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Henry Tham
HENRY THAM
Mumbai
Dhanraj Mahal,
Apollo Bunder,
Colaba
Tel: +91 22023186
From the very outset at Henry Tham’s it’s clear that you’re in a place that knows what it’s doing. Sleek Black tables with red thrones accommodate Mumbais fashionista in one of the city’s chicest dining rooms. Now for the food. The eating out experience at Henry Tham goes beyond food. It is more to do with styling of the cuisine and presentation. The three seven course degustation menus to choose from change periodically to make the most of local fresh produce, crafting a menu that hosts a perfect fusion of Chinese and Punjabi influence. Tham and executive Chef Dominic Ho offer such intricate dishes as Martini-stewed lamb shanks (“not stirred”), cooked slowly for hours like a nihari in a Muslim restaurant to ultimate softness and topped with creamy garlic foam. And, an indulgence, the platter of beans, stir-fried greens with mushrooms that is served with steam rice and an entree of your choice: there is prawn, tenderloin, chicken and unagi. Wine is carefully chosen by upper crust wine consultant Asit Chandmal to accentuate the cuisine rather than outshine it, coming in chic Schott Zwiesel, Rosenthal and hand-made Polish LSA goblets for added impression…something this institution certainly has a plenty of.