Chi Ni — Restaurant in New Delhi

The Roseate is undoubtedly the most dazzling property in Delhi NCR and so are the two restaurants it houses, Kiyan & Chi Ni. Where Kiyan operates as a coffee shop, Chi Ni is more specialised and single cuisine focused and with a Michelin star chef at its helm, you cannot ask for anything more. Such places always make your list for special occasions and thus I visited them for my birthday dinner.

With a ultra huge gate at the entrance, this place carries forward the beautiful design of The Roseate and presents it in its own way making it look even more beautiful. The tented roof looks very different and gives you a very impromptu feeling. With a gorgeous piano on one side and an open kitchen on the other along with a gorgeous PDR, candles on each table, this place screams luxury and enhances your experience to a level above.

Chi Ni challenges you to change your meal plan by listening to your heart and starting your meal with a dessert. So we ordered an “Apple Ice Cream Sandwich” which was beautifully presented and had a full sized spicy apple topped with flaky disc & burnt caramel served along with cinnamon ice cream. The whole combination tasted amazing and it was a great decision to start our meal with a dessert. Next we ordered “Pan Fried Three Chilli Bao” which were pan smeared and had a very nice outer covering. The stuffing inside was great too and these baos can be termed as one of the best I’ve ever had. The “Thai Asparagus Dumplings” which were orange in colour had a very distinctive flavour and gave a crunch whenever we took a bite due to the chopped asparagus. We also ordered their “Vegetarian Shrimps, Wasabi Sauce” which totally looked like shrimps though were pure vegetarian. It can get very difficult for you to eat them if you are very fussy about such things. The Wasabi sauce nicely marinated the veg shrimps and gave a nice smokey flavour.

Moving to the main course we ordered “Mock Fish Black Bean” & “Wok Fried Mock Chicken Vegetarian” with “Hong Kong Noodles”. The black bean sauce was just lip smacking and mock fish which was again pure vegetarian was prepared in an amazing way. The wok fried vegetarian chicken was very close to the original as confirmed by my friend who eats non veg and the chef was able to create very similar flavour with vegetarian ingredients which is an achievement in itself. The Hong Kong noodles were very basic and similar to hakka noodles which complemented the gravies pretty nicely.

The drinks accompanying our meal were “Zippo” & “Bruno”. The names were very different from the usual names such mocktails are called by. Zippo was an apple based mocktail but was very bitter in taste thus didn’t appeal much but bruno which was a citric based mocktail was quite good and gave good company to the food.

The service was brilliant here. We were greeted very nicely at the entrance of the restaurant and escorted to the table of our choice. The steward was very polite throughout and the warmth of his service made our experience a memorable one. He was very kind to arrange something special for my birthday and that simply made my day.

Overall, Chi Ni simply left us speechless by the time we ended our meal and a part of us never wanted to leave the place. The stunning interiors and excellent food and service really takes it a notch ahead of its competitors and demands multiple visits without a doubt. Highly...

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We visited this heavenly abode called The Roseate for a Chinese meal at its specialty restaurant Chi Ni which is an exclusive place altogether. Starting with the ambience to its Chefs everything is class.

The beauty of this place can't be described in words, it can be experienced only. Had heard a lot about food at Chi ni already but now it was time to savour and judge it myself.

The food suggested by Chef Ban and Chef Neeru was just phenomenal. Each and every dish is freshly prepared in the open kitchen which is sparkling clean and bright.

Must try dishes are the Wasabi Mushroom and Prawns. Miso Soup is amazing and don't forget to try the Crispy duck it's a beautiful dish. The Lettuce cup chicken dish is a great starter with drinks. Animesh who is a young chap in service and bar created a beautiful whisky based cocktail for us which was an amazing creation.

For the mains a must have dish is the Baked Chilean Sea Bass , the best I have ever had till date.

The Splendid Baked Yoghurt is a beautiful fruity dessert.

A place to be with your family or loved one on special occasions as its a high end...