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Ashton's
Indian Ocean restaurant (voted Best in the North West at this year's
British Curry Awards) has launched its latest menu. With a
distinctive Anglo twist being added to many new dishes, Executive
Chef and Owner Nahim Aslam has brought together the delicious
flavours of the Punjab and Kashmir with some great British favourites.
Commenting on his new menu Nahim
said "We've been in Ashton 15 years now and there have been a
lot of changes since we started. Gone are dishes like Vindaloo and
much more subtle flavours have come in such as Chicken Gorkali, an
Indo-Chinese dish with Chicken red and green peppers and special
chilli sauce. I've also been influenced by the British love of mint
with lamb and created Lamb Hari Boti as a result. This is beautiful
pieces of tender lamb delicately spiced and with a light mint flavour."
At the launch party recently,
many of the regular diners and other guests were invited to try the
new menu courtesy of the Indian Ocean and it went down a storm.
With summer in the air, mixed
barbecued platters were very popular. Cooked in the Tandoor this
style of cooking is very common in India and creates beautiful
barbecue dishes of chicken, fish and lamb that are ideal for sharing
as a starter.
Another feature of the new menu
is the daily special. This is a specially prepared dish, changed each
day that reflects what Nahim describes as "what my mother
would prepare at home". In other words it is prepared in a
way that many Asian British families will eat when they are at home.
The cooking techniques are very time consuming so are not often seen
in the modern Indian restaurant. Having tried the idea as both a
restaurant dish and takeaway item, it proved so popular that it has
become a permanent feature of the new menu.
And to finish everyone was
treated to traditional Indian desserts such as Sheer korma and
Pistachio Kheer, two delightful new items that have to be tasted to
be believed.
www.indianoceanonline.co.uk.
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