Celebrate Mother’s Day 2022 at London’s top restaurants

One of FtLion’s favourite chefs, Dayashankar Sharma – the man behind 5/5 rated Heritage and before that Grand Trunk Road – has created the following menu for £48 per person (there’s also a veggie version too):

• Starters
  • Lotus Root & Sweet Corn Tikki – Pattice, lotus chips, chutneys.
  • Hara Chutney Tikka – Tandoor grilled bonesless chicken thigh, timur, green chilli.
  • Kerelan Prawn – Seafood porial, roasted whole spices, green chilli, rice flour.
• Mains
  • Makhmali Murgh – Oven roasted malai chicken, tomato, spiced buttery sauce.
  • Dakshini Murgh – Pan-seared sea bream, black pepper, roasted coconut, tomato.
    Served with: Broccoli and chick peas, dal makhani, jeera pulao, butter naan & paratha.
• Dessert
  • Mixed Berries & Thandai Rice Pudding.

Heritage
101 Rosendale Road, West Dulwich, London SE21 8EZ.

T: +44 (0)20 8761 4665 | W: heritagedulwich.co.uk | E: [email protected]

Opening Hours: Mon CLOSED | Tue-Fri 17:30-22:30 | Sat 12:00-14:30, 17:30-22:30 | Sun 12:00-14:30, 17:30-21:00

We start with #FtLionAwards Best Restaurant of the Year in 2017 and which achieved a perfect 5/5 rating, Grand Trunk Road (review here), who are offering this 3-course set meal (vegetarian option also available), for £42.50 per person (inc VAT):

• Appetizer
  • Spicy chickpeas salad with sweet yoghurt, mint & tamarind chutney .
  • Tandoor grilled chicken supreme marinated with kaffir lime leaves, cream cheese, coriander & green chillies.
  • Tilapia fish fillet marinated with paprika, carom seeds and dusted with gram floor and golden fried.
• Main Course
  • Chicken thighs boneless simmered in brown onion, garlic and yoghurt gravy, perfumed with saffron & rose water.
  • Masala grilled sea baas fish with spicy mash & mildly flavoured with kasundi mustard sauce.
  • Indian cottage cheese cooked with creamed spinach, roasted black garlic and cumin seeds.
  • Three yellow lentils tempered with cumin, mustard seeds & curry leaves.
  • Saffron flavoured basmati pulao rice & freshly baked Peshawari & butter naan.
• Dessert
  • Spiced Infused warm Chocolate cake with vanilla custard.

Grand Trunk Road
219 High Road, South Woodford, London E18 2PB.

T: +44 (0)20 8505 1965 | W: www.gtrrestaurant.co.uk

Opening Hours: Tue-Sat (Lunch) 12:00-14:30, (Dinner) 17:30-22:30 | Sun (Lunch) 12:00-15:30, (Dinner) 17:30-20:30

Double Michelin Chef Atul Kochhar’s Kanishka in Mayfair, which we rated a very impressive 4.5/5, is serving 3-courses for £45 per person with the adage: “To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world”:

• Starter:
  • Guinea fowl tikka with jalpai jola asaa (game meat non-Halal).
  • Baked sea bass with fermented fish & fennel chutney.
  • Spiced tofu stuffed bottle gourd, celeriac and black truffle.
  • Atul’s award-winning chicken tikka pie with cumin scented berry compote.
• Mains:
  • Pan-seared halibut, aubergine, coconut malai curry.
  • Grilled corn-fed chicken supreme, wild mushrooms, magaj korma.
  • Roasted cauliflower, parsnip, fermented soya bean sauce.
  • Tandoori paneer, purple sprouted broccoli, black sesame sauce.
  • West country lamb loin with hot spices and yoghurt gravy, yellow peas ghugni.
    Served with: Saffron Rice (vg), Cholar Dal (vg) and Butter Naan
• Dessert:
  • Dark Chocolate Sphere – Orange chocolate cream, candied orange, chocolate walnut crumble, spiced caramel sauce.
  • Peanut Butter Parfait – Caramelised banana, 24-carat gold, marshmallow.

Kanishka
17-19 Maddox St, Mayfair, London W1S 2QH.

T: +44 (0)20 3978 0978 | W: kanishkarestaurant.co.uk | E: [email protected]

Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00–15:00, 17:30-22:30 | Sun 17:30-21:15

Credit: Kutir

Michelin-starred Rohit Ghai’s Indian fine-dining restaurant Kutir in Chelsea is offering its 4-course Signature Mother’s Day menu for £55 per person:

• Course 1:
  • Prawns – Masala: Pink prawns, coconut, sesame, peanut.
• Course 2:
  • Salmon – Mooli: Tandoori tikka, raita, pickle.
• Course 3:
  • Chicken Tikka – Masala Fenugreek, tomato, Kashmiri chilli, served with Kaali Dal, Steamed Rice & Bread.
• Course 4:
  • Chocolate – Orange Meringue, chilli, doughnut, or;
  • Falooda – Rabri Kullfi, jelly, saffron, basundi.

Kutir
10 Lincoln St, London SW3 2TS.

T: +44 (0)20 7581 1144 | W: kutir.co.uk

Opening Hours: Tue-Sun 13:00-22:00

Fine-dining restaurant Kahani (see our review) was FtLion’s ‘Best Restaurant of the Year‘ 2018. Chef Peter Joseph has a 3-course menu for £50pp:

• Starters
  • Sabudana wada with cashew nuts, ginger and chilly; berry chutney.
  • Chicken Tikka with ginger, cream cheese, coriander stem.
  • Grilled seabass, browned garlic, sundried tomato; mustard & fennel salad.
  • Papdi Rajma Chaat, spiced kidney bean with wheat crisps, yogurt, chutneys.
• Mains
  • Chicken simmered with garlic, roasted spices, finished with puréed spinach.
  • Bhuna Lamb with ginger, chilly, shallots, tomato and coriander.
    Served with:
  • Bottle gourd and baby potatoes with onion, pepper, ground spices.
  • Yellow lentils tempered with cumin, garlic and coriander, with Pulao Rice & Paratha.
• Dessert
  • Poached rose flavoured pear with pistachio kulfi.

Kahani
1 Wilbraham Place, Belgravia, London SW1X 9AE.

T: +44 (0)20 7730 7634 | W: www.kahanidining.com | E: [email protected]

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 17:00-22:30 | Sat 12:00-14:30, 17:00-22:30 | Sun 12:30-20:00

Chef Atul again, this time at his hugely impressive Mathura in the Westminster listed fire station building, which we reviewed and rated 4.5/5. Here too it’s 3-courses for £45 per person:

• Starters
  • Goose Tikka with Apple and Raisins Chutney (non-Halal).
  • Sea Bass, Gooseberry, White Mustard Relish Spiced paneer stuffed morels, portobello and black truffle.
  • Lotus Stem, Walnut & Okra Chaat.
  • Atul’s Chicken Tikka Pie, Cranberry and Raw Mango Chutney.
• Mains
  • Cumin-chilli Monk Fish, Banana Stem, Coconut Malai Curry.
  • Grilled Corn-fed Chicken Supreme, Wild Mushrooms, Musallam Gravy.
  • Roasted Cauliflower, Aloo Bhajia, Fermented Soya Bean Sauce.
  • Baked bottle gourd, shitake, fermented soya bean yakhni.
  • West Country Lamb Loin with Hot Spices and Yoghurt Gravy, Sweet Potato.
  • Served with Saffron Rice, Mathura’s Signature Dal Bukhara and Vegetable Stuffed Kulcha.
• Dessert
  • Saffron Shrikhand.
  • Dark Chocolate and Orange Cannoli, Walnut Ganache, Caramel, Baked Cream Cashew Nuts, Pistachio and Orange Cassata.

Mathura
4 Greycoat Place, Westminster, London SW1P 1BN.

T: +44 (0)20 4549 1906 | W: mathurarestaurant.co.uk | E: [email protected]

Opening Hours: Mon-Sun 12:00-23:30

Michelin-star Trishna are putting up not one but two set menu: 4-courses for £45.00, and 5-courses for £50.00:

• Course 1:
  • Dahi Batata Puri on Bhel – Beet yogurt, tamarind chutney, bhelpuri.
• Course 2:
  • Coconut & Corn Tikki – Sweetcorn, curry leaves, mint & mango murabba, baby corn bhaji.
  • Shahi Salmon Tikka – Royal cumin, dill leaves, smoked raw papaya & samphire chaat.
• Course 3:
  • Badami Broccoli – Cardamom, almond, gajar murabba, broccoli & garlic chutney.
  • Duck Cutney Seekh – Tomato tokku, Kashmiri chilli, shallots, pineapple chutney (non-Halal).
• Course 4:
  • Hyderabadi Subz Kofta – Saffron, cashew nuts, almond, cardamom, paneer.
  • Cashew & Pepper Chicken – Roasted coconut & cashew, telicherry peppercorns.
  • Gongura Lamb – Welsh lamb, pickled sorrel leaves, poppy seeds, Guntur teja chilli.
  • Wild Mushroom Pilau – Oyster, shiitake, shimeji, truffle oil, pink peppercorn raita.
  • Served with makai saag, dal panchmel, basmati rice, bread basket.
• Course 5:
  • Indian Mango & Cardamom Kheer – Smoked mango jelly, coconut chikki, cardamom kulfi.
  • Tandoori Pineapple & Coconut – Smoked pineapple, coconut malai, tender coconut & jaggery sorbet.
  • Bramley Apple & Pistachio Kulfi – Apple crumble, tukmaria seeds, murabba.

Trishna
15-17 Blandford Street, Marylebone Village, London W1U 3DG.

T: +44 (0)20 7935 5624 | W: www.trishnalondon.com | E: [email protected]

Opening Hours: Mon-Tue 17:00-22:15 | Wed-Sat 12:00-14:30, 17:00-22:15 | Sun 12:00-14:30, 17:00-21:45