To Die For has been experimenting with vegetarian dishes for long. Their signature menu brings you experimental dishes combined with vegetables and enriching pairings, layers and presentation. Instead of focusing on a certain style of cuisine, the menu has a variety and incorporates unique approaches, consequently providing you with an experience that goes beyond the ordinary.
The Telegraph checks out it and digs into the must- haves for the vegetarians.
What: To Die for Signature Tasting Menu
Where: To Die for, 19 Ballygunge Park Road
Timings: Lunch and dinner 12.30pm – 11pm
Meal for two: Rs 5,000 plus taxes without alcohol
Chocolate and Caramel: Chocolate lovers ought not to give this dish a miss. This dish comprises a moist chocolate cake layered with salted caramel. It is served with some fresh honeycomb and combined with chocolate sauce at the bottom of the plate, along with chocolate crumb, dark chocolate and hazelnuts.
Pumpkin Ravioli: One of the most significant and popular dishes of the restaurant, made with roasted pumpkin mousse with Parmesan which is further stuffed in a homemade pasta dough. It is served in a brown butter sauce with garlic, capers and parsley. It’s topped with some chilli oil and roasted almonds accompanied with an interesting pairing of a refreshing caperberry brown butter-washed martiniflavoured cocktail that goes well with the taste of the entire dish.
Potatoes and Broccoli: This mushroom course comprises of Robuchon potato mash that are served with grilled portobello mushrooms, shiitake and a button mushroom puree that enhances the taste of the dish. The addition of a sweet potato chip is an ode to the traditional roots of Bengal layered with a shiitake, cremini and porcini mushroom paste.
Tomato and Burrata: This dish brings the versatility of tomatoes to the forefront as it is composed of everything that is made from this particular vegetable. Tomato compote is topped with the stracciatella of the burrata. It is further served with tomatoes marinated in balsamic and red wine. The significant attraction of this dish is the tomato bread that works as the perfect combination to have with the burrata.
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