when you call yourself ‘biryani chef’ ...you better be serious bout what you’re doling out in the name of ‘biryani’! garnish of raisins, nuts n golden fried onions aside -this establishment fails miserably at doing any justice to the famed awadhi/ lucknowi style of biryani preparation. instead their disappointing n unpalatable rendition called for a super spicy masala laden rice mixture, tossed with undercooked chewy mutton that they perhaps forgot to defrost properly! the mutton was outright stale n no you can’t be serious bout the ‘oh it’s veggie thursday’ so we didn’t get our meats supplied! there’s absolutely no excuse for pricing yourself so high n tasting n delivering so low! we for sure have a new low bar for the ‘worst biryani’ ever consumed. also, don’t for once be smitten by the ’biryani chef’ branded terracota handi they deliver in as that’s just haze/optical illusion. the biryani is certainly not finished on ‘dum’ instead just served in the handi for the sake of presentation/optics. even for the uninitiated, just can’t imagine anybody re-ordering this gooey rice mixture they call biryani. not even for all the bells n whistles packaging!!
on a slightly +tive note, gotta give it to them for the phirni -perhaps it’s time for them to rethink their strategy n rename themselves as ‘phirni chef’! -when phoned directly post delivery -the restaurant staff was well aware of the quality issue, accepted the flaws in flavor n shamefully promised to course correct n pass the feedback to the back of the house -now do we believe him and do we want to give them another chance in the near future ? -perhaps not! biryani is a religion in our country n you just can’t get it this wrong -especially with that name!!!! this painful ‘biryani’ experiment is literally going to hurt them n haunt us forever! #disappointed