Chor Bizarre — Restaurant in New Delhi

I am writing this review after my 4th visit to the place. The last 3 experiences have been close to perfect but the recent one just could not live upto the previous ones.

The place is located in Bikaner House, on the opposite side of the famous Pandara Road joints. The area is aesthetically beautiful with a proper parking space and nice big sign informing you of the place. The corridor leading to the place is well lit and decorated artfully, which will make you feel like a real royalty; heading through a small door into their seating area where the air is full of fragrant food and the walls, tables are adorned with pictures, artifacts and photographs of the colourful Indian history.

We started our night with the ordering of appetisers including Paneer Tikka Achari and Reshmi Kebab. Paneer Tikka was properly grilled and soft with flavours oozing out from not only the cottage cheese but the grilled veggies as well. Reshmi Kebab was succulent, not overly spiced seekh of goodness. Tender to cut yet firm enough to hold their shape. All of this was washed down with house special masala mint lemonade.

I was trying to order Tandoori Chicken as well(Which meat loving Indian would not want to have Tandoori Chicken?) but our initial server kept on deflecting our requests. He kept on badgering us to have the chef's special chicken dish(Mirchi Chicken maybe) to such an extent that we finally surrendered and ordered that. The dish was a let down with not an ounce of Mirchi in it. It felt like a normal spice marinated chicken piece.

We were quite a bit full after gorging on all the appetisers so our Main course was light and Veg in nature with us ordering Dal Tadka(A would recommend) tandoori rotis. The daal was pipping hot and flavourful as usual and the Tandoori rotis were freshly made. Our next server, Mr. Mohit was a bit more, shall I say "experienced" with modern day hospitality industry, as he did not keep lurking around us, snatching our menu cards away after every order or continuously recommending us house specials even after a polite 'not interested'. He was also keen enough to keep in mind the portion of food we have eaten and held off on our order of extra Rotis before we had finished the initial ones. This counts as a bonus point in my eyes.

We wanted to try the dessert section a bit more but since their cooling mechanism for the refrigerator unit had broken down, we had a very limited menu to choose from. Mom ordered the Rasmalai, which is normally very good but this time was saturated with artificial sweetness, which it's milk or "रस" part not at all being the divine nectar it should be. Maybe they had prepared the milk part separately since the previous batch might have spilt due to lack of refrigeration. Who knows.

Anyways, I was wrote earlier, the place treats it customers with a lot better service and food than it did to us this time so I will be willing to come back with friends and family and hopefully would be catered with the initial tehzeeb of royalty and professionalism that first made us notice the place.

My rating: 4/5 | Better pull up your socks...

Chor bizarre Bikaner house

"One cannot Think well, Love well, Sleep well if one has not Dined well."

Just like any other city has a chor bazaar, we went out to have complete eat out experience at much ironical food heaven @Chor Bizarre which serves authentic regional Indian cuisine in an eclectic decor with old charm music paired with hearty hospitality. Special emphasis have been put towards the decor where "nothing matches" yet "everything gels". From fabrics to the antique tables, local ornaments/accessories, picture frames & the installation of timeless beauties. It takes you on a journey, back in the period where you see objects and works of art as you go through the space.

Talking about food, each regional dish stays true to their origin even after going through innovation by chefs.

Where do I start from since I had quite many dishes :p Ok, as below. Everything was fantastically-amazingly-superbly-legendary! Everything became our favourites.

Dahi Batata Puri Crisp flour spheres (gol gappe) filled with potato, yoghurt, mint, tamarind, pomegranate seeds- topped with sev. Burst of flavours in your mouth.

Shikanji Such a refreshing and cool drink with a wow factor to cleanse your palette.

Palak Patta Chaat Crispy spinach leaves topped with some yoghurt, spices, pomegranate and sev.

Kashmiri Kanti Kebab Lamb tossed in onions, tomatoes and Kashmiri spices.

Kurkuri Makkai Crispy sweet corns fingers.

Tandoori Malai Gobhi Char grilled baby cauliflower with cheese and topped with some garam masala. Vegetarians- Must Try!!

Hari Mirchi Macchi Tikka Fish tikka in green color which is predominantly there by the use of green chillies and spinach paste. No artificial colours used.

Main Course: Yes! Even after trying these many starters we ordered mains! This is what a Foodie does, especially if the food is this good.

Non-Veg Tarami Seekh kebab, Tabak Maaz, Gashtaba, Chicken Roganjosh, Aloo Bukhara Korma, Yakhni, Haaq on a bed of rice. This is followed by traditional Kahwa tea.

Egg Curry: Cheese stuffed eggs in onion tomato gravy! Absolute Kickass dish.

Had all this with Mirchi garlic naan, ulta tawa paranthas and Keema Kulcha - my tastebuds danced to the tune of Lajawaab !!!

Who said we are done? Bring some deserts, plz. Tandoori Pineapple: Big chunks of juicy pineapple with tandoor flavour accompanied with cinnamon vanilla ice-cream.

Kashmiri Phirni: Perfectly blend semolina in milk and saffron. Soft and light.

Special mention to Chef Karan who is an amazing human being, so humble and carries magic in his hands. I take a "bow" !

It takes a lot for us to say this, but we haven't had better Kashmiri cuisine in Delhi anywhere than here @Chor Bizarre. We highly recommend this place to all our follower community. This place will not let you down in any way. Plan your next outing/ chill-out session with friends or bae/ work-meetings, etc without much a-do.

Until next time . . .

Best Regards, Team...

So today i went to "chor bizarre" this is in bikaner house and this is a famous indian restaurant. This place is heaven for kashmiri food. They serves authentic kashmiri food. This place is literally, love bcoz of there food they serve and the ambiance which is totally vintage and rustic and they maintained the same still now. Nothing has changed, nor the decor nor the menu. They focus on intricate work and try to maintain the same aura of chor bazar. Every corner of this place specialized something, you can't miss anything. In short you can say this place is old world charm. Best place to spent some quality time with family.

Now comes to food -

In drink - • Imly mirchi mary - This drink is very spicy and very strong flavours. Though i didn't like it much. • Masala mint mojito - This is fresh and refreshing.

In starters - • Palak patta chaat - They serves one of the best palak patta chaat. Must try. • Tawa aalu chaat - These were baby potatoes served in the chaat form, nice it is. • Veg starter - Kurkuri makkai, Tandoori puneapple, Palak kebab, Mushroom pepper fry. A perfect veg combo for vegetarians to start the meal. • Non veg starter - Hari mirch macchi tikka, kashmiri kanti kebab, Bhatti ka murgh. My personal fav was kashmiri kanti kebab i love eating this.

In mains - • Non veg tarami - which includes Seekh kebab, Tabak maaz, Ghostaba, Chicken rogan josh, Aalu bukhara korma, Nadru yakhni, Haaq, Nadru choorma. Visiting chor bizarre and not having this is sin. This is 36 course meal and a mini wazwan. Must try if you really wants to try authentic kashmiri food.

In dessert - • Phirni - very lite and mild taste. • Mango and pista kulfi - Pista kulfi was very yum and mango kulfi has strong flavours of it.

And as a kashmiri tradition meal always end up with the traditional drink called "khawa" Which is basically to digest the meal, so i also did the same.

Overall this place is beautiful in terms of food, ambiance. A complete family place it is. Staffs were so humble and on there toes to serves us the best. Highly...