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Come here for some rest after a long walk around Gurudwara Bangla Sahib. Chinese cuisine is provided at this restaurant. The feature of Back to Basics is serving mouthwatering butter chicken, spiced kebabs and roti. It's a pleasant experience to try good jalebi, churros and chocolate cakes. This place will offer you delicious whiskey, rum or beer. A collection of great espresso, juice or lemonade is recommended to visitors.
Select between indoor and outdoor seating. The cool staff works hard, stays positive and makes this place wonderful. The fabulous service is a great plus of this spot. The spectacular decor and pleasant ambiance let guests feel relaxed here. Zomato users rated this restaurant and assigned it 4.3 according to its scale.
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Price range per person INR 600
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Patel Chowk
30 A, First Floor, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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The craze we witness during the football world cup will almost make the foreigners wonder whether Team India got a wild card entry into it. Such is the craze all around that it is visible everywhere you look, whether it is the youngsters walking around wearing jerseys of their favorite football team or the restaurants all around throwing up crazy scheme their way to spend the night at them watching the match.
Hauz Khas Village seemed to be the best place for us football lovers as the area witnesses totally youth crowd and thus the ambiance overall was bound to be top notch.The area was full of restaurants showing live matches on monster screens besides serving some mind boggling food and booze. The new outlet back to basics seemed to us the best bet among the rest as the seat right in front of the giant screen was vacant there. Fortunately for us, the match was one of the best ever making the night one to cherish for a long long time.
Just as the match kicked off, so did our meal. We started with the food from the streets a.k.a their chaat corner and ordered for their Masala Peanuts, Bombay Bhelpuri and Palak Patta Chaat alongwith some signature cocktails. The dishes were prepared just like street stalls but served with the flair of a high end restaurant making it a visual delight as well as for the tastebuds. Following these we opted for the Jalapeno Cheese Cigar Rolls, Paneer Tikka and Mushroom Galoutis. The tikka was excellent having soft, chewy and flavorful paneer that went wow with the mint chutney and onion rings.The Cheese Cigar rolls were par excellence as well.Done with the starters and the drinks we ordered for the Tandoori pizza and penne makhni pasta for the mains. The pizza was a cheesy delight but it was the pasta that surpassed it in terms of flavors because of its delicious spicy and creamy makhni sauce.
There is a saying that if you are good with the basics than you have already won half of the race. Seems that this restaurant has covered its basics for good and the outcome is visible in every dish that one orders. It provided us a night worth remembering and I highly recommend that if you are looking for some quality food and service in this area, you must visit back to basics.
After a quick glance through the bar menu, we felt like trying out the Electric LIIT, about which I've heard rave reviews!
And it did live up to the hype, it was a potent cocktail that tasted great as well. Now that's a combo that you can't say no to! :)
We also ordered some Masala Cheesy Potato Fries, which turned out to be fairly disappointing with respect to both quantity and quality. :(
From the food menu we had Andhra Prawns were perfectly marinated, well cooked and was soft and juicy.
Tandoori Chicken It was seriously finger licking good. Nicely spiced and cooked till the bone.
Baida roti with kabab is a roll served with mutton kebab, has a crunchy crust and tender mutton filling inside, a delight to eat.
Galouti Kebab is spicy and extremely flavorful.
Their street style chaat and Bombay bhel is a must try.
For the Main course we had Butter chicken and Nizami Mutton Biryani. The butter chicken was delicious and Biryani itself was self sufficient as it had perfect blend of spices and aroma.
The bar menu too gives a good selection of cocktails, beers, and spirits. Express to Espresso and Pina colada are my forever favourite drinks, So from the cocktail list I chose Express to Espresso, a blend of whiskey, with a shot of espresso coffee and a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg that makes a perfect texture. Pina colada is a blend of rum, coconut syrup and pineapple juice which again is a beautiful drink, both the cocktails were a perfect blend and brilliantly crafted.
Last but very important is the dessert that is not to be missed from the menu is Jalebi churros with nutella and chocolate sauce they were very light and fluffy and Gulab ki Phirni to was amazing and not too sweet.
This place is a must visit with loved ones, I am in love with this place be it food, ambiance or great music.