Hyderabad Inn, 551 Barkly St, West Footscray. Phone: 9689 0998
What a nice time we all had at the Indian Feast co-sponsored by Hyderabad Inn and Consider The Sauce.
So first thanks go to chef Nagesh and his staff for so generously providing us with such a fine meal.
My own favourites were a spicy, creamy tomato soup with a garlic and ginger kick, and – somewhat surprisingly – the homely delights of a fabulous peas pulao and simple dal.
Mind you, we all loved the gulab jamun with insanely good pistachio ice cream as well!
Thanks, too, to CTS readers Russell, Loren and Brenton, Kat and Natasha, Ms Baklover of Footscray Food Blog fame and Bianca, Alastair and Michelle, and Kelly and Alison for attending.
So much fun to converse with so many westies with so many mutual and overlapping interests, pertaining to foodiness and much else besides.
Bennie surprised and delighted all – including his dad – by firing off really good pen-and-paper caricatures of everyone present.
I knew my boy had some drawing skill, but this was something else.
Wow!
Where did that come from?
The evening’s consisted of the following:
Soup
Cream of tomato soup
Appetizers
Spinach Pakora
Chilly prawns
Chicken tikka spring roll dosa
Chicken Manchurian
Mains
Paripu (South Indian & Srilankian style dal)
Vegetable Taka Tak
Chicken Do Payaaza
Lamb Kohlapuri
Rice
Basmati rice
Peas Pulao
Breads
Amritsari Kulcha (most famous in Punjab & nobody serve in Melbourne)
Mixed breads
Desserts
Gulab Jamun with Ice cream
See earlier Consider The Sauce stories on this restaurant here and here.
This gathering was a joint initiative of Hyderabad Inn and Consider The Sauce, the former of which devised the evening’s menu. Our guests did not pay for their meals.
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I’ve never heard of Amritsari Kulcha – If no one else serves it in Melbourne, what would I get if I ordered it? Looks stuffed in the picture – what’s in it?
We had dinner there on Friday for the first time, and loved it, but we ordered more standard fare – except for the potato dumplings stuffed with cashew which were excellent – don’t recall what it was called but it was the most delicious thing on the table.
My sister said it was the best butter chicken she’d ever eaten, too!
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Hi there! Actually, I didn’t photograph the breads. This a bit of one on my filled plate, but that’s a plain naan. Amritsari kulcha has potato and spices in it.
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What’s the photo 5 from the bottom then? It looked like sliced up wraps or sausage rolls to me! Thanks for the clarification about the special bread 🙂
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Chicken tikka spring roll dosa
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Thanks! I guess I thought you’d left out a line break after spring roll – makes sense now! 🙂
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Hi Kenny, I hope you were enjoyed the day. Regards, Nagesh
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Hi Nagesh, yes we all had a swell time. I noticed one of our guests has posted at Urbanspoon!
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Hi Kenny, yes I have seen it just now.
Thank you very much
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