Bukhara Grill Fall 2017 Our Coverage Sponsored by Fresh Origins
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It's not who you know, it's Whom You Know, and we know Raja Jhanjee! Raja,
Vicky Vij, and Executive Chef Bachan Rawat are all co-owners of Bukhara Grill. We want to call it Raja Grill!
We first visited and published much earlier in 2017:
We have also published on The Castle of this group:
We were impressed the first time, so they have earned a second feature. They must have been quite busy recently with the recent United Nations festivities so we bet now would be a great time to visit them.
If you are new to Indian cuisine, this is a fantastic venue in Midtown Manhattan since 1999 that has a storied history dating back to the Sheraton in New Dehli, where they first worked together. We began with the fragrant Haryali Tikka: boneless chicken marinated in mint and coriander and cooked in their tandoori clay oven, yielding terrific flavor. There are also vegetarian starters, but we chose non-vegetarian.
Tangri Kaba: chicken drumsticks marinated in yogurt and spices were wonderfully flavored and the result was well-balanced. These are neatly presented and although a bit messy, ultimately fun to eat. Who does not like drumsticks in any cuisine! Everyone is getting rated qualitatively on how fun a food is to eat also.
The naan is the bread, and the kulcha is stuffed bread. We tried both the onion kulcha and the garlic naan, and were highly impressed with their degree of freshness and fluffiness, both goals that naan should have in our non-Indian but taste-based background dictates! Delicious. When someone is avoiding carbs they should take a day off and enjoy these: they are worth it.
The resident garlic naan monster was pleased with this garlic naan!
Peachy always orders chicken biryiani and this time she tried the shrimp biriyani, and it was equally impressive. The shrimp bhuna with its tomato/onion based sauce was a lovely revelation. We like how they grind spices regularly and they are indeed fresh: you can taste this. Chicken vindaloo with red chili pepper was an adventurous order for us with its tangy zing-when they say not for the faint hearted on the menu, they are not kidding. A word to the wise: drink milk if your tastebuds are out of control. However, we found this to be spicy without alighting us afire because we ordered it medium; Indian food is always a flavor kick and Bukara Grill impressed us again.
Mango ice cream was a fantastic conclusion!
Bukhara Grill is authentic Northern Indian and Terrific Takeout!
We look forward to seeing what they do next.
