The Taj Falaknuma Palace is bringing together the best of wine and food in an exclusive weekend experience. The 101 Food & Wine Dinner, an experience curated by the two-Michelin star Chef Srijith Gopinathan of Taj’s Campton Place Restaurant in San Francisco, will take place at the Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad, on 24-26 March 2017.
This one-off experience will see international wine experts come together with Chef Srijith to create wine and food tastings that meld together the finish of fine international wines with the inventive fusion flavours of Chef Srijith’s Californian-Indian cuisine. Wine cognoscenti including Keith Edgar, Jancis Robinson MW, Fiona Beckett, Liam Steevenson MW, Elyse Lambert, and Count John Salvi MW will lend their expert knowledge to guide guests on their own culinary journey over the weekend, which also includes breakfast based on royal menus, horse carriage rides in the Palace’s vintage buggies, champagne receptions, croquet on the lawns and historical tours of the Palace and the city.
The weekend will culminate in a dinner hosted at the 101-seat dining table, once party to the dinners of Nizams, and now reserved for exclusive dinner events at the hotel. Chef Srijith will present a menu distinctive in its re-imagining of clean Californian cuisine with a touch of Indian flavour profiling from the multitude of regional dishes.This menu, co-created with in-house superstar Executive Chef Sajesh Nair, will use specific highlights from Hyderabadi cuisine to strongly link the flavours of the weekend with the sights and sounds of the terroir.
Ritesh Sharma, General Manager, Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad said, “Taj has a renowned legacy of unique culinary traditions, and none more so than at the Taj Falaknuma Palace. The Palace brings with it not just the grandeur of a bygone regal era, but also the timeless appreciation of the finer things in life. The 101 Food & Wine Dinner offers guests an all-round unique gourmet experience with our very own Michelin star Chef Srijith Gopinathan, whose collaboration with Executive Chef Sajesh Nair will pair the best of California with the beloved and distinctive flavours of Hyderabad.”
