Since Chinese food has moved on from being a comfort food to serious gastronomy, we have seen an entirely new facet of the cuisine. It’s just not about a bowl of chicken gravy or fried noodles, Chinese cuisine has moved on from its unpretentious perch to something a bit more spectacular. Fine dining restaurants serving Chinese food have become bolder in approach and are changing the perspective of looking at this wonderful cuisine. A similar fancy name from London has set its sight towards India and after opening restaurants in Mumbai and Delhi, with tremendous response, has opened up an outlet at Quest Mall in Ballygunge, Kolkata. ‘Yauatcha’ is a unique modern teahouse located in the heart of old-fashioned Kolkata. Foodies simply adore this place and often pop in for a flavour packed snazzy meal.
Yauatcha is all about delectable Chinese food. They proudly boast of having the best dim sums in town and although their menu is vast, it offers an exciting array of mouth-watering dishes. Ask your server for a pot of Chinese tea to go with your meal or if you like your drink stronger then there is an impressive bar menu to match too. Ginger martini looks especially delicious. Start your meal with, black pepper duck puff, prawn salad with mango, fried charcoal lamb bun, truffle edamame dumpling, prawn coriander dumpling, crispy aromatic duck, Asian greens soup with tofu, sesame prawn toast and vegetarian duck salad. Serve yourself a helping of vegetable stir fry udon noodles to go with the Chinese gravies. Tuck into, baked seabass in supreme soya sauce, spicy mahlak chicken, four style vegetables in Szechuan sauce and jasmine tea smoked pork ribs.
Pamper your sweet tooth with a spread of divine Asian desserts. Yauatcha’s exotic sweet selection includes, chocolate mandarin tart, mango mascarpone gateau, raspberry delice, jasmine tea cake, jaffa cake, religieuse and grilled fruits & vanilla rum ice cream. If there is one thing we can say about Yauatcha, it’s that its elegance personified. The interiors are completely modern, built with clean sharp lines that takes fine dining in Kolkata to 21st century. The dining area is generously spacious and designed in muted soft tones. Ask to be seated next to the huge window that overlooks a gorgeous view of Kolkata city. Yauatcha may not be inexpensive but it’s certainly one of a kind.
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Kolkata was in need of a contemporary Chinese restaurant badly, somewhere you could go for a taste of international quality fine dining. Yauatcha turned out to be the answer to the dilemma. The restaurant is a modern tea house with a wonderful extensive Chinese spread, prepared excellently. Yauatcha serves the best dim sums in town so if possible make your first course entirely of them. The restaurant is unique and stylish, giving Kolkata’s gastronomic sector that sophisticated gloss. If your plan is to wine and dine someone special for a Special Occasion, pick Yauatcha.
- They have a 'set menu' available on all days
- The desserts are mostly western desserts, also on display at the entrance of the restaurant and are as gorgeous to taste as they sound
- Sip on to their in-house cocktails such as 'Citrus Martini' - a gin, vodka, limoncello, passion fruit, grape fruit and orange juice cocktail and 'Tin Hau Martini' - with whisky as the base, and passion fruit and Martini Bianco vermouth to perk things up