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2023-03-12
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[ Rajastan Rifles | 山頂/中環 ]Due to pure coincidence, I found myself on the Peak one Sunday and decided to come here for lunch. I walked in around 12 and there were a lot of vacant seats but they started getting packed by 12:30. I’ve heard lots about the Anglo-Indian food served here as a remembrance to Britain’s colonisation of India and am very intrigued by the food. The environment here is very peaceful due to the mountains and the restaurant is definitely bigger than New Punjab Club, the more
[ Rajastan Rifles | 山頂/中環 ]
Due to pure coincidence, I found myself on the Peak one Sunday and decided to come here for lunch. I walked in around 12 and there were a lot of vacant seats but they started getting packed by 12:30. I’ve heard lots about the Anglo-Indian food served here as a remembrance to Britain’s colonisation of India and am very intrigued by the food.
The environment here is very peaceful due to the mountains and the restaurant is definitely bigger than New Punjab Club, the more famous Indian/ Punjabi restaurant from Black Sheep. The price range too is much higher than expected but I understand half the price at Black Sheep is for the service.
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Poppadum Chutney $68
Three different poppadums, all with their own distinct taste and texture!
The chickpea one is the more flavorful one with intense spices and a kick of heat. It’s rather thick (compared to the others) and I enjoyed eating it as crisps!
The lentil one is less flavorful in terms of spices but heartier and grainier in the taste. It is thinner than the chickpea one and paired the best with the mango chutney.
The rice one is my favorite as it melts in your mouth. It’s also the least spiced and flavored so mild and allows you to taste the mango chutney the best.
The mango chutney is quite sweet and tangy, not very spiced and resembles more like jam and marmalade. The mango taste isn’t very strong so it just tastes like tropical fruit 🤷♀️
Not a bad way to start my luncheon.
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Tomato Lentil Shorba $128
Shorba is a rich and flavorful stew/soho from the Middle East. It’s commonly made with beans, potatoes and meat but tomato Shorba is also very popular and frequently found.
The Shorba here is velvety and immensely flavorful. The tomato taste is very prominent despite the amount of spices present. It’s tangy and sweet but has a mild hint of coconut -from the coconut cream which adds creaminess and texture- and a lot of spice from the chilli. It’s perhaps the spiciest dish today.
I really enjoyed the croutons on top as it was amazing being soaked up by the crispy bread. I also enjoyed soaking the rice poppadum in it and eating that up.
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Butter Chicken $308
Some of the best butter chicken in HK!
The sauce is so silky and creamy without being heavy due to the abundance of spices used. Still, it is not chilli-spicy just spices-spicy due to the assortment of spices and aromatics used. The chicken is extremely tender and well seasoned, even the core was flavorful! The size is decent with enough pieces too. I enjoyed eating this with naan more than rice (although with rice is also delicious!) because the consistency is thick and rich.
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Barramundi and Mango Stew $338
This dish intrigued me a lot so I had to try it.
The curry sauce reminds me more of Thai curry due to its flavor and consistency. It has a mild sourness which is really appetizing. Sadly, you can’t really taste the mango flavor. The consistency is very loose and silky. The barramundi pieces are so flaky and tender but not very flavorful. It heavily relies on the curry for flavor. There is a lot of pieces, some big and some small, all very tender.
I enjoyed eating this with the rice more than the naan as it is much looser. The fish and rice also went really well together. The chef was right when he said this curry compliments rice more!
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Garlic Naan $78
Their signature naan bread!However, I prefer the naan at New Punjab Club which is fluffier as the naan here is quite thin (but not yet crispy) and the garlic butter is also quite greasy and weirdly lacks garlic taste.
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Steamed Rice $58
I didn’t know they would charge us for this as they said we should have the curry with rice which they will take care of…. But perhaps I heard wrong.
It’s just basmati rice and it’s cooked well and not too wet or dry but I think they cooked it a tad bit too long as it disintegrated when I added the hot curry on it.
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Treacle Tart $128
I couldn’t leave without trying their famous tart and I’m very glad I did.
The flavour profile of this classic British dessert similar to the Sticky Toffee Pudding from New Punjab Club but with different texture and ingredients.
The crust is a simple shortcrust pastry which is buttery and flaky but able to hold its shape. The filling is made with treacle which is the by-product of refining sugar and the most common one nowadays is golden syrup. This syrup is mixed with heavy cream and breadcrumbs to make the filling of this tart. The breadcrumbs absorbs all the sweetness like a sponge and also provides this treat with a unique texture. The tart itself is on the sweet side but the rich caramelised taste of the filling worked really well with the pastry. The clotted cream served as well is also not sweet at all and merely offered some cold creaminess to refresh each bite.
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Chota Hazry Masala Chai $68
Sweeten black tea with milk. Pounded ginger, crushed cardamom
We got the tart with their chai and wow it reminded me of an English afternoon tea. The chai here is nothing like the one at New Punjab Club. It is heavily infused with black tea with a strong taste of ginger and cardamom. Unlike the chai at NPC which is notoriously sweet and creamy but still delicious and warming, this is not overly sweet and creamy and warming because of the ginger. It went very well with the tart as it counteracted the sweetness.
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推介 🙆♀️
💬 Overall, a really nice luncheon on the Peak and I definitely recommend everyone to try this restaurant once as the price is very steep (final price was $800 for 2 pax. 😥😬) and I don’t fully believe it is justified by the quality of the dishes. Still, the service here is impeccable and I enjoyed talking with the servers about the dishes.
Ps. I came here with my friend who just came back from the UK where she had her fair share of Indian food and she said the food here is much better than those in the UK 😂
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Poppadum chutney
$68
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Tomato lentil Shorba
$128
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Barramundi and mango stew
$338
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Garlic naan
$78
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Butter chicken
$308
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Treacle tart
$128
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Masala chai
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