Brown Sahib

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If you happen to travel to Delhi and are looking to shop where its fashionable to be seen, you must try out the three malls which are shoulder to shoulder in a place in South Delhi called Saket. Most labels or brands are in one if not all three of the shopping malls and of course after hours of shopping, its good to sit down and have a nice cuppa with a few scrummy snacks thrown in.

What I suggest is shop at the third shopping precinct known as DLF Place, then head to the middle mall know as Select City Walk (my personal favourite for shopping) and then to the M BS - pic 1mini_medium

GF Metropolitan mall. In this mall, you’ll find a gorgeous restaurant known as Brown Sahib.

Don’t be put off too much by the name. Brown Sahib Brown Sahib - Mango cheesecake_medium

actually means a person of Indian origin who impersonates someone from the west. And the only ‘brown sahib’ in the restaurant is the food. Therestaurateur Rajyasree Sen was born and brought up in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata). She wanted to reflect her homestyle of cooking in a restaurant setting so she came up with a menu of traditional Bengali cuisine and Anglo-Indian trademark dishes. In her own words, the restaurant is like an extension of her home in Calcutta. It has a warm and friendly ambience and the decor was not too daunting.

The first time I visited the restaurant, it was for High Tea and it was a teatime like no other I’ve experienced. The staff were most helpful in an unimposing way and guided me through the menu with ease.

I tried the tuna rolls made with bread baked on site and they were lovely and soft. Chef Antony assured me that all the biscuits and cakes were also made in house.

I bit into a coconut macaroon from the restaurant recipe which was nice and chewy. The mince samosas with a spicy filling were not too heavy and just the right size. The breaded

Timing: 4:00PM to 7:30 PM

Details:

Brown Sahib, 2nd Floor, MGF Metropolitan Mall, Saket, New Delhi. India

T: 011-40820027-30

T: 9958818862/9958818863

www.brownsahib.in
Cuisine: Bengali and Anglo-Indian

prawn cutlets were encased in a crunchy and light batter. There was a delicious selection of chutneys made in the kitchen which complimented the snacks very well. All the various hot and iced teas were available but I savoured a fresh lime soda made with Bengali lemons known as gondhoraj lemons - spicy and warm. And if you fancied going for something stronger, I’d suggest a paan mojito with a great kick at the end.

Although it all looked deceptively dainty, the food was comfortably filling and hearty.

Brown Sahib is a unique concept celebrating Bengali and Anglo-Indian cooking in a stylish yet casual way. If you want to really know what real Bengali food is, this a place worth visiting not once, but at least twice.

Anglo-Indian cuisine may be the only good thing that the British Raj’s legacy left behind.

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