Travertino

If someone says Italian food what pops in your mind? Pizza? Pasta? Tiramisu? But there is whole world of unexplored Italian cuisine that not have been introduced to the hungry Indian gastronomes. Try to find out more about this wonderful cuisine at ‘Travertino’. It can be accessed at The Oberoi, New Delhi. The restaurant is a tie up between Oberoi’s and Rome’s famous Hassler hotel. Serious Italian food is served here and cooked at the kitchens overlooked by the chef at Hassler’s Michelin star restaurant Imago. The restaurant is elegant and posh. The formal dining room is often seen occupied by the upper crust, dignitaries, diplomats and gourmets. The restaurant is small in size and popular resulting in occupancy most of the time. The service is noteworthy. Not only is it efficient it is also smooth and flawless. At one end of the room is the glass wine cellar containing superb collection of Italian wines.

Menu of Travertino is cleverly composed of dishes that are common and of those which are unheard of. The patrons go for unparalleled cooking and classy ambience. The menu is compact and short listed with winning dishes. Start the menu off with some appetizers. They will read marinated fresh salmon with fennel white wine reduction, chicken consommé, quinoa salad with basil ricotta, san daniele ham melon with aged balsamic, poached egg with creamed onion and truffle oil, green pea soup, grilled lobster braised artichoke with saffron sauce and organic mesclun salad. Have your fill of pastas and risottos here. They serve some unique combinations. Follow the appetizers with mains like, roast corn fed chicken with celery sauce, slow cooked pork belly, eggplant parmigiana, grilled red snapper in guazzetto, pan seared sea bass, Scottish salmon and fennel sauce, crespella of buckwheat with baby beetroot cream and grilled lamb chops with garlic rosemary sauce.

Final leg of the journey takes you to tempting world of desserts. Chef at Travertino presents home-made sorbets, hot chocolate pudding with home-made cinnamon ice cream, selection of Italian cheese, cannolo with raspberry and mascarpone mousse, slow cooked Belgian chocolate cake and the classic tiramisu. Their home-made ice creams and sorbet are temptation incarnate. Coffee addicts will revel in the variety of coffees you could choose from at the end of your meal. Dining at Travertino is quite expensive so save it for special occasions or romantic dinner.