When gorgeous looks are accompanied with excellent taste, you hardly are left with anything to complain about. Well I am talking about food… And Kode delivers to match up with our expectations… And I must tell you, our expectations were pretty high when we planned a dinner at Kode…
You walk in to be greeted by a huge bar, sitting there, glistening as if sprinkled with star dust. The ambience of Kode has a lot going for it… It’s as romantic as it is appropriate for a get together or for a family dinner as long as you are in company of individuals who are able to appreciate both the visual as well as sensory art in their food…
Wet Dreams:
Bourbon based Drink: 10 / 10 for taste (gingery goodness), though it wasnt a show-stopper in terms of presentation. But some good things come in subtle outfits… 😉
Pearl Of The Caribbean: 10/10 for presentation. Show-stopper in every sense. On the taste buds, it was good but inferior to my bourbon based drink. Though the comparison would be unfair.
Mango infused Sangria: 8/10 for taste, No presentation as such.
Watermelon Basil Mocktail: Looked good but I am off alcohol free drinks at the moment for health reasons 😉
Little Bites:
Duck Tacos: 9/10 Not your usual tacos. These ones had an additional crunchy texture and a wholesome taste of a type of lentil we weren’t able to place. And the intensity of duck meat gave a mouthful of flavour.
Turkish Lamb Dumplings: 5/10 Weakest on our table. The meatiness of lamb was being slaughtered by boldness of Parmesan… Cheese overpowered this dish…
Scallops: 9/10 As beautifully designed as it was scrumptious…
Lamb Sliders and Beef Sliders: 10/10 Buttery, Meaty, Juicy… Some burgers make you realize what the craze for burgers is all about. These are two of those… And the French fries are worth mentioning… You can judge a restaurant by the way they treat the basic accompaniments of a main dish. I must tell you, I never ever touch french fries… But none were left of these ones. You are free to guess who had the most on our table… 😉
Turkish Pizza: 5/10 for presentation… 7 /10 for taste… Though the nuttiness of manchego and taste of truffle oil was unmistakable… So blame it on my obsession with meat. Worth trying for yourself if you are a vegetarian.
Big Bites:
18 Hours Cooked Lamb Shanks: 10/10 for both taste and 8/10 for presentation. As delectable as it sounds. The tenderness of meat and meatiness of the sauce it came with and the blue cheese complimented each bite perfectly. This is a must try.
Seafood Ramen: 10/10 for the wholesome taste and 9/10 for presentation. The ramen were so soft and fuller in texture that our teeth looked forward to each bite to feast upon.
The Climax:
Black Forest: 10/10 Having stuffed ourselves so dearly, we had little space for deserts but couldn’t resist atleast one. However there were many more on the menu that looked attractive. The Black Forest came deconstructed in shape of chocolate mousse cuboids, crushed black forest cake, maraschino cherries, strawberry icecream granules. And each pulpy spoonful was delightful.
The Kode Experience:
Recently I have been disappointed by quite a few places that design their food beautifully for your eyes however the first bite takes you back to the phrase ‘Beauty is only skin deep’. I did have that fear of taking back home that disappointed feeling when I first entered Kode, however we were in for one pleasant surprise after another.
The key part of realizing the passion behind Kode is that it can be as much of a connoisseur trip for drinks as it can be for food. So it depends on what you are going in there for. As much as we were tempted to take a scotch tasting journey, we reminded ourselves that we were here mainly for the food and didn’t want to confuse our palates… So we saved the sipping experience for another pre-dinner visit and settled for cocktails…
For now, we will remember our food experience at Kode as a delightful one…
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