Winter is Kolkata has lastly set in, with folks having fun with heat sunny days and chilly evenings to the fullest. This is, actually, the time of the 12 months when you’ll discover folks at their modern finest, stepping out of properties to get pleasure from good meals, music, atmosphere and extra. If you’ve gotten been in search of one such place, then we’ve got the right possibility for you. It’s the AltAir Rendezvous at Salt Lake Sector V. AltAir, the boutique lodge nestled in Salt Lake’s Ambuja Neotia Eco Centre, has its Indian restaurant Rendezvous nestled on the twentieth flooring of the tower. And they’ve lately revamped the menu with a progressive trendy twist to it. We determined to drop in to expertise the Modern Indian delicacies and this is what our expertise was.

Ambience:

Rendezvous, which made its debut in 2017, has additionally upgraded its inside, making it edgy and stylish that vibes with the revamped menu. The area is split into indoor and out of doors sitting areas – and allow us to inform you, the out of doors setting is simply breath-taking! Afterall, you get the dreamy view of the Salt Lake skyline from the twentieth flooring. Alongside, you additionally get contact of inexperienced with crops and flowers throughout.

The indoor setting, then again, is cozy, heat with mild lights, chequared flooring and wood furnishings throughout. It has a stay bar and a non-public room for household and company dinners.

Food And Drinks:

After taking a tour of the restaurant, we determined to go for an outside sitting and expertise the sundown, whereas having fun with a comfy meal. We should say, the menu seemed fairly intensive.

We began with Taste of Bengal – a light-weight and refreshing gin based mostly cocktail, infused with Bengali bullet chilli and gondhoraj lebu pata (Bengali kaffeir lime).

To begin our meal expertise, we ordered for a heat bowl of soup (murgi ka arq) and salad made with burrata, cherry tomatoes, asparagus and balsamic, accompanied with cheese toast. While the salad was all European, what we loved was the freshness of the cheese.

Next up was the standard Bengali malai toast, with a spin of avocado to it. Along with masala peanut chikki crumble, the dish tasted oh-so-delicious. To steadiness the palate, we then had a desi-style taco with roasted cauliflower and smoked Rajasthani chilli chutney in it. Then there was lamb shammi kebab – excellent for those who get pleasure from their kebabs dry and fewer fattening.

We should say, it was fairly begin to the meal. We then went on for the primary course and ordered shakahari haleem, made with multi grains and pure cow ghee, and Amritsari battered bhetki, dunked in makhani sauce. While the shakahari haleem was a hit-and-miss for us, the fish merchandise left us in awe with their flavours.

No meal is full and not using a good dessert and therefore, we went for the Rendezvous-style tiramisu that was mild, flavourful and melted in mouth very quickly.

To sum it up, AltAir Rendezvous was expertise, when it comes to atmosphere, drinks and for meals, it’s fairly experimentation, with rooms for enchancment. We say, Rendezvous is a must-visit place in case you are trying to get pleasure from an ideal date along with your family members.