When it comes to the best Chinese cuisine in Delhi, an epicure is spoiled for choices and enjoys a vast spread of gastronomy that the city has to offer. Some of the places are decades old and still provides the same kind of service and excellence like they have been doing over the years. But there are some new kids on the block too who has managed to grasp the attention of today’s foodies with their modern techniques capturing the traditional oriental soul. Lately ‘Yauatcha’ which is a brand of the Michelin-starred London tea house has been dominating the food scene of the city with its creativity and a lip-smacking menu. You will find Yauatcha tucked on level 2 of Ambience Mall in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. The restaurant is the sister concern of London’s Hakkassan and packs the same flavourful punch.
Hakkassan is known for its superb fine dining Chinese menu and Yauatcha takes the tradition further with its equivalent spectacular menu featuring modern Cantonese cuisine. The best way to tackle Yauatcha’s menu is through their dim sums spread that offers the diners a vast never-ending variety. Accompany your meal with a pot of refreshing gourmet tea to enhance the flavours. If you feel like something stronger then you’re in luck. Yauatcha stocks on a lavish bar menu that houses some fantastic wines and other kinds of liquor. Begin with Thai style prawn salad, pan fried satay chicken bun, Chilean seabass mooli roll, prawn & seaweed dumpling, mixed salad with lotus root, crispy duck roll and curry spiced vegetable wonton. Fill yourself with, stir-fry vegetables in asam sauce, spicy wild prawn curry, crispy lamb, jasmine tea smoke organic pork ribs and kung pao chicken.
The menu is varied and offers a lot of wonderful variety. Their sweet course is just as enticing as their rest of the menu. However, jasmine tea cake, mango mascarpone gateau, raspberry delice, milk chocolate praline, tropical cake and religieuse is their hot sellers. Yauatcha is an expensive place to dine but is worth it because of its superb menu and for its stylish contemporary interiors. The furnishings revolve around tones of yellow, olive green, black and off-white, portraying a very modern and elegant picture. The place is ideal for team dinners, family get-togethers and quiet business meetings that requires a backdrop of class and tranquillity. Choose Yauatcha for its affluence, style and innovation.
- This is the sister restaurant of London’s Hakkassan and features the duck salad that made Hakkasan famous
- As this is a tea house, they also serve French style patisserie. The macroons are probably your best bet
- As it is in a mall it is the perfect option for diners of all ages