Dhoom Indian Road Restaurant & Bar in Dunfermline has introduced the launch of its newest tasting menu, which this time will showcase the road meals of Calcutta.
Every new menu is researched and developed by proprietor and Head Chef Prasad at a value of round £10,000.
Since its launch in 2018, Dhoom has introduced genuine road meals from all around the Indian sub-continent to the folks of Dunfermline, and past. Proprietor and Head Chef Dhaneswhar Prasad got here up with the distinctive idea of offering his diners with a sensory journey via numerous cities and cuisines in India. Menus are rigorously and meticulously curated, choosing out parts that can attraction to Scottish tastebuds, while nonetheless retaining the character and essence of road meals. Prasad is commonly eager to retain conventional household recipes which have been handed down via the generations.
Every new menu runs for round six months at Dhoom, with Prasad taking at the least 5 weeks to go to the area in India, researching its native delicacies. With transport and lodging prices, this quantities to a spend of round £10,000 for every new menu devised!
Final yr diners loved a culinary journey round New Delhi, with the Delhi 6 taster menu proving extremely popular. Now it’s the time of Calcutta, or Kolkata, the colonial capital of the British Raj, till 1911. This colonial affect continues to be mirrored all through the town in its structure, tradition, meals, and folks.
“Kolkata is a heat and welcoming coastal metropolitan megacity with a love for meals, music, dance, poetry and tradition,” mentioned Prasad. “I’m delighted to introduce this new menu which I researched final yr. It’s laborious to be away from my enterprise and household for therefore lengthy, and sure there’s a appreciable value implication – it truly is a £10k menu – however I take into account this time completely important to get the menu good for my functions, as in spite of everything, this menu will run for half of the yr.”
“I can properly and actually say that it’s bursting with new flavours, new textures and recent vibrancy – it’s able to go. I hope my prospects, present and new, will completely like it,” added Prasad.
On the brand new Calcutta menu are dishes resembling Tilli Kebab, served on a lollypop, Dak Bangla Hen Curry garnished with coconut, Banglee Fish Fry with chilli & tamarind, Soya Galauti, and Nawabi Grilled Lamb with coriander.
As ever, Dhoom skilfully refrains from utilizing cream, desi ghee, butter and nuts, amongst others, in most of its dishes, making them more healthy, but additionally appropriate for diners with dietary necessities together with gluten free, lactose intolerance, and dairy free.
The restaurant has gained a lot of awards, and that is on account of constantly excessive Tripadvisor rankings. It additionally picked up a Extremely Really useful Place in Scotland Award within the Scottish Leisure Awards held in Glasgow final yr.
Prasad concluded: “We loved enormous success final yr in lots of prime awards however the ones that imply essentially the most to us are those voted for by our loyal prospects. We plan so as to add to the trophy cupboard in 2023 and as soon as once more thank our prospects for his or her continued assist.”
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