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Restaurant in Khan Market
Rated: Good
based on 3 reviews
Sidewok
45, First Floor, Khan Market, Delhi
43587122, 43587133
- place added by dilbertoid
- About
| Locality | Khan Market |
|---|---|
| Place Type | Restaurant |
| Food Type | Pan-Asian |
| Price |
  Expensive
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- Additional Information
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Credit cards accepted
Air conditioned
- Tags
- pork-ribs, dumplings
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first reviewed by harsh123
- User Reviews (3)
Jul 10, 2008
Sidestep SideWok
Ashwin and I decided to meet up midweek and yesterday seemed as good a day as any. Since I had had enough of western style food, the general consensus was either an Indian or a Chinese restaurant. Roaming around Khan market, we found SideWok.
If I were to choose a single redeeming feature at SideWok, it would be their manager - Rakesh Puri. He impressed us to such an extent, that (since they didn’t serve alcohol) we went elsewhere for our pint and came back here to eat, solely due to him.
The decor here is quite neatly done in a mixture of wood panelling, glass and brick. It could be a little less cramped, but once you’re seated it is quite alright. Have you ever been to some really good restaurants and wrinkled your nose at their toilets? For example, Golden Dragon Lajpat Nagar’s loos are cramped, dingy and stink! Not so at SideWok - *Very* well maintained and well designed - I was quite impressed.
The service is attentive, friendly and efficient. I asked for my food to be served a certain way and they ensured it was done so, down to the smallest detail. The manager was all smiles, suggestions and I found willing and polite answers to everything I asked… and I can be pesky at times.
Here’s where the experience starts to dull a bit.
We ordered Mizutaki Soup, Crispy Fried Sweet and Sour Pork, Mixed Meat Noodles and Vegetables in a Garlic Wine Sauce. While it came to the table exactly the way I asked, *nothing* except the soup met the mark.
The Mizutaki Soup was exellent, even though they used Koyadofu - a type of freeze-dried spongy Japanese tofu that I don’t care much for. The taste, textures and contents were splendid and I’d love to have it again.
The Vegetables in Garlic Wine Sauce was grossly overdone and the whole dish could be described as one step short of the mush fed to babies. The Pork was fried to the extent that it couldn’t be chewed, definitely wasn’t crisp and was in a sauce that was a couple of marks short of syrup (sweet!!!). The noodles would have been fine if the shreds of omelette inside it didn’t smell of burnt egg. None of the food matched the high expectations set by the decor and service. The food was more Delhi street Chinese than that you would expect in a restaurant.
I’ll say it again here - the soup was exellent. :-)
I don’t think I will be visiting here again, inspite of the wonderful people, service attitude and service.
- Sid
http://www.chefatlarge.in
Jun 08, 2008
A cosy far-eastern experience
My first trip to Sidewok.
My family's usually quite vary of trying out a new place, but I'd been quite keen on trying it out.
And I must say I was pleased for having tried it out.
The food's good..the ambience's not overbearing, and the waiters arent too meddlesome.
The plates and bowls were cutely shaped!
We tried out mostly regular fare.
The Mizotaki or the steam boat soup was nice, tho the tofu was a tad overdone.
I especially liked the Pad Thai noodles, a personal favourite, tho the others felt it was too spicy.
I would say it is surely worth a visit, if you are around that area.
Apr 24, 2008
Oriental food
I’m sure most of you are aware of this restaurant in Khan Market called ‘Sidewok’. For those of you who have not yet been there I would suggest that one of these days you visit it. You will not regret it and I can guarantee that you will go back sooner than you think! I was there for lunch today and I had the most wonderful meal after a long time. I don’t mean to belittle my home-cooked food, but Sidewok fulfilled my desire for south-east Asian food, as it has every time in the past.
The ambience in Sidewok is very red-bricks and earthy with very miniscule oriental influence. Their menu is not Chinese alone, they have some Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, Japanese dishes. Inside there is very dim lighting and gives you this sense of privacy which a well-lit restaurant does not. The sad part is that when they have a lot of customers like today, the music was blaring and I had to strain to hear what the person(s) in front of me were saying. As a result of the big crowd of customers that they had today, the
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