Call in the winters with special smoked and grilled flavours at Smoke House Deli, Saket. There is enough variety for all sorts of foodies, says Deebashree Mohanty
What can be a better winter spread than smoking hot pizzas, steaks, burgers and even cocktails! One visit to the Smoke House Deli outlet in DlF Place Mall, Saket, and you know that the winters have arrived.
The decor of the restaurant which is not too over-the-top nor too understated, sets the pace right from the start. And the luxury fresh fruit martinis and tigre blanc fresh fruit herbal infusions is just the perfect beginning of an ideal food sojourn.
“Our Smoked Cosmopolitan cocktail is a top-seller and so is the herbal infusions which is well liked by health enthusiasts. At Smoke House Deli, we aim to make sure that our loyal guests come visiting again and again. Therefore, our chef and servers go out of their way to make sure that the guests are comfortably seated and well looked after,” Ram, manager of the restaurant, tells you.
A good discount for kitty parties and a very innovative way to keep children engaged are only some of the strategies that the restaurant employs to draw the mall crowd. “In all our branches, children eat for free. We also give away crayons and sticker menus as a gift,” Ram says, adding that the new children’s menu is their latest in the line of innovation.
The extensive menu boasts of a variety of fluffy omelettes and eggs to order which is served at any time of the day and starters that are healthy and appetising. Apart from the hot skewers, the lamb chipotle patties and devilled tenderloin bites are a must have for meat lovers while the chikpea and horseradish fritters make for a good vegetarian appetizer.
“We shop for the meats and veggies every morning and the leftovers are trashed at the end of the day. But the footfall in our outlets is good enough and the wastage minimum,” Ram says, adding that there is a night staff which prepares and marinates dishes for the next day’s meal.
Coming back to the order, soup lovers can start with the baby fennel and chicken soup that makes for an ideal second course. There is options aplenty for health conscious people as well who can either go for the greek salad with grilled chicken or have a main grilled dish.
“The grilled peri peri chicken and the saffron and seafood paella make for a healthy choice for the main course while the vegetarians can dig into a market vegetarian pan crumble that is adequately spiced. “The hot dogs and pastas are also a hit.
But most people prefer to keep their main simple — with a grilled dish and some salad to go with it,” the manager says. There are expansion plans in the NCR but it is still early days to talk about it. Ram tells you that a busy day for Smoke House is either a Wednesday or Saturday.
End your meal with a hot chocolate fondant which has melted gooey chocolate oozing out of the cake. Priced modestly with a good sit-out area, Smoke House Deli DlF Saket is definitely a good option for upcoming winter meals, a late but sumptuous breakfast or a leisurely lunch extending to teatime before or after you catch a movie or do some shopping.