Tres, Lodhi Colony, New Delhi

Indian Travel Places January 19, 2019 Food Review 1,725 Views

Restaurant Name: Tres, Lodhi Colony, New Delhi Restaurant
Phone: 011 24690222, +91 8448699587
Address: 23, Lodhi Colony, New Delhi India
Time: 12 Noon – 3 PM, 6:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Meals for two: Rs. 3,000
Cuisines: European
Facilities: Wheelchair Accessible, Full Bar Available, Luxury Dining, Indoor Seating, Table booking recommended, Smoking Area

Tres, Lodhi Colony, New Delhi: Decor

A bar with high chairs around it, a private dining room, an open-air enclosure near a tree, regular tables, chairs and sofas – and all this is on the ground floor. The music – Spanish and Portuguese ageless classics – and the fact that at least two of the three chefs that jointly operate Tres: Julia, Jatin, Jamshed, are present at any given time, are some of the reasons why this eatery is so popular. It formerly operated a few doors down the same market. This version is a new, improved one, with a far more imaginative menu, making use of a greater variety of ingredients. The non-alcoholic beverage menu too is much more exhaustive than any comparable eatery. Every element of the food has been thought through: nothing here is plonked on the table just because it is in vogue at the moment. The artistic wooden bread bowl has smoked butter, tomato and chilli jam and bread made from four kinds of grain.

Tres, Lodhi Colony, New Delhi: Food

Point to just about anything on this brilliant menu and it will take your breath away with flavor or innovation. However, shrimp and crab-meat croquettes with sweet corn cream and fish roe (Rs. 600) are nuggets of flavor and originality in our inland city. The crunchy exterior gives way to a soft melange of flavors that one does not see paired together very often. Chicken liver ice-cream, caramelized shallot tart tatin, preserved walnut apple dressing (Rs. 650) is the one dish I always order here. Instead of the classic chicken liver pate piped from a nozzle and served on a toast point, this version is churned, frozen and served instantly. My companion could not get her head around the concept of a frozen savory, but I loved the ‘ice-cream’ as well as the beautifully caramelized shallot tart with its crisp base: a perfect marriage of cold and warm. Pan-fried ricotta gnudi, truffled corn custard, perilla leaf butter, sweet potato crumbs (Rs. 750) come together in bite-sized morsels that are rather like gnocchi except that these are just ricotta and semolina; no potato. Light as air with the burst of buttery goodness every now and then, it is a great dish, whether you are vegetarian or not.