Mamagoto - Play With Food!

We went over on a hot Wednesday afternoon today. The salad is made of up Chicken, Water
check out the place. Of course, we didn't easily getChestnuts, Red Chilli Strips, Kaffir Lime, Lemongrass
parking in Khan Market and had to park our car quiteand Coconut. Pankaj liked it so much that he said
far from the epicentre of Khan Market. Weary fromthat this Salad is better than all the ones that he has
the long walk, we sat down craving for some goodhad at Thai High. Now, of course, that is a subjective
coolers to quench our thirst. So we ordered theopinion of one single person, but even then, saying
Lemon Twist and Bloody Mary rightaway. We say,that means quite a lot.
good mocktails! The drinks got us well settled in.Onto Robata Grilled Prawns. But what is a Robata
Hungry too, we quickly got on to food. The foodGrill? Robata is a form of grill from Japan. Translated
menu consists of 7 main categories – Small Bites,as ‘around the fireplace', Robata taps the ancient
Salads and Soups, Robata Grill, Mamagoto Signature,Japanese custom of cooking in the irori, the traditional
Wok+Cuisines, Desserts. We ordered soups (Tomcharcoal-fired hearth once found in every home.
Yum Soup (125/115), Beijing Seafood Soup(145)), ThaiMamagoto serves 3 big prawns cut into 6 pieces,
Chicken and Water Chestnut Salad (225), Rockarranged on a leaf and laid down in a queue. Good
Shrimp Tempura (325), Robata Grilled Prawns (495),presentation and amazing taste. Makes me want to
Soggy Thai Basil Chicken with Sticky Rice (325) andreiterate that a lot of restaurants nowadays are
the Chiang Mai Train Station Noodles (325/295).serving good sea food which used to be a rarity to
The soups were really good – very light, freshfind in Delhi a few years ago! Mamagoto, now easily
and aromatic. The Tom Yum soup was quite spicyjoins the league of one of the best ones in town for
– just the way it is supposed to be. However,sea food.
we really recommend the Beijing Sea Food SoupWe relished the Soggy Thai Basil Chicken with Sticky
which is basically garlic infused with a thick textureRice and Ching Mai Train Station Noodles (coconut
with fish/prawn.milk, burnt onion + garlic, "khao-suey" style). And with
The Rock Shrimp Tempura is a lot of shrimps (yeah,no space left for Desserts, we signed off on the
a lot of them, that means that the portions are quiteafternoon.
good), with ponzu pepper powder served with chilliOverall, amazing food, cheery ambience and good
mayonnaise. Serve the purpose of snacks along withknowledgeable service which is bound to lift you up.
your drinks. Then, the Thai Chicken and WaterMust-go, I'd say.
Chestnut Salad. This was easily the highlight of the