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Indian cuisine provides flavorsome food at this bar. Enjoy good mushrooms, tandoori chicken tikka and spicy prawns that are served at Tamara - Pipal Tree Hotel. According to the visitors' opinions, waiters serve tasty chocolate custard, curry dessert and fruit ice cream here. After a long working week, you can taste delicious indian wine, mango mojito or cordial. Check out great white hot chocolate, chocolate frappe or coffee.
Visit this place to organize any event or party. If you look through the guests' reviews, the staff is professional at this spot. Enjoyable service is something clients agree upon here. A lot of guests think that the dishes are offered for low prices. You will certainly like the pleasant ambiance and homey decor.
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An Excellent 3 Course Meal @ Tamara - Pipal Tree Hotel, New Town, Rajarhat ☺
Occasion: Lunch Invitation for Food & Restaurant Review
Who could ever think, that nestled in the upcoming new township of Rajarhat area, lies a fine diner, in a well designed hotel, that has such pleasing decor, view, food, service, hospitality and professionalism?
Less than 3 years old, and already with a Groupon Golden Spoon Award 2015 in it's kitty, Tamara the 70 seater multicuisine restaurant is the pride and real showcase of Pipal Tree Hotel.
Tamara's interior is themed on the lines of old world royalty. Quality upholstered chairs in three different shades but single hue, of the blue-pink color family provide for the comfortable seatings, as well as, the appeasement of the eyes. The entire ceiling is draped with white sheets, in shamiana style! During dinner time, the restaurant provides a unique romantic setting for it's diners, i.e. they don't use any form of electric lights Apparently, the entire lighting is fire based and safely encased.
Upon entrance, most of the restaurant falls in a linear pattern, with a one sided clear view of the wide and vacant roadside outside.
To go with the royal flow, the serving staff is also dressed in the color coordinated kurtas, pajamas and jackets.
Though Tamara is a multicuisine restaurant, but keeping in mind the fact that, most diners look for a three course meal, and they like to incorporate the elements of more than one cuisine in their meals, the restaurant's menu is broadly divided into three categories. The categories are - Appetizers, Main Course and Desserts. Cuisines are broadly divided into Western, Indian and Oriental. All the aforesaid categories first list the vegetarian options, than the non vegetarian options of all the aforesaid cuisines. Common food groups that don't fall under any specific cuisine, are mentioned at the end of the concerned category. Like - soups, salads etc. are listed towards the end of the Appetizers category.
Upon arrival, I was handed over a face towel for a freshening wipe. The three course, well curated and mostly 'Western' luncheon consisted of -
Kiddie Cocktails or Mocktails-
Humble House: The menu description read - kiwi crush, tangy Indian spices, tabasco, black pepper, salt, lime juice, sugar, top with lemonade. This mocktail arrived in a flute glass, with - three lime slices inserted at the rim, one stirrer and two black straws. With it's half yellow and half white color, and bubbles, it looked fantastic and tasted very nice. Sugar content was quite balanced. Portion served was relatively less. It went well with the served meal.
Menu Price: Rs. 180/-
Aerated Beverage: During the mid meal, all the diners ordered for Coca Cola cans, as the cheese rich food items, tend to get a little dry for the palate. Also, noone wanted to drink wine.
Rs. 140/-
Appetizers -
Mushrooms A La Greque: A lovely and thick gravy based mushroom preparation, with lots of onions, arrived in a circular depression of a big round ceramic dish. Two toasted pav-bhaji style breads were placed on the broad rim of the dish, as accompaniments. The mushrooms were of good quality and fresh.
This dish is a boon for mushroom lovers, as very few eateries serve this quality of mushroom preparation!
Menu Price: Rs. 290/-
Angry Asparagus & Dutch Gouda Cheese Rolls: Six stuffed rolls/cigars were served on a flat black stone slab, with a colorful and julienned side salad, and a dip. The stuffing was made of minced asparagus and gouda cheese. The rolls were well made and tasted nice.
Menu Price: Rs. 290/-
Main Course -
Vegetable Stroganoff With Herbed Rice: A big circular ceramic dish consisted of a circular mound of herbed rice, surrounded with fried grated potato, and topped with a vegetable preparation. The fried potato ring had some pickled onions on one side. The served portion was large, and it tasted nice.
Menu Price: Rs. 370/-
Day's Special Risotto - With Artichoke Pickles: Off white colored risotto, topped with artichoke pickles and coriander stems, was served in a similar plate, like the one used for serving the aforesaid mushrooms. The risotto had a thick 'khichdi' like consistancy. Pickled artichokes were something new for my palate. This dish had enough cheese quantity, and it was very well simmered. It tasted very good.
Menu Price: Rs. 425/-
Thai Green Curry With Vegetables - Jasmine Rice: A small circular mound of rice, enveloped with crescent shaped green curry, was served in a big ceramic plate cum bowl. The Jasmine rice was short grained, little sticky and well cooked. The green curry was thick in consistancy, and rich in broccoli, mushrooms and red chillies. It had a nice coconut flavour. This dish was relatively light and tasted nice.
Menu Price: Rs. 440/-
Dessert -
Tamara's White Chocolate & Hazelnut Samosa: Five golden and brown colored triangular crepes were served in a rectangular ceramic tray, with a side serving of vanilla ice cream and an orange sauce. This samosa shaped dessert was a perfect amalgamation of age old Indian savoury 'samosa' and chocolate, the most popular ingredient used in the patisseries world over!
It needs to be mentioned that, Chocolate Samosas are a current rage amongst the recipe developers, specially vegetarian, and even a couple of local sweet shops have introduced them in their menu. But, personally, till now I never came across any perfect recipe or preparation. Either the inner chocolate filling was too gooey, or little pungent, or the outer crepe was sticky, or even flaky. However, the ones served at Tamara, were just perfect. They were beautiful to look at, uniformly shaped, easy to hold and bite, and they tasted just great.
Even the accompanying orange sauce was a revelation in itself. It was made in-house by simmering extracted orange juice, and had a very nice cinnamon and cardamom flavor. Cinnamon has a specific smell, and it simply elevates the taste of food items, albeit if used properly and selectively. This special spice went very well with this sauce. In fact, between the chocolate samosas and this sauce, one would simply not require the served vanilla ice cream!
Menu Price: Rs. 250/-
Complimentary items that are served to all the diners -
Starter - Nachos With Mango Dip: These orange hued nachos were served immediately after seating. They arrived in a big cane bowl, whose bottom was covered with a circular banana leaf. Placed alongside, was a generous dip of mango salsa, served in a big ceramic spoon. Both the items were made in-house and tasted nice. Mango flavor was a nice twist to the usual salsa. The otherwise tanginess of tomato was well replaced by mango!
Palate Cleanser - Watermelon Cubes In Shot Glass: The cubes were seasoned with 'kala-khatta' type seasoning. This palate cleanser was served post the main course, to neutralize the taste buds, and prepare them for the dessert.
Mouth Freshener - Chocolate Paan: Four chocolate coated 'gundi paans' arrived in a rectangular ceramic tray. They were dusted with colored and sweetened fennels. Each paan had a toothpick inserted in it. The filling comprised of tutti fruity and gulkand. They tasted nice.
The crockery was mostly white ceramic, with the exception of the glasses. The glass used for serving water was in fact, made of stone! The salt and pepper holders were wooden. The hand bowl served at the end of the meal, was made of 'kachchi Mitti' or clay. It came with a red chequered 'gamchha' style napkin!
All in all, dining at Tamara was a pleasant surprise. It had the food quality of a five star hotel, the warmth of a stand alone restaurant, and last but not the least, the decor & ambiance was crisp, clean and beautifully themed.