Souvenirs @ Delhi

Note

- For souvenirs, clothings & shawls

- Sales people were not pushy

- Price was reasonable

Asia Overseas Cottage Industries Emporium

(5-min Walk from The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa, Delhi)

DIZ Staff quarters

Connaught Place

New Delhi

Delhi 110003

Indian Accent @ Delhi

Indian Accent

The Lodhi

Lodhi Road

New Delhi

Delhi 110003

Note

- #30 of Top Asian Restaurant 2017

- about S$400 for 6 pax (S$70/person)

- 2 drinks, 2 mineral water, 4 starters, 3 mains (2 mains x2 portions), 3 desserts

 

 

Blue cheese mini naan (complimentary)

 

Saffron & Cauliflower soup (complimentary)

 

Starter - Tofu medu vedai, lime leaf gun powder, onion chutney - INR 600 / S$12

 

Starter - Potato sphere Chaat, white pea ragda  - INR 600 / S$12

 

Starter - Tandoori bacon prawns, wasabi malai - INR 1475 / S$30

 

Starter - Meetha aachar pork spare ribs, sun dried mango, pickled kohlrabi - INR 1275 / S$26

 

Starter - Baked fish, amritsari masala butter, mint boondi, white bait Papad - INR 750 / S$15

 

Complimentary palate cleanser - popsicle (sour plum?)

 

Mains - butter scallops, area prawns, malwani pulao, Kakum curry - INR 1500 / S$30 (2 portions)

 

Mains - Chicken kofta, Punjabi kadhi, onion pakora, greens -INR 1200 / S$24

 

Mains - chettinad Chicken Keem a, curry leaf lemon seviyan, sago puffs - INR 1200 / S$24 (2 portions)

 

Dessert - daulat ki chaat, roast almond, rose petal chikki - INR 675 / S$13

 

Dessert - Hali Ali inspired custard apple cream - INR 675 / S$13

 

Dessert - warm soda burfi treacle tart, homemade vanilla bean ice cream - INR 675 / S$13

Rambaugh Palace @ Jaipur

Rambaugh Palace
- palace converted to hotel
- high tea for INR 1850 / S$50

Jantar Mantar @ Jaipur

Jantar Mantar  - 283 y.o. sun dials, etc

Citi Palace @ Jaipur

City Palace - the building where the royals currently reside

Part of city palace converted to museum

Amer Fort @ Jaipur

Amer Fort 

- one of the few hindu sites visited

- colourful palace in Jaipur

Hawa Mahal @ Jaipur

Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds) 

- where female royals viewed processions in privacy

Chand Baori, enroute from Agra to Jaipur

Chand Baori 

- 3,500-step well

- UNESCO site - 1217 y.o. 

- where Batman was filmed

Fatehpur Sikri - enroute from Agra to Jaipur

Fatehpur Sikri 

- a muslim self-contained imperial capital 430 yrs ago

Agra Fort @ Agra

Agra Fort 

- where Shah Jahan was imprisoned by son

- Shah Jahan had view of Taj Mahal from Agra Fort

View of Taj Mahal