You may remember what the glittery lanes of Noida looks like today, but almost a decade ago the scene was not so exciting. All it was a dusty stretch of land with few decent showrooms along the side of the road and the famous Sector 18 trying to turn a new leaf. The busy Atta Market which now can be a hip spot for the A-lister crowd was earlier nothing better than a cluster of unpretentious looking shops. The change in gastronomy came with the arrival of ‘Bamboo Shoots’, which was one of the first family dining restaurants to open in Sector 18 of Noida. The restaurant gained popularity almost overnight due to its superb Pan Asian menu and a simple pleasing interiors that seemed to draw the punters in hordes. It still is one of the best and pocket-friendly places to have Pan Asian food in Noida.

The menu of Bamboo Shoots is its backbone and is the reason as to why the restaurant has managed to survive this long. You can dig into the menu to savour the Pan Asian cuisine in an exciting way with some feel good classic dishes still making noise. A wonderful variety of seafood is up on display so be ready to indulge and spoil yourself. Foray into the menu with, butter chilli garlic prawns, soya satay, drums of heaven, chicken & leek yakitori, bar-be-qued chicken winglets, dim sums, chilli pepper corn, sum tham thai, talumein soup and crab meat fritters guillin chilli. The variety is endless. Main course entails, fiery chilli oil basil lamb, prawns mallack sauce, pla pad karcha, chilli hot whole pomfret, cherry honey chicken, vegetables in sweet chilli lemon sauce and Pan Asian paella.

Bamboo Shoots is a popular spot for kitty parties and executive lunches and if informed before, the staff will help you put together a wonderfully crafted menu. The menu in turn is classic and innovative at the same time. At Bamboo Shoots the focus remains on the food not the interiors, although the interiors are not bad in itself. The setting in informal and remains the same as it was years ago. The patina of age shows on the décor but the punters still love it just the way it is. Bamboo Shoots is casual, family-oriented, pleasing, old fashioned and very very delicious. If you crave for Pan Asian food there is no place better than Bamboo Shoots.