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The Lanterns Lounge and Restaurant Adliya is having a huge buffet with 10 salads, four hot starters, soup, nine main courses, a live cooking corner and six dessert options. Chef Jagbeer Rawat, who is the head Continental chef for both downstairs and upstairs, prepared some of the most popular dishes to entice our taste buds.
For once, our vegetarian photographer’s eyes lit up and his belly was satisfied as the dal makhani and paneer kadhai showed up on the table. The carnivores at the table were not left far behind, as the chicken makhani, chicken biryani, maharaja royal green salad and mutton rogan josh were brought out by our server Bing.
As we dug into the curries with the assortment of tandoori breads, it was amusing to think about how makhani or the idea of adding cream and desi ghee to curries has become the hallmark of Punjabi cuisine, whether it’s chicken or black lentil and red kidney beans.
The mixed grills are what Lanterns is famous amongst Bahrainis for. With just the right char as well as a soft and succulent meaty bite that melts in your mouth, the burst of flavour hits the spicy and savoury parts of your palate just right, simultaneously.
Right as we were about to hit food coma levels, we were reminded that there was still the LNT menu to try. And even though I visit LNT quasi-regularly, this was the first time that I wished for an elevator to cart us upstairs.
The buffet on New Year’s Eve is priced at BD20net with soft drinks, with the option to upgrade to select beverages until midnight for BD15net.
