ITC Fortune Excalibur- India on my plate

This hotel is the star of Sohna road, Gurgaon. This is my second visit to Fortune Hotel and I must say that these guys are really serious about the food they serve and keep innovating. Last time their concept “Dilli Ki Galliyan” was a huge success in which they had prepared the delicacies of Purani Delhi.

This time the whole India was on my plate. The concept is to to bring the best from all the corners of the country with pocket friendly price. That’s not all; they also have live music with the best ambiance.

Now let’s talk about the food.

This is the first time I was served with Neer More which seemed like rasam but with more spices. The tangy taste was a bang on for taste buds. Galouti Kababs are soft and tender that almost melt in the mouth with the first bite. With a balanced mix of spices, the taste is very authentic and don't miss the Ram laddu

Rajma Galouti and Tilwali subz seekh is a unique innovation for the vegetarians. I am sure now vegetarians will not complain anymore for veg starters. Murgh malai siya mirch equally tasted great.

In main course I chose Chicken Chettinad, Ghost Awadh Biryani, Mutton Curry, Dal-e-Fortne and Dahi Aloo Acahri. Most of the times I skip the main course because restaurants give preference to starters and score low in main course. However, this is not the scenario here. The main course was damn great!

In sweets they have plenty of options to satisfy anyone’s sweet tooth. Their rasmalai was heavenly and I bet no one can eat just one.

I believe the USP of this place is live music and ambiance. Below are my ratings

Food-4.5/5

Ambiance-5/5

Service-4/5

Veg Chinese Choupsey.

I have never imagined that a silly experiment would turn to be a great dish! I christened it Veg Chinese Choupsey.

Wife made sandwiches for breakfast filled with mashed potatoes, raw onions and cucumber topped with black pepper and salt. The left over of the sandwich filling clicked in my mind and made me do an experiment which made this dish born.

Had some Masala Oats left in a container, which nobody touched since over a month. It did magic to the dish.

In a shallow pan, I dry roasted half a cup vermicelli with two spoons of masala oats, till they turned light brown. That gave a crispy twist to it. Then I mixed the sandwich filling with the roasted mixture. I chopped a medium sized onion and added it to the dish. Added a little water, stirred it, dropped in a scoop of vegetarian mayonnaise  and let it simmer for four to five minutes.

And the dish was ready in no time! With the first bite of the dish, my wife said it tasted like Chinese! Hence christened it Veg Chinese Choupsey. Trust me, it was superb. Atleast I was happy with my culinary experiment. 

 This is how the delicacy looked like- 

Home made Chinese Veg Choupsey

A lot more to experiment and treat my taste buds with. 

Stay tuned for more!