian desserts - the power to separate the People With a Sweet Tooth (each?) and they who live in their Sweet-Tooth-Bubble*smirk*...So go on, try it - I've done the test with friends so many times and seen many bubbles popped!
Speaking of which...I've got my last glass of bubbly to finish...before they start the Liqueur Service *grin*
And as I slipped my third Tandoori-spiced prawn off its mini-skewer (courtesy of the Cocktail Hours buffet we were enjoying) and relished the burst of flavours, the Tandoor genie in my mind cleared his throat before I could proclaim my passion for my new-found food! Hey, what's the panic? No way the prawns were going to debut at No. 1 on my Tandoor List!
The memory of Bangles Tandoor's Reshmi Kebabs is still so fresh (but of course, it was only yesterday!)...the succulent pieces of minced chicken marinated in fragrant spices and lightly braised in the Tandoor oven...bless the Chef and his kitchen!
Bangles Tandoor is a tiny little gem of a restaurant...Moghul-ish dark wood interiors, sufficient heirloom-ish brass decorative essentials, lots of Indian men hanging around behind the cashier, proper leather-bound menus and the quintessential ornate Indian tableware (do a Google if you don't know what I mean). But don't be shocked, they've got more culinary accolades than the squabbling Katong Laksa stalls put together!
Like most times we were in an Indian restaurant, I left it to Him to organize the order...There are some things even I can't learn. So we started off with the Aloo Chat - a very refreshing, mildly-spicy diced potato and tomato salad). Then came the Piece de Resistance of the menu (in my opinion!) - the Reshmi Kebabs. Although I'm quite the sucker for North Indian meat dishes, I've never had such perfect Reshmi kebabs...I can remember EVERY bit of the taste as it hit my palate and pricked my Kebab-Bubble with an enormous POP! Yup, been living in my Kebab-Bubble...didn't think/know a small un-pretentious kitchen on a side street could do this! Given it was portioned for 3 or more, I pinched myself to stop from asking Him to order more...
Tip: NEVER over-indulge, it will spoil your current experience and which will subconsciously lead to a prologing of the next craving for that gastronomic delight!
After that, it was hard for the skewered lamb pieces (a tad salty and tough) to live up to the magic of the Reshmi kebabs...although the Kitchen did make a genuine effort through the Zenobia Koffta (minced fresh vegetable balls in a thick gravy) and Pudina Parothas...
And having seen the menu, He had ensured I had saved some space for my favourite Indian sugar binge - Gulab Jamun...SSsslllll...so warm, so sweet, so savoury...it's something in Indian desserts - the power to separate the People With a Sweet Tooth (each?) and they who live in their Sweet-Tooth-Bubble*smirk*...So go on, try it - I've done the test with friends so many times and seen many bubbles popped!
Speaking of which...I've got my last glass of bubbly to finish...before they start the Liqueur Service *grin*
posted by Scrambled Eggs at 6/25/2005 07:20:00 pm
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