Khan chacha ko salaam

 I got bored of sitting at home yesterday so I got my beautiful wife to take me around Delhi today. The plan was to see Humayun’s tomb and Safdarjung tomb followed by lunch, the venue for which wasn’t decided in the morning.

So we went to see the Mughal emperors resting place and we came out very much impressed. Not only about the scale of things but also for the way it’s maintained by whichever government organization is doing it. Such places are a very rare exception to the rule so it’s always a pleasant surprise.

Worth a trip, most definitely. Enough said, this isn’t a travel blog.

We left the place for Khan market. As told to me by my navigator/ Delhi historian/ guide (also called wife) Khan market was the posh area of Delhi. The kind of place that was visited by the moneyed in Delhi. Frankly the place looks like Manish market in Mumbai (maybe not that bad) and I wasn’t impressed but there were a lot of international brands. Enough said, this isn’t a travel blog.

For lunch we went to a restaurant called Khan chacha which is in the Khan market itself.

You walk in and are greeted by a wall full of reports in the newspapers about the restaurant. Then by another wall full of photos of famous people who have visited them. There were also a lot of certificates from different websites which give such certificates. Good beginning.

The menu is a simple two page affair, not too much to confuse you. We started with Chicken Seekh kabab, Chicken tikka and Tropicana juice.

Both the starters were awesome, the chicken tikka was cooked just right with the edges of the flesh charred just enough to give you that additional texture when chomping on it. The seekh kabab meanwhile was marinated to perfection and then cooked brilliantly to create rolls of flesh that melt in the mouth and leave you wanting for more when the plate is licked clean.

This was followed by chicked seekh roll and chicken biryani. 

The roll wasn’t great. It’s like when Mallika Sherawat wears too many clothes, it just doesn’t feel right. So we did the best thing possible : got rid of the roti and cleaned up the seekh kabab. The chicken biryani was good too, we both loved the fragrant rice and the mellow spicing which made the biryani just perfect but I believe the chicken pieces themselves could have been better (nit-picking here) By this time, my stomach was nearly full so I could be a snob and find such small problems.

All in all, a satisfying meal. It was a tad too expensive by normal Delhi standard but it was a meal fit for Delhi and was better than expected.  I will be going there again whenever I get a chance.