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Spicy Indian food and sweets from the different states of India have found a big market in the capital city of New Delhi. Delhi cuisine is famous for its variety and spice. People of Delhi have a major sweet tooth, therefore Bengali sweets, especially 'Roshogullahs' and 'Sandesh', are most palatable to them. Punjabi 'Chhole-Bhature' and 'Pinni', Mughlai and Tandoori cuisine is too tempting to resist. Even roadside 'Dhabas', eateries, snack counters and restaurants offer such wide varieties of delectable cuisines that you will be forced to try it.
The real flavor of Delhi can be tasted at the century-old food joints, such as 'Karim's' in Old Delhi. It still retains the taste that had rendered it famous and offers delicious 'Korma', 'Kababs', and 'Biriyanis'. Don't forget to try the mouth-watering 'Paranthas' of 'Paranthe wali gali' in Chandni Chowk. You will have a time of your life. Old Delhi is the perfect place to pamper yourself with food. Then, there are South Indian food joints too such as Udupi, Sarvana Bhavan and Sagar Group that offers light and tasty 'Dosas', 'Idli-Sambhar' and 'Uttapams'.
The rich Punjabi food, with its high oil content and spices, is a specialty of Delhi. 'Chaat' is the spicy Indian snack and offers variety such as Papri, Bhalle-Papri, Aloo Tikiki, Gol Gappe, etc. These are the most preferred evening snack of the Indians, especially women. Global giants such as KFC, Mc Donalds, Nirulas and Wimpys lure children and youth with fast food and continental cuisines. The five-star hotels of Delhi also host some good restaurants that offer exotic Chinese, Continental, Thai, Mughlai and Indian cuisines.
You can find a number of cuisines in Delhi, whether its Mughlai, Chinese, Continental or the food from the Northwest Frontier, South Indian food, delicacies from the coastal states of India, a variety of salads, fast-food creations, piping hot Punjabi makki ki rotis and sarson ka saag, bar-be-cued sizzlers, Turkish delights, the unusual flavors of cuisine perfected in beautiful Kashmir, Tibetan food, dishes from Japan, just name it and it shall be served.
A number of popular road side eateries in places like Paranthe wali gali, Annapoorna, Ghantewala, Bengali Market, Greater Kailash and Sunder Nagar are famous for entertaining their gastronomes with kababs,rotis chaat, bhelpuri, sweetmeats and biryani. The local population enjoys tandoori chicken and tandoori roti at low budget in roadside dhabas.
Delhi Foods & Restaurants
Darbar (Ashoka Hotel), Delhi Ka Aangan (Hyatt Regency) and Corbetts (Claridges) are among the options available in the costly range, while Angeethi (Asiad Village), Gulati Restaurant (Pandara Market) and Degchi (Regal Building) are among those catering to the needs of those with the modest budgets. Frontier (Ashoka Hotel), Baluchi (The Hilton) and Bukhara (Maurya Sheraton) provide the finest Frontier cuisine.
Delhi has a number of specialty restaurants- Dum Pukht or the process of slow cooking developed in Awadh (Maurya Sheraton), EI Arab (Regal Building), Thai food at Baan Thai (The Oberoi) and Sukothai (Hauz Khas Village), Kashmiri food at Chor Bizarre (Hotel Broadway), Japanese food at Tokyo (Ashoka Hotel) and Osaka (Hauz Khas Village), Mexican food at Rodeo (Connaught Place) and Tibetan food at eateries near Chanakya Theatre.
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