#blahvsfood: Kikli in Delhi may just be the best regional Indian food you will eat anywhere in the country.
Kikli is a landmark restaurant, a place that I believe will take Punjabi cuisine global as a distinct culinary tradition. From the moment you walk in, you enter a riotous celebration of Punjab in all its colour, warmth and vibrancy. A dhol player, a video wall showing a journey through Punjabi food, jars full of Punjabi pickles and chutneys and bakes and cookies, a shower of petals… it literally takes five seconds to realise this is going to be an experience like no other. This feeling is only heightened when you walk into the stunning courtyard in a heritage building in the heart of Connaught Place. Warm colours, architecture that leaves the trees in place, an open kitchen that feels like the rooms of an old home, a bar that transports you to another era, Punjabi motifs on the floors and the walls.. this is another design masterpiece by Ariane Thakore Ginwala. Aadu salad The moment I started with the Aadu Salad, I realised this isn’t Punjabi food as I know it or as it...
