Sydney Social 101 were invited to try a wide range of cuisines on offer at Harbourside shopping centre and I was lucky enough to experience Zaaffran. Zaaffran is one of Sydney’s best Indian restaurants, serving up well presented, authentic Indian food. Full of Indian spices; the menu reflects Indian regional cuisine in all is diversity and vibrancy. Chef Vikrant Kapoor conjures up innovative meals and elevates the standard of Indian cuisine to a fine dining level. Zaaffran was recently award two hats in the 2015 Gault & Millau Australia Guide.
Upon arrival we were greeted by the lovely staff and taken to our table. Zaaffran had organised a feast for us where we were able to try a range of the dishes that are on offer. Here’s what we were lucky enough to try:
The chef described this section of the menu as handheld street food:
Spicy Prawn Spoons
Sliced Beef spare Ribs and tempered potatoes
Gilafi seekh Kebab
Gol Guppa Shots
Papri Chaat
Paneer Kurkuri
These are the vegetarian appetizers we got to sample:
Eggplant animalistic
Beetroot Gilaavat
Corn cakes with scallions
Zaaffran sampler – uses Australian ingredient to create this beautiful dish:
Chilli-garlic yogurt glazed Salmon, coriander-mint smoked king prawns, Crusted Barra and grain-mustard and curry leaf grilled chicken tenderloin
Mains are traditionally seafood or vegetarian in India so Zaaffran created these dishes for the Australian meat eaters.
Lamb shank
Chicken Dum Birtani
Finally we got to try traditional Indian street desserts with a modern spin.
Brûlée
Zauk-e-Shahi
It was an amazing night and the food was delicious; I highly recommend it if you’re looking for somewhere with city views and great food.
For more details visit: http://www.zaaffran.com/
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