BENGALURU: Combining two popular food traditions of India and Japan, Gangotree’s Raj Sethia presents a fusion food fest called Teppanyaki Chatpatti. He will use the Teppanyaki cooking technique to make our desi favourite chaats.
The fest is on till April 27 at Mantri Square and the most popular dishes will make it to Gangotree’s menu.
How is this different?
Traditional Teppanyaki dishes include meat and seafood and have lot of sauces added to the dishes, making it more gravy based. Since Gangotree is a vegetarian joint, the recipes have been tweaked and sauces are novel creations of Chef Sethia.
Sethia says that he decided to mix chaat with Teppanyaki to try something unconventional, to introduce people to this style of cooking and to make it more affordable by fusing it with Indian street food.
On the Menu
The menu is quirky with options like “Something”, “Whatever”, “Anything” and “A Bit of It”. “I gave these names because, when people eat out, they are usually confused and give such ambiguous answers,” says Sethia. “This way people can get exactly what they ask for.”
The chef recommends ‘Little Bit’ which is Teppanyaki brownie tossed with nuts, sauce and chili flakes served with a dollop of ice cream. This is one-of-a-kind and Sethia mixes spices and sauces with desserts beautifully. “I am one of the few to ever use Teppanyaki for desserts,” he says, proudly.
Bit of It is also brownie-based, mixed with white chocolate sauce and “a bit of” spices like cinamon and mint leaves. It is also sprinkled with nuts.
‘Whatever’ is crunchy, fried noodles mixed with lots of julliened raw onions, carrots, capsicum and radish. It tastes sour mostly, with a hint of sweetness every now and then.
There are also drinks served, which taste like melted golas. One is rose-syrup mixed with ice and mint and the other is a mysterious blue, again with ice and mint leaves.
Bit of It and Little Bit, the popular ones so far, will be on Gangotree’s menu.