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2020-06-23
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It’s been awhile since I last went to LKF because of COVID. So now as the pandemic is better controlled, my friend and I finally went uphill to have a happy Friday!-Situated right at the heart of LKF, Carat is between Tao and Sidewalk. It provides a great variety of services on top of food and drinks, including a whiskey and cigar lounge, shisha and even private party! -Soon after we sat down, the waiter gave us this beer mat-like face mask keeper sponsored by hoegaarden! Simply love the design!
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Situated right at the heart of LKF, Carat is between Tao and Sidewalk. It provides a great variety of services on top of food and drinks, including a whiskey and cigar lounge, shisha and even private party!
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Soon after we sat down, the waiter gave us this beer mat-like face mask keeper sponsored by hoegaarden! Simply love the design!
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We ordered a cup of mojito and black berry mocktail. The mojito is quite decent! The bountiful mint leaves blend so well with the white rum, the lime and the soda! But the mocktail is way too sweet to my liking. It’s a mix of cranberry, pineapple and blackberry juices, but to me it’s too syrupy and I can’t taste that sourness from the pineapple juice... Perhaps I should’ve tried cocktail next time (though it’s my problem that I don’t like alcohol much )
Black Berry Mocktail & Mojito
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As I was peckish when I got up to LKF, I decided to have a proper dinner in this bar. Their menu appealed to me a lot as they offer a wide variety of Indian cuisines! Moreover, I saw that they have a specialised Indian chef I’m more confident in the quality of their food (and thankfully I’m right!) As a side note, to my astonishment, this bar serves not only dinner, but also lunch buffet! So I think it provides an extra choice for people working in Central who mightn’t wanna go over to Soho for lunch sometimes?
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We ordered murgh malai tikka and carat tandoori chicken as appetisers. Both are also chicken breasts cooked in a tandoori clay oven, but the murgh malai tikka is marinated with cream, hung curd and lemon juice while the carat tikka is seasoned with ginger, garlic, chilli and a vast amount of spices.
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Both of us like the whitish murgh malai tikka more because the cream and hung curd give the dish a smooth and texture and milky flavour with a hint of refreshing acidity! In contrast, the reddish carat chicken has an overly strong tang of spices that mask the other ingredients and herbs. Moreover, it’s not as tender as its whitish creamy counterpart.
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Oh right! I really like the mint sauce, which is a mixture of peppermint leaves, plain yoghurt and lemon juice. Dip the chicken into this green sauce and the freshness and sourness balance out the strong meaty flavour of the chicken!
Murgh Malai Tikka
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Carat Tandoori Chicken
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The best dish award goes to this Palak Paneer!!!! The description in its menu says it’s fresh cottage cheese in baby spinach sauce, but actually when I looked up the word “paneer” afterwards, I noticed that paneer is a unique Indian-style cheese that differs from cottage cheese. So they’re both unaged, non-melting soft cheese that has extremely low fat content. But while cottage cheese is made by coagulating milk into curd with rennet (an enzyme produced in the stomachs of ruminant animals), the milk of paneer is curdled with lemon juice instead. In my opinion, paneer doesn’t even have a slight hint of salt, unlike cottage cheese which is mildly salty.
As for the baby spinach sauce, OMG it’s so delicious! It’s a mixture of spinach purée, garlic, ginger and garam masala. The garlic and garam masala gives a delightful and creamy taste, and the aroma is simply heavenly! Palak paneer is literally one of the best fillings to be stuffed into butter naan!
Palak Paneer & Butter Naan
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I think I just had Indian butter chicken two weeks ago, but I already couldn’t wait to have it again! I think this is a solid proof of how much I crave this dish?
So apart from butter and chicken, it has so many ingredients, including garam masala, tomato purée and chopped tomato cubes, ginger, garlic, coriander, cream (originally we thought it’s plain yoghurt but the chef said it’s not) and chilli. It’s so creamy and aromatic! Interestingly, the chopped tomato gives a varied texture to the thick and unctuous reddish sauce. The multiple condiments have added so much to the complexity of flavours, making the sauce salty, tangy, garlicky, spicy, mildly sour and sweet all at the same time!
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As a side note, originally we ate this with the butter naan, however soon afterwards we found that both the naan and the butter chicken have a rich and strong flavour such that the naan may overpower the butter cream at some point. Moreover, we found the naan and the palak paneer (Indian-style cottage cheese in baby spinach sauce) such a perfect combination. So we ordered a basmati steamed rice to accompany the butter chicken, and it’s a right decision! Unlike Japonica rice or jasmine rice that’s thick, round and gelatinous, this long, slender-grained Indian rice has a fluffy consistency and a rougher texture that can bind the sauce very well! With a mildly nutty flavour, it highlights the unique fragrance of the butter chicken wonderfully!
Carat Butter Chicken & Basmati Steamed Rice
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Actually at first we didn’t plan to order any dessert, but we saw this on the menu and as I’m always tempted to try out dishes with names that I don’t even know how to pronounce, I couldn’t help but asked the waiter for this, and I’m soooo pleasantly surprised by how delicious this dainty little treat is!
So it’s a deep fried dumpling made of fried milk dipped in rose-cardamom flavoured syrup. Though it might taste cloyingly sweet, the syrup has a rich rose and cardamom aroma that’s so unique and mouth-watering, which is also a good complement to the milky touch of the brownish ball. Contrasting with the chewiness of the deep-fried dumplings are the slivered almonds sprinkled on top, resulting in an interesting complexity of textures. I’d say even when I just wanna have a cup of drink in LKF next time, I’ll definitely treat myself with this delectable dessert once again!
Gulab Jamun
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Gulab Jamun
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So that’s a wrap! I really enjoyed the lively atmosphere here! At earlier times, most ppl were Indian or Westerners who might wanna fill their belly with some local Indian food, but later, more young people came for cocktail or whiskey and shisha cuz after all it’s such a nice place to chill and have some quality time!
张贴
