Malted beer ice cream and Lombardy cheese at a new restaurant in Bengaluru
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The culinary world has a new term—accessible luxury. It refers to an elevated dining experience enveloped in affordability.
It’s a way to dilute the snobbishness associated with luxury dining and make it more inclusive in terms of pricing. The ITC group of hotels, with the award-winning modern South Indian restaurant Avartana that has outlets in Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi, has cracked this concept. It serves only set menus, and prices start from ₹2500 (plus taxes) for five courses.
To further the cause of accessible fine dining, ITC Gardenia Bengaluru introduced a new modern global restaurant, with a European leaning, named Cajsa on November 3. The name is derived from the Greek word pure, and the menu presents global gastronomy with creative reinvention, with set menus options of seven, nine, and eleven courses. For those familiar with the hotel, Cajsa stands in what was once West View, which served grills.
It then morphed into Ottimo, their Italian restaurant. Today, the enoteca that welcomed diners into the restaurant no longer stands, throwing open the space some more. The plush green interiors are now an easy-going white and brown.
The beaded curtains that enclosed the private dining area in both the earlier avatars have been done away with, replaced by sheer curtains for privacy when needed. The menus are international in nature, and some dishes feature Indian spices. Global elements appear in the form of ingredients and techniques.
There are scallops from Hokkaido, Norwegian Salmon, Peruvian Asparagus and more. Across menus, you will see miso tartare accompanying a mustard smoked eggplant, and Moghrabieh served with Moroccan Crusted Lamb. There are dressings of Bydagi
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