Lord of the winter noon bites and sips

Time for al fresco brunch breaks with the weather being on its best behaviour, says MEENAKSHI RAO
It’s that time of the year when the garden becomes more important than the food that is going into you on a lazy Sunday afternoon, when sipping a delectable Sangriya or running high on Mimosas in between chunky nibbles and enervating conversations with family and friends becomes the high point of a much needed platter break.


But in Delhi, all so crowded and concrete ridden, there are not too many eating places which give you best of both the worlds. That’s where Lord of the Drinks Meadow comes in with its virtually incomparable ambience.
Who would not want an al fresco time out in the middle of a park with thickets growing all over the place and comfortable sofas inviting you to sink into them as the sunrays peep from between the greenery on a winter afternoon? More so, when the friendly but busy staff hands you an engaging glass to enjoy your Sunday to introspect on life being so good in general.
The place where Lord of the Drinks Meadow tastefully sprawls today has exchanged many hands and restaurants, right from Pind Balluchi to The Project to now The Lord of the Drinks. But it is the latter that has successfully combined the ambience and the repertoire of wide-ranging multi-cuisine menu to do sell-out business, especially in winter afternoons.
The drinks and snacks menu is thoughtfully constructed even though the de-constructed tiramisu may give you a hundred convincing reasons to count the calories. The Sangriya is just right on the sweetness and the chill factor to allow you an apt wintery indulgence on a sunny afternoon. It will be prudent to not get off-putted by the orange tinge in the slider burgers here as the melt-in-your-mouth chicken in between the bread is a sensation for the taste buds.
The same goes for the vegetarian menu too, what with the vada pav rubbing patties with the luscious chicken burger, the latter promoted as a signature dish of the day.
The only snag in the entire experience is the somewhat thoughtless Indian menu with its orange coloured grisly mutton biryani and an oil smelling galouti kebabs that make you run for the good old pan-fired thin crust pizza and its crispy flavourful toppings.
The restaurant has got the Chinese reasonably right though the thyme flavoured sole fish on a bed of herbed couscous is innovative.

Overall, Lord of the Drinks is a must visit this winters — the greens get you and the sink in sofas top it up with another level of lure. Only, book in advance, the seats are limited and a sell-out crowd ensures that the waiters are too busy to give you sustained table attention.

Source: The Sunday Pioneer,  December 24, 2017

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