Indian Food in Europe

The day is wednesday ,summer time,spirits are high,mood jovial and a good friend to meet ,so guess what did i do? I chose to meet with the friend in  Namaste India Indian Restaurent  newly opened branch in Prague 1 at Rybna street.

 

Namaste India-Indian Restaurent Prague

The friend this time happened to be a Czech ,a geek by profession ,Pavel,who happened to be new to the taste of Indian food as a whole.

Czech-Friend-Indian food-Prague

So we meet with him at Namaste India Indian Restaurent  for the lunch and since i reached the place little early than him ,i was lucky to get introduced to the lovely lady managing and running the show for  all the 3 branches there for the Namaste India in Prague.

Thank you Krystyna 🙂

I visit Prague Indian food  buffets now for quite some time but any thing of this grand  level was yet to be seen. It was so huge and mind boggling and the food seemingly tasty that i had to make a full video of the buffet table so to make the things easier for me….

The menu included of some mouthwatering Lamb Curry,Spicy  Chicken Tamil,Chicken Masala,Chicken wings,tenderly cooked Cabbage (love it !!!),Dal Mahkhani and much more…

 

The menu included as well 4 sorts of different chutney ,Fresh vegetable Salad,and some chilling exotic juices for an extra charge.

Fresh Naans and 2 sorts of Basmati rice were of course an integral part of the meal.




 

I could see Pavel  enjoying the meal along with me, who ordered for a freshly made salted Lassi for him and me a dose of my usual non alcoholic beer and some fresh Guava Juice.

Namaste India-Prague-Indian Restaurent

We had some real good chat in between us  during the course of over 2 hours  with time just flying while we discussed the latest in the tech industry happening in the  world.The sweet  kheer followed the filling lunch we had.

Namaste India-Prague-Indian Restaurent

 

The restaurant to my quick assessment has a  capacity of over 200 people at any time of the day.The serving staff strength is massive with the head waitress of the place such a pleasant care taker of the guests(A full 5 stars to her)

The guests were gently coming and going. And as we  finished our long course lunch,a gentle back ground western music started playing .This kept the spirits high for all inside the restaurant.

As we left the premises of Namaste India Indian restaurent ,and as the more and more tourists started coming in, i could not resist saying a big  thank you to the front bar staff for the excellent work put up there and so did Pavel.

 

I am surely coming back to this place again soon and with a bigger guest number.

 

Enjoy Your Meals !!!!

 

I decided to give a try to the Dilli6 The Indian subway based concept restaurant .It is opened by Mr Abhijeet Sawaani and his beautiful Girlfriend Marketa .It is  comfortably situated close to the metro Koblisy,Prague  8.

I am a huge fan of Entrepreneurship and  often write about it and the power of  goal settings on my blog at noblethoughts.This place is true example of shear raw entrepreneurship….

Dilli6 The Indian subway-Indian Food In Prague

D6(Abbreviated from  Dilli 6)Indian Bistro

It is a small and compact Indian fast food concept restaurant where you could get the average Indian buffet .Buffet,like any  where else in Prague during the weekdays for lunch.The uniqueness of this place is you can create your own menu for the food ,The some what Subway type.You could choose from the range of breads/Rice,Main dishes(Proteins) and the side dish and create your decent Indian meal.

Dilli6 The Indian subway- Indian food in Prague




We reached the Dilli6 The Indian subway last week with my wife for Lunch.Were greeted with the welcoming smile by Marketa (co-founder of the place) while creating some unique exotic cocktails at their bar.

Dilli6 The Indian subway- Indian food in Prague

The interior of the place is elegantly designed for you to feel a fusion of an  Indian restaurant  along with the modern American fast food chain concept.

Dilli6 The Indian subway- Indian food in Prague

The buffet  although not so varied and large in menu as other places but of high and good quality,consisted of some tenderly semi fried salted potatoes with black pepper.Thick and spicy Channa Masala,Basmati rice and Palak Chicken (Chicken tenderly cooked in Spinach).The table included some original Indian Pickle,Thick sweet and salted yogurt ,Beetroot Salad,a couple of Indian Chutney.The meal included as well on order a plate of hot creamy vegetable soup.

Hot garlic sliced Naan were served individually on every table ……

Dilli6 The Indian subway- Indian food in Prague

I ordered for the plate of soup  while my wife chose to hit straight the main menu  which looked so appetizing and mouth watering. The creamy Vegetable soup was indeed delicious  and cooked with dedication and well served. Marketa brought me a Glass of Non- alcoholic beer and my wife ordered for a glass of Ginger tonic for her.

Dilli6 The Indian subway- Indian food in Prague

While we were enjoying and chatting:

I was greeted by Abhijit who introduced me to his entrepreneurial endeavor here  and how they planned with Marketa to grow it in the times to come. I was  surprised to know from him that the tender Palak Chicken I was eating was  first cooked in Tandoor and then gradually cooked on gentle fire along with the spinach.

Dilli6

This is some thing I would say so different and unique to the usual boiling of the chicken you would find.This is what  gave the mouth  watering touch to the dish……

The place was frequented by oncoming customers who seemed to be regular visitors here and seemed to be happy enjoying the atmosphere.

They had on back ground some soothing Indian music playing while Marketa and Abhijit narrated about their patented unique Concept Meal.

Indian food in Prague

 

I with my wife had some good time enjoying the well cooked lunch and served with much love .I was duly recommended to try the in house dessert specialty of Gajrela ( seasonal pudding made from carrots).It was so proudly served hot and added so well to our culmination of the appetizing Indian meal.

We enjoyed the subway way:))))))))




The place is true example of the entrepreneurial effort  and To go ahead and do the thing attitude of both Abhijit and Marketa.

 

A big applause to both of you for the initiative and shall be checking back and following their growth.

 

Enjoy your meals…….

 

Yesterday for a meetup with a Latin American friend we chose to have Indian lunch. We met at my favorite Indian Jewel Restaurant in the old town of Prague.

Now what I love about Indian Jewel is its so centrally located position right next to the famous Astronomical Clock in Old town and the Charles Bridge .This makes is so easy  meeting with friends and for business meetings. It just becomes feasible for everyone. Just out side the Restaurant you can see their huge Summer Terrace. This is  just mind blowing  with the amount of people that can lunch/dine there at a time.

Indian Jewel Restaurant-Indian food in Prague

The adjacent Summer Terrace is from an Irish Pub where you can see people drinking and enjoying beer. They usually converge to the Yummy Indian Food at Indian Jewel subsequently.

My wife  joined me as well for the lunch. She was so thrilled to observe this convergence of taste. From beer to the mouthwatering Indian food.




Since the weather was getting little chilly,

so we decided to sit inside the restaurant (love the interiors of this place). The waiter greeted us  with the wide smile   for which i love this place.Asked for the order,gently penning down duly in to his order book in hand.

Indian Jewel Restaurant-Indian food in Prague

We were gently told that today being a holiday they do not serve lunch menus as such.We chose “A la carte”.My friend since a lamb lover chose to taste the medium spiced Rogan josh with some Garlic Naan.I ordered for myself  Chicken Tikka Masala (obviously hot spicy as i love it) and my wife ordered for Hot Dal Makhani( her favourite).The Dal Makhani was  duly served in a small eye catching Indian style traditional bucket .

Indian Jewel Restaurant-Indian food in Prague Indian Jewel Restaurant-Indian food in Prague Indian Jewel Restaurant-Indian food in Prague


We ordered for some thick and creamy Raita as a side dish to keep the check on the spicy affects of the food  and plate of  vegetable Salad .The Salad was served in a huge plate to us. Since i am a big rice lover ordered for a fluffy plate of hot  Basmati rice which looked so  attractive on the table.All this time we enjoyed our meal.

Indian Jewel Restaurant-Indian food in Prague

We talked about ….

Indian food and Indian culture, Latin America and the Spanish restaurants in Prague and life and business and all that was so pending to be talked about in our minds:)

The yummy Rogan josh ,spicy chicken tikka Masala ,thick condensed  Raita  and the yummy full of butter Dal Makhani gently melting in our mouths .While we laughed and enjoyed our chatting and i could see the empty hall to which we had entered  into was now slowly getting filled up.




On looking around  more than half of the place was full with Indian tourists .They were lavishly enjoying every bit of the yummy food here.

2 hours almost flew by..

as we  chatted and enjoyed our meal.It was by now that i could feel and see that we all have had our fill of the lunch and its time for those yummy Indian sweets:))))))

I and my friend we ordered for hot Gulab Jamun and my wife chose to try the thick Rice Kheer what they had on board.

We enjoyed every bit of our food in Indian Jewel Restaurant  and the time so well spent with the restaurant almost full by now as we were leaving.

The serving staff so pleasant and smiling that it just elevated the appetite for the guests i presume…..

We agreed on our return to this place next month again for another round of  yummy Indian meal.Next on the agenda would be  some Spanish food at a place of choice of my friend:)

For me,The Indian Jewel Restaurant remains a feather in the cap for the Indian food in Prague with its original indigenous and authentic way of cooking and serving the true Indian food in the heart of Prague………

Enjoy your meals and lots of love to you all…




Indian food in Centre -Indian food in Prague

Lal Qila  in Prague is a newly renovated Restaurant providing Indian food right in the Centre of Prague where i had my mind blowing lunch yesterday. Lal Qila means the Red Fort in English is a historic fort that takes us back to the history of the Medieval India.In the modern day now it has become famous for its street food and range of exciting restaurants that have come up around the Lal Qila In Delhi.

The place had been closed for some time for renovation. It has come up really beautiful from inside out .The food they offer is a buffet menu during the lunch  hours,happens to be fully refreshing and filling ,right with a new start Indian food in Centre of the town i guess:)

 

The buffet menu……

It had wide menu starting with some yummy Tomato Soup and further  included spicy Potatoes mashed in aromated Indian spices,Rajma tenderly cooked,Paneer masala,Mixed vegetable dish(a mixture of different vegetables cooked gently in Indian spices) with some fresh Salad on side.

 

The non vegetarian dish was a yummy  Traditional Indian Chicken Curry   accompanied by hot fluffy Basmati rice.To my big surprise they had on board  soft and tender hot Chicken wings as well included in to the buffet although this is not a very Indian combination of dishes but i decided to have a  bite of it and  enjoyed it:)))))

The hot Naans were served to each table separately coming in  nice metallic traditional Naan Plate.

I ordered for some Salted Lassi (my favourite) for drinks which was duly served promptly with due care and attention.

Indian food in Centre -Indian food in Prague

The service of the place is awesome some what unique with the serving staff wearing Red Kurta on them ,a some what traditional Bengali feature i would say.It looked awesome and soothing with the light and cool interiors of the newly renovated place.

Indian food in Centre -Indian food in Prague




The back end music played was a mixture of Hindi and Bengali songs creating a some what pleasant an experience.

I finished my lunch with some sweet Sooji Halwa what they had for dessert adding to my full satisfaction….

The over all place seems so quiet,comfortable and well served with some good food and service on board.The service of the place is just excellent .The incoming guest feels so enlightened and happy right from the moment you are in there.

I would highly recommend this place to friends and others to go to for true Indian food experience.

 

Enjoy your meals…..

 




Sada Punjab translated from Punjabi language in English as “Our Punjab”,Its a small and cozy family run Indian Restaurant where i enjoyed my lunch today.The place is so different than many of the fancy Indian restaurants in the town with their homely atmosphere.

 

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Its run by a family who dedicatedly brings to the town a  close to the  home made Indian food with their  authentic home touch service.

The interior of the restaurant is so informal and ground to earth with the food  equally so tasty and close to what you would eat in a typical house in Punjab.

Sada Punjab-Small & Cozy Family Run Restaurant in Prague 10-Indian food in Prague





Like any where else they had the “all you can eat” buffet to my surprise, which included of some Aloo baingan sabzi (Eggplant mashed with spiced Potatoes cooked so tasty with that home made touch),Chicken tikka  MasalaKala ChanaRaita  withVegetable Salad with the hot plain rice and Naans duly served separately to each of the guest .

 

 

This serving of the Naan separately to each Guest was so reminding of that very family and cohesiveness and of the home made meal back in India:)

 




 

Mr Rasal Singh with his wife and 2 beautiful kids have made the place, so comfortable cozy  family run restaurant as home and you could feel it in the air of the place .The not so many guest sitting seemed to be pretty happy and content around.

I had some coke for the drinks accompanied and some sweet mouthwatering Rasgulla to finish the homely experience of lunch

 

 

Was offered a hot cup of tea immediately after the content lunch making it the true home experience that i would have had back in India.

Shall be returning back here next time with family  whenever would have that nostalgia of home back in India:))))

Enjoy your meals…….




Being in Prague 5 area today after meetings i decided to have a quick lunch at the recently opened Indian Restaurent Rangoli.

Rangoli in Hindi means an ancient traditional art form passed on from generation to generation.

The entrance of the restaurent looked attractive and beautifully designed but the hind side of it is that there is   no immediate parking place near to the restaurent.So after doing a little bit of spade work on the parking place i could finally get to the restaurent.

Right at the reception on the ground floor was greeted by the guy there and was directed to the basement for the Buffet lunch menu.

The buffet display of lunch menu was alluring with beautiful traditionally Indian  carved dish containers full of all the yummy looking dishes.

 

 

Was greeted by a staff incharge of the place with a some sort of tiredness in voice and face,but the plates on the table looked attractive and big:)))

This is the time of Hindu Navratari (when  non vegeterian including of egg is not eaten by many in India),so i went on filling my plate with  some vegeterian dishes in place.

To my delight ,There was RajmaDal channa shimla mirch (Capsicum)masala which caught my eyes immediately.On careful inspection i could find also a dish called Broccoli masala(not a traditional indian dish or perhaps i never heard of it ever).Never the less i had a   serving of it as well to get the taste.(Tasted good)

 

The Naans were brought in hot.The table had to my surprise some thing unique i had never ever seen at any other place in Prague,it had more than 6 varieties of  chutney (or sauces perhaps,i could not taste them all).

The menu had some good crispy papadums which were really yummy and to my full enjoyment.

The interior of the restaurent is decent and felt good but looked empty to my surprise (time was just 1:30 pm).The place had more of the working staff wandering here and there rather than the customers.




The quality of the food i enjoyed in general if only the simla mirch masala had some more capsicum in it than the load of potatoes it had.Also if the Rajma  (really yummy cooked) container was refilled etiquettely while the customers were still enjoying meals  and not left empty.

The experience was more or less good with me finishing the lunch with some sweet kheer they had on board.

 

I did not order any thing to drink as usually i do with my non alcoholic beers or some mango/salted  lassi this time(could be due to the level of service not with standing what i had expected)

I do hope this shall improve in the times to come for them till my next visit there.

 

Enjoy your meals……….




Last week  during my hectic schedule with the launch of our new Digital marketing company at victoriadigitals ,I saw my self landing into Nebusice  for the thali experience at Nebu restaurent,just outskirts of Prague.I hit into the famous and the so in news Nebu Restaurent.This is a Pan Asian Grill Restaurant with whole range of Indian food on their menu and not only…

Thali Experience at Nebu-Indian food in Prague

The place….

It is situated in  a peaceful surroundings with all the greenery around.The  sound of birds enchanting in the air.        As i entered  the place was greeted by the guy at the reception with his warm smile embracing full hospitality.

Nebu boasts of the true Gastronomy experience ensuring it to be cozy and comfortable of a true eat out with fancy interiors which would  awaken the appetite in you instantly.And that’s what happened with me😊)))

So,I chose to try their so proudly advertised Nebu Thali (Non vegetarian version),which was served in a short span of time with the big smile and love rendered.

Thali Experience at Nebu-Indian food in Prague

 

I ordered for some Non alcoholic beer as usual  which they  served chilled on their in-house bar (wide spectra of cocktails and wines).The experience of  Thali was awesome with some fantastic mouth-watering Roghan josh ,Chicken tikka,and some truly made to feel you good  Naan and few other dishes accompanied.

 

While enjoying the fantastic dish ,I was greeted by the Owner of the place Mr Sunil Chawla,who happens to be a dynamic man of all flares  and taste and a true party man.He indeed  is fond of fine dining and drinks and a true experience creator as per the short chat we had with him😊

The Nebu Thali experience was unique,one of its kind and I was so ever happy dropping in here and shall look forward to the future meals here with family and friends.

 

Enjoy your meals………

 




Yes ,Its the start of the spring we have now.The time and mood is so ideal for some good food,take a breath back  and gather all your energies to hug the upcoming summers…….

And when we talk of food and in my case if it is Indian food,what could be  better than a mouth watering plate of Chiken Tikka served hot with some fresh Naan coming straight from the oven on to your plate.

So here i was on this day  today for it at the Indian Jewel Restaurent for lunch enjoying their renowned Chiken tikka Masala Menu served every afternoon. The food i loved every bit of it along with my evertime childhood favourite lemon onion and green chilli salad and a glass of Non alcoholic beer.

 

What is remarkable of this place i have always loved for is the muticulturalism.It is one place in Prague where you would find people of different cultures and nationalities enjoying the prowd Indian food (My respect and love to you all).

This time it was an arabic family enjoying the food along with a small child who was asking more of those hot Naans they had ordered and behind me a group of chinese enjoying the same:)

Ordered for a similar take away for a friend of mine whom i was seeing after lunch in his office and whom i have not met for quite some time.

I love the place as much as i would want my next meeting to be here with my friends and loved ones.

 

Enjoy your meals…….

 



One thing i love living in Prague is that you have the options to eat at  all the new Indian Restaurents opening all around the town(and the country) at this beautiful time of the year.

And once again i  invited few my friends for the long asked for Indian meal,that i decided to finally take care of during the end of the year.

The place we chose was the new Indian Restaurent Namaste India for a quick lunch in between the work schedules.

 

 

The place is recently opened and have a proud all you can eat lunch buffet for 135 Czk (Around 6 Euro)a plate.I was so surprised to see the wide range of dishes they have on board  starting chicken and vegeterian dishes to an original Lamb dish (Yes you read it correct,Lamb dish )included right in the cost of the buffet menu. This has never been accomplished in Prague earlier to my knowledge:)))

I must give a big applause to the owners of the Namaste India  for this acheivement. The menu had good choice of vegetable salad  and a quick milk kheer to go as the dessert.

 

There is a decent bar available for the drinks to order from with a pretty decent service rendered.The bar has on board 3-4 different types of freshly made juices which can be ordered separately as a supplement to the buffet menu.

 

The restaurent as whole can boast of an excellent service on board they have and i shall look forward to be back here soon with more time at hand.

 

The lunch was quick and enjoyable with my friends all happy and content leaving with good memmories of the time spent together:))))

 

 

Once again i do feel so proud and honoured to see the Indian food loved and enjoyed by the global community from all around the world.

 

Happy Meals……

 




I have always been in deep love with the Momo  ever since my child hood and that part of life spent in the east of India.(The momo are a common dish in eastern India like in Tibet and Nepal).

In Prague did try it a few times in one of the Chinese or Vietnamese food joints but that satisfaction of the true authentic Nepalese /Indian momo was never there.

Recently came to know that Indian and Nepalese Restaurent Kathmandu has it on their menu  and here i was landing up there along with my wife for the momo treat  today.




The restaurent although not easily accesible by car as the street in Prague 1 where it is  situated is one way and the parking car  is a big issue here.But my lust for the momo with spicy sauces was so high that i did finally resolve it by getting a parking place right at the corner of the street:)

The restaurent manager was smart and communicative Nepali who greeted us with full welcome and affection.

They have usual day menu of Indian food being served during the working day,but my target was only to try the true Nepali Momo here and no more.

We ordered for a 2 plates of Chicken momo with the spicy nepalese sauce with it.For the drinks ,my wife ordered for the draught Czech beer dark Svijany (her favourite) and myself a non-alcoholic Birell as always …

 

The Nepalese music was on play which was some what reminding me child hood travels to the hill stations in India  where you would find similar type of atmosphere in small food joints .

Although it was  pretty long wait before the wonderful dish came in front of us and was served along with the secret Nepali sauce(chutney made from cashew ,sesame seeds and other spices) .The sauce to my amazement was light green in colour as to usual red coloured spicy sauce we are used to back in India.But to my amazement the taste of the sauce was so tasty and spicy as it was the way how it was eaten in true hills of Nepal.

 

The portions of the momo were big enough but since the wait for them was long and the taste so yummy that we ordered for a second additional plate for each of us….

 

This is actually how i have been programmed to eat momo since child hood.Always eat 2 portions of it,nothing less:)))

The wait again was worth its time and here we had another portion of momo for us to enjoy.

We enjoyed the plates served along with the second round of respective beers for us  and to our content…..

 

 

Although,the service not so fast as should be,the manager was talkative and humourous guy who kept the wait pleasent.

 

I shall definitely pop in here again for the Yummy Spicy authentic Nepalese Momo and tasty Indian dishes what they have on board.

 

Enjoy Your meals……..