First Take. T'chi. Tchi.
After much, and familiar, familial bickering, we decided to try T'chi (or is it Tchi?), a new South East Asian restaurant on Edwards Road (which is off Queens Road, the last turn to the right before the Indian Express Junction, Ph: 41473131)
They have styled themselves on the lines of a Pan Asian restaurant, but they are far more focused on Chinese cuisine than the others. The menu does have a smattering of Thai and Vietnamese but they only distract from the fabulous Chinese food they have on offer. I'm told they have a chef from Hong Kong and that's also where they import most of their ingredients from.
We had some very simple, yet phenomenal food. A crab meat and shark fin soup, some dim sum (they're starting a Hong Kong style dim-sum service soon), fabulously tender and flavorful squid, a seafood fried rice, kon pau prawn, an outstandingly simple, yet satisfying, beef with onion and the best Peking duck you can have in India. They also have abalone on the menu (@ Rs. 1400 a pop!) but it wasn't available yesterday. Interestingly, they also serve everything in half portions at 60% of the price. It's also that rare place that devotes one page of the menu to each member of the trinity.
It's hard to compare it to an existing Chinese restaurant. The Shanghai Club is good, and on their days may be ahead by only a nose, Shiok has a menu that's far more inclusive and Silver Wok, is, well it's good, but not in the same league.
I’ll try it again, very soon, and have a full report. In the meanwhile, pleased to be visiting and enjoying.
They have styled themselves on the lines of a Pan Asian restaurant, but they are far more focused on Chinese cuisine than the others. The menu does have a smattering of Thai and Vietnamese but they only distract from the fabulous Chinese food they have on offer. I'm told they have a chef from Hong Kong and that's also where they import most of their ingredients from.
We had some very simple, yet phenomenal food. A crab meat and shark fin soup, some dim sum (they're starting a Hong Kong style dim-sum service soon), fabulously tender and flavorful squid, a seafood fried rice, kon pau prawn, an outstandingly simple, yet satisfying, beef with onion and the best Peking duck you can have in India. They also have abalone on the menu (@ Rs. 1400 a pop!) but it wasn't available yesterday. Interestingly, they also serve everything in half portions at 60% of the price. It's also that rare place that devotes one page of the menu to each member of the trinity.
It's hard to compare it to an existing Chinese restaurant. The Shanghai Club is good, and on their days may be ahead by only a nose, Shiok has a menu that's far more inclusive and Silver Wok, is, well it's good, but not in the same league.
I’ll try it again, very soon, and have a full report. In the meanwhile, pleased to be visiting and enjoying.
4 comments:
Tchi is the first proper Chinese food I have had in Bangalore (save the 5 stars). Its so nice to not have to go to a 5 star in order to get good food.
Anon, but which 5-star has "proper" Chinese? Memories of China is terrible, Sichuan Court is more like mediocre, Shanghai Club is excellent and Zen is outrageously bad.
But yes, T'chi is good. So good.
Thanks, I was looking for the phone number of this place.
-Sumeet
41473131
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