Aipan Restaurant — Restaurant in Uttarakhand

Hi all, I have come to Nauchicktal, Uttarakhand on a family vacation. We are staying at Hosteller, Nauchicktal. On Google search for local Kumaoni cuisine, a name of AIPAN Restaurant cameup. It is very close to Hosteller location,so we walked over on 4 th July for dinner. We interacted with the owner Shri Vimal Pant who has a co-located grocery and vegetables store; he recommended that we try out the Kumaoni cuisine. We had Aloo ke Gutke, Arvi masala, Bhang ki chutney,Maduwee ki roti,rice and Kumaoni red rice kheer. Believe me,the meal was finger licking sumptuous.... In fact , today again we had dinner including Badi saag, Maduwe ki roti,rice,Bhang ki chutney,Pahadi kakadi ka raita and Kumaoni red rice kheer. I will strongly recommend all visitors to Nauchicktal to taste atleast one meal of Kumaoni cuisine at AIPAN Restaurant, Nauchicktal. I can reassure you that you will not be disappointed.. infact you will be satisfied that your trip to Nauchicktal has been a memorable one alongwith Kumaoni cuisine... Besides the authenticity of the food, the standards of service, hygiene, satisfaction ,food quantity is very high coupled with...

Recently I went out for vacay in a very remote area in Nainital district known as naukuchiatal . Naukuchiatal is a nine cornered lake in Nainital district of Uttrakhand . Lake was surrounded with pretty Lil cafes with all European set up . They were really nice and cozy . I was in search of a restaurant who serves Kumaoni cuisine as it is a speciality of that Kumaoni region . I found a restaurant named Aipan situated just near the naukuchiatal lake . Aipan restaurant serves some of the amazing Kumaoni delicacies which I never heard of and was really excited to try them all 😍. I ordered Alloo ka gutka , ragi roti , bhang kii chutney , Kumaoni raita , Kumaoni dal and paneer butter masala 😍 I loved their Alloo ka gutka and ragi ki roti 😍 that combination just stole my heart ❤️ . Alloo ka gutka had potatoes sauteed with masala and a special Kumaoni spice ( jhakiya ) which gave it a hint of nuttiness , a touch of mustard like flavour and hing ka tadka 😍. I loved their Kumaoni raita too which had an amazing flavour of mustard which was perfectly...

We chanced upon this small restaurant run by young enthusiastic entrepreneur,Gaurav Pant,in our search for local cooked cuisine . A unique exposure to the local food of Kumaon region..very fresh ingredients with simple preparations that preserves the natural flavours,liked the food so much that we returned the next day to ask for different dishes..the aloo dish was spiced with unique masala and the dal was having a smoked flavour,the ragi rotis sure were different from the bhakri or rotis of Maharashtra or Karnataka. The Palak kappa was a bit bland to my taste ,the badi saag reminded me of a similar Saraswat preparation.and bhang chatney had a distinctive zing to it,but the treasure in the box arevtwo dishes that are so unique Kumaoni raita and the Nimbu Saan,both were unlike any Dish I have had..superlative job Gaurav and team,we need more young people proud of our culture to preserve it through...