Spoons and Surplus

Located in the quiet-yet-chic environs of the Masjid Moth shopping centre,Spoons elicits a mixed response.

Perhaps its due to the gigantic silver spoon design on the walls (made out of actual spoons,what else),or the poorly executed murals on the ceiling (including a terrible copy of the Creation of Adam),or the identity crisis that the architecture seems to suffer from but theres something jarring when you enter Spoons,a new swish bistro lounge in the Capital. However,the staff is courteous and efficient,and the music is soft and appropriately lounge-ish so our doubts were somewhat allayed.

The menu can be viewed on electronic tablets and is quite extensive incorporating Lebanese,Mediterranean,Indian and Mexican cuisines which is perhaps a further manifestation of the aforementioned identity crisis. But it does offer the clientele a wide choice.

As we do not like to mix cuisines,we decided to stick to the Levantine fare on the menu. We start with Chicken Soulvaki,a Cypriot dish of skewered and grilled chicken,accompanied by Talattouri,a cucumber dip. I will no longer be commenting on how the meat was cooked as Delhi cooks finally seems to have understood the done-ness of meats. Suffice to say all the meats were well-cooked. The soulvaki was a little lacking in salt,possibly due to health concerns. But it was well-portioned and went well with the talattouri.

Next,we order the non-vegetarian Mezze Platter,again a two-person dish that comprises shish taouk (Lebanese version of the soulvaki),mutton fatayer (think Middle Eastern keema samosa) and something called tawakluwdana,which I must profess complete ignorance of,but it so resembled kibbeh,a Lebanese lamb croquette. Accompanying the meats was pita bread and Lebanese dips including hummus,baba ghanoush,tabbouleh and a fourth one that the waiter failed to identify,but we suspect it was muhammara,which is supposed to be a spicy roasted pepper dip,but was instead bland and insipid. The hummus and the baba ghanoush were good,though the tabbouleh had excessive bulgur.

The desserts are fairly standard,so we decided to skip as we were already quite satiated with the two courses. All in all,despite the décor,Spoons could become a fairly prominent dining destination,at least until patrons have explored the entire menu.

Meal for two: Rs 2,000 (including taxes,excluding alcohol) Address: 3,Local shopping centre,Masjid Moth,Greater Kailash II Contact: 29216221

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