Madam Chow at The Oberoi, Gurgaon is easily the best Chinese restaurant in India.
Awards are a lagging indicator. Farm Lore just hit number 4 in the CNT list. It was equally good two years ago when it placed at number 41. Even the best awards are a reflection of groups of people playing catch up. So if you really want to know what India’s best restaurants are, you need to do more than just be an awards junkie ticking off a list. Lychee bonsai: Shrimp, mozzarella, bubu arare Some of India’s best restaurants are not on any list and won’t be getting the recognition they deserve as among India’s best for a few years. Nila and Izu in Bangalore for example. Delhi/NCR can now add Madam Chow to that list. People still talk about China Kitchen and Yautcha and Hakkasan. But Madame Chow is, by some distance, the best Chinese restaurant in the country. It’s genuinely not even a contest. This isn’t Mayfair or white person Chinese. This is a restaurant that would be selling out in Hong Kong every single day, dishes that would please a native Chinese citizen with a global per...
