With Ramadan just around the corner, we are throwing back to last year’s Iftar tasting session that we indulged in at Chef Vikas Khanna’s renowned restaurant, Junoon. When you're invited to a reputed Michelin starred restaurant such as this one for Iftar, you had better diet prior to the event because you sure are in for a feast! We were treated to a resplendent 5 course Iftar menu at Michelin starred chef Vikas Khanna's classy restaurant. The first course, pre-appetizers you can call them were the perfect way to start the meal; we got a platter of delicious dates along with a refreshing Compressed Watermelon chaat and glasses each of both buttermilk and Sharbat (RoohAfza and Milk)! The Rose milk was good but the buttermilk could have been thicker in our opinion.
Appetizers
Here we were served a trio of platters; one with assorted vegetable pakodas and pear chutney, the extremely flavorful and crispy Eggplant chaat with the right dips and spices and the sweet potato bonda which was as tasty as it was cute. Our favorite from this selection was definitely the Eggplant chaat!
It was then time for the third course which consisted of the Rajma ki shammi (Kidney beans in tikka/kebab form), I am very fond of Rajma and prefer it in the traditional form as opposed to this way but it was the novelty that attracted! We did quite love the Murgh Tikka Mirza Hasnu and the Goat Seekh kebab; as big fans of North Indian kebabs and mutton as well, both items satisfied our palates and were excellently cooked with perfect accompaniments in the form of a broccoli puree with the former and daal and pomegranate chutney with the latter.