RESTAURANT REVIEW: YETI, THE HIMALAYAN KITCHEN

Disclaimer: I really like this place. I go all the time. I don't know if that might make the review seem a little biased.

 

If restaurants were people Chez Nini and Harem O would be the children of privilege, the fat cats with silver cutlery. Popular but without any real purpose. Yeti is not that.

Also they have pork and cheese. You can’t beat pork and cheese.

LOOKS LIKE

The décor is pared down and pleasant. What can be more pleasing than cool white walls accented with a little exposed brick and a couple of brass knick knack-y things? There’s a tiny, tiny little balcony which doubles up as the smoking area and is usually so full that the door doesn’t close behind it.

 

TASTES LIKE

My Yeti fantasy food order reads as follows:
 

The Yeti Special Tibetan Non Veg Platter with Tingmo – A sampler of:

Cheley – Buff Offal cooked with vegetables and spices

Gyuma – glorious shiny Tibetan sausages

Lowa – goat lights cooked in traditional Tibetan style

Shapta – thinly sliced Buff sautéed with onions, garlic and spices

I have no idea what Buff Offal is. Or goat lights for that matter.

 

If all this is sounding too hardcore carnivore for you try the glistening Spicy Shredded Pork.

 

Really want to play it safe? You can’t do better than the Chicken Mothuk (momos in broth with chicken).

 

Just got off a diet? Try the Pork Datchi (slices of pork cooked with vegetables in a rich cheese sauce). There really is something for everyone. There are tons of vegetarian options too but I just haven’t been able to move past all the meat to actually order it yet.
 

One of my resolutions for 2013 is to eat my way through the Yeti menu. Maybe I’ll write an update post on the other stuff then.

Don’t miss the refreshing homemade lemonade or their lemon tea. If you ask, they’ll even spike it with vodka for you. The bar is perfectly sufficient for offering supporting lubrication for all the great food you’re going to be scarfing down but this is really not a drinking place.

Pork and Cheese! Pork and Cheese!

FEELS LIKE

The service is efficient and the food will turn up your table hot. The problem is that most of Delhi seems to know this already so the place is usually packed. Try to make a reservation or be prepared to wait. Last time I went it was a Wednesday night and there wasn’t place for an ant in there. I had to wait for an hour to get in but on the bright side I did end up sitting next to Kalki Koechlin.



Delicious but hardly necessary sauce thingies they give you with all the meat.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Should you go: Yes! Yes! How have you not been there already?!

Vegetarian Options: Yes

Liquor License: Yes

Smoking Area: Yes

Address: 2^nd Floor, 50A, Hauz Khas Village

Phone: 011 40678649, 011 41027746