26 new restaurants in India you should grab a meal at this June

Each Thursday, chef Akash Deshpande curates a special seven-course menu for an intimate, ingredient-forward dining experience with a table of just ten people. The debut edition, called unhala or summer in Marathi, offers a peek into rustic Maharashtrian cooking and the use of seasonal produce such as jackfruit, ice apples and rural root vegetables. Sample fare such as mothi mirchi or green chillies filled with sweet corn, chicken roulade with a desi twist, yam stuffed with brinjal and a refreshing coconut mousse with ice apple.

Address: 4-16, Sterling Apts, Sundervan Complex Road Shashtri Nagar, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri West. Tel: 09920781422

Pune

Conrad Pune (Modern Peshwa menu)

For a limited period, the hotel has put together a menu as part of its ‘art of experiential dining’ series, reimagining Peshwai cuisine as an ode to Maratha heritage. You can look forward to sampling plates such as thecha bites featuring charred pineapple thecha, Saoji lamb rassa with Indrani rice, a dish of goda masala choux pastry with jackfruit and aamras elaichi sorbet, among other dishes.

Available from June 13 to July 13 at Al Di La, Conrad Pune. Address: 7, Mangaldas Road, Sangamvadi. Tel: 09168603631

Ahmedabad

Union