“400 The Asian Stonegrillounge”. The concept along with the regular pan asian fare involves a section around guests preparing or rather cooking their own food .
The décor is a rustic and casual outdoor lounge with cozy beds, lounges, an upbeat bar along with a sumptuous and unique Asian fare. This lounge promises to be the new destination for the trendy city dwellers. The bar is also extremely well stocked with a collection of single malts, wines, whiskies and cocktails.
400 also boasts the largest variety of shishas in tobacco flavours and is the first lounge to introduce the “herbal hookas” ( completely nicotine free) . Here one can not only choose the flavours but also the base ( redbull, wine, champagne, cognac) along with a fruithead ( apple, orange, pear) etc.
The menu is divided into two the pan asian fare & the food from the stone grill. While we ordered Grilled Tofu squares with Vietnamese dressing and Balinese chicken Satay as starters, Sohrab told us that the pan asian fare is primarily the street food available in the South East Asian countries customized for the Indian palate. And we take extra care to present it in the same “Original State” as it is served in these countries.
The stone grill menu comprises of some of the finest cuts and varieties of meat – right from Wagyu and Kobe to the perfect Rib eye and T Bone, as told by Sohrab. The darne and chops are perfect for the fish and the lamb lovers. Though there is not much variety for vegetarians but as mentioned in menu there is an exotic Portobello mushrooms. The starters were delicious, coming on to the main course Tanishq was forced to eat (since he thought was invited to taste the stone grill fare) braised chicken with dry red pepper served with rice and crispy noodles and I had my share of specially made stone grilled dish of Tofu (again). For sweet somethings we were served with cheese cake and chocolate souffle with vanila ice cream.
Stone grilling is in fact one of the healthiest methods of cooking because of the absence of oils and fats. Moreover the quick searing at a specific 400 degree centigrade ensures a delicious and healthier meal which is lower in calories than traditional cooking. The LAVA STONE is where the cooking happens. The lava stone is a slab of volcanic rock which is heated to 400 degrees centigrade where the ovens burn out at approximately 260 degrees centigrade.
