Old Delhi Food Festival launched at Chor Bizarre - 6th June 2005

Chor Bizarre, the highly acclaimed Indian restaurant set in the heart of Mayfair is set to launch an exciting and mouth-watering new food festival to tantalise the taste buds of London’s diners…

The festival celebrates the authentic taste of Old Delhi Cuisine and will feature a range of delicacies specially created by head chef Deepinder Singh Sondhi who grew up in Delhi. He was sent back home recently to prepare for this festival and has come back many kilos heavier after sampling various dishes and developing his recipes for authentic Old Delhi cuisine.

It runs from June 10th to June 19th and will showcase exciting dishes ranging from street fare to original Old Delhi delicacies. Some of the items to be presented include a range of Chaats, Ajwaini Surmai, Rara Meat, Chhole Kulche, Dal Maa Rajma, Malai Wali Lassi, Gajar ka Halwa, Matke Wali Kulfi and many more dishes that would delight any ‘Dilliwallah’.

So, to launch it we have a quintessential ‘Dilliwallah’, actor Kabir Bedi who grew up in Delhi eating this fare. Kabir Bedi is one of India’s most famous international actors. Kabir is now starring in the West End musical adaptation of M.M. Kaye’s ‘THE FAR PAVILIONS’, directed by Gale Edwards, at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Kabir stars in this summer’s epic Bollywood film, Akbar Khan’s ‘THE TAJ MAHAL’, as the embattled Emperor Shah Jehan, builder of the world’s greatest monument to love.

Ironically, Old Delhi was known as Shahjehanabad since Emporer Shahjehan built it…

Chor Bizarre - India’s Restaurant, captures the spirit of the ‘Chor bazaar’ or ‘thieves market’ within its kaleidoscopic interiors and serves authentic Indian cuisine in a unique atmosphere. A veritable Aladdin’s cave of curious bric-a-brac and fascinating antiques, Chor Bizarre has collected the best-known dishes from different corners of the country, to make your gastronomic journey complete.

The food savoured by the Asian Community team was certainly authentic, as clearly was the effort put into creating a the Delhi ambience for the UK platter. Food was authentic, but delicate enough to palette, even for lunch!