A Russian restaurant in New Delhi, now that's gotta be fun!
After reading a lot of good views about this place, i finally found myself walking though it's glass doors. Bline is located inside the Anand Niketan market complex and is fairly easy to locate. The moment i stepped inside, what surprised me was it's decor, i was expecting a cool cafe or summin like that, but the place seemed so old worldly and classy......regally painted interiors with arty paintings, clean linen on the tables with spotless silverware, tall cut-glass jugs....took me back to the formal dinners in army messes. There is TV playing Russian channels and a set of Russian movie DVDs kept neatly stacked underneath it.
The place has only 4 tables, seating a maximum of 16, so taking a large party may have some bottlenecks.
I had read that an old Russian gentleman runs the place, but he was nowhere to be seen when i was there, the place was manned by a north eastern lady.
The menu was quite limited( i am attaching some pics of the menu, but some pages are missing), and i hadn't heard of a few dished on it, i tried out Russian Bortz - a light appetizer, served with rice -, Mutton Capitan - Sort of a mutton stew, but the meat had a nice juicy and chewy feel to it, really good -, Bline( which is what the restaurant derives it's name from) with Jam - Russian Pancakes, they weren't much different from the regular ones and probably the worst thing i had there and Kompot - a fruit punch, it was nice and refreshing drink and makes a companion to the meal.
One bad thing about the place would be the meager portions, they were barely enough for a foodie like me, but I am surely gonna go back to try out more Russian delights.
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