Delhi is a food lover's paradise with a wide range of delectable delights. Delhi has numerous eating joints suiting every budget. You can choose anything from a designer ambience offering international cuisine to having food at a local street side dhaba.
Enjoy the Mughlai and Frontier cuisines, which Delhi is famous for. You can enjoy the Mughlai cuisine at Karim, situated near Jama Masjid and Nizammudin, where the aroma of the food is going to delight you. The recipes here are said to be a closely guarded secret, passed down to generations since the historical times of the Mughals. Have the delicious kebabs, biryanis and rotis at the roadside eating joints. Taste the fine cuisine at any of these restaurants of the finest hotels of Delhi, offering Mughlai cuisine- Delhi Ka Aangan at Hyatt Regency, Darbar at Ashoka Hotel or the Corbetts at Claridges. Have the finest Frontier cuisine at any of these upmarket restaurants- the Bukhara at Maurya Sheraton, Frontier at Ashoka Hotel and Baluchi at The Grand Intercontinental. If you want to have simply a chicken dish and rotis, you are going to find them at every corner shop in Delhi.
The Street Food Culture
Delhi has a rich street food culture. The nooks and crannies of Delhi are filled with vendors who sell gol gappas, chaats, bhel puris, chuskis and sweetmeats. Have mouth-watering chaats at the Bengali Market or mouthwatering bhelpuri and chuskis at the Greater Kailash Market.
Regional Cuisine
Dilli Haat in Delhi has stalls from every state of India offerings authentic food. If you want to have Kashmiri food you can head for Chor Bizarre at Hotel Broadway. For having South Indian food you can go to Sagar at Defence Colony or Sagar Ratna at Lodhi Hotel or Ashoka Hotel.
Enjoying International Cuisine
Delhi has many restaurants that offer international cuisine. You can enjoy Mexican cuisine at Rodeos. Have Thai food at Baan Thai at the Oberoi or at Sukothai at the Hauz Khas Village. The Bercos and Lotus Pond offer authentic Chinese food on their menus. The La Rochelle at The Oberoi, The Orient Express at Taj Palace and Captains Cabin at Taj Man Singh, all offer international cuisine of the finest variety. The Miyako, Tokyo at Ashoka Hotel and Osaka at Hauz Khas Village offer delicious Japenese food.
However, if you want to enjoy all this at affordable rates you can have Chinese food at many of the mini-vans and kiosks offering it. The market near the Chanakya Theater offers lip-smacking Tibetan Food at reasonable prices.
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