Top 10 restaurants in India

New Delhi: Indians are good foodies and know how to enjoy eating food. Indians are not only experts when it comes to their own cuisine but they have also embraced delicacies from all over the world - Chinese, Thai, Mediterranean, Italian and many more.Many restaurants from India have earned national and even global fame for their innovative method of serving and delicious dishes. Here are the top 10 restaurants in India:1. Wasabi by Morimoto (The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai)The award-winning Wasabi by Morimoto is one of the contry's most exclusive Japanese haute cuisine restaurants. Wasabi's sushi counter and teppanyaki counter are the main places of activity here. It have a beautiful and soothing ambience with wooden traditional Japanese joinery walls and a complex of drifting cherry blossoms.Speciality - Japanese beer, guacamole pani puri, rice wine along with crab samosas and iberico ham with figs.2. Bukhara ( Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi) The restaurant serves cuisine in a clay ‘tandoor' oven with a special emphasis on kebabs, which are served without cutlery. Bukhara specialises in Indian food, and the north Indian cuisines. In 2009, US Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, also visited the restaurant, the "Hillary Platter" later became part of the menu, in line with "Presidential Platter" based on the non-vegetarian dishes ordered by Bill Clinton during his visit, and also "Chelsea Platter" composed of vegetarian dishes ordered by Chelsea Clinton.Speciality - Dal makhani3. Indigo (Mumbai)This lovely restaurant is possibly an ideal place for food lovers. Away from the busy streets, this is a stunningly well decorated place which is perfectly calm, peaceful and romantic. The food, like the place, is amazing. The Pork Ribs is something you wouldn't want to miss if you happen to visit this place. 4. Koh : MumbaiKoh was opened in August by Ian Kittichai, famous chef from New York is one of the city's newest Thai restaurants. Kittichai gives his Thai food a modern and innovative twist, since he can import ingredients. Speciality - Rice cakes, green curry yum coconut cheesecake and The Hamachi (Japanese white fish).5. Travertino (The Oberoi, New Delhi)Declared by Forbes magazine as one of the most expensive restaurants in India, Travertino is One of the best places for Italian food in Delhi. The restaurant is designed in such a way that the wine cellar opens into the dining area.Speciality - The signature truffle dishes, such as the risotto with fresh Umbrian black truffle and the tagliolini with pancetta and Umbrian black truffle6. Zen (Leela Palace, Bangalore) With Japanese, Balinese, Thai, Korean and Singaporean specialties, the pink-hued hotel's Pan-Asian restaurant Zen, leaves diners spoilt for choice. Zen also has a special counter setting where you can sit and enjoy your sushi or a Korean barbeque.Speciality - Japanese Sake or Korean Soju, Sushi or a Korean barbeque7. Villa 39 (Colaba, Mumbai)With its all crisp white interior, its chandeliers, it's silver rococo columns and low lighting Villa 39 gives is one of the attractive reataurants in the city. This Italian restaurant has made it onto Mumbai's must-be-seen at lisSpeciality - The Carpaccio di Manzo (beef carpaccio) and the Terrina di Mozzarella Caprese ( tomato and mozzarella pesto) 8. Karavali (The Taj (Residency Road), Bangalore)Karavali has been nominated as one of India's as well as Asia' finest restaurants by the Miele Guide. It has been designed to look like a Mangalorean home with wooden ceilings, furniture and antique lamps. It serves tantalizing South Indian cuisine and is also very well known for its sea food such as the Alleppey fish curry.Speciality - Coorg fried chicken and the Alleppy fish curry. 9. Italia (The Park Hotel, Chennai) This Ialian restaurant has quite a few big names associated with it such as Chef Rajesh and top chef Antonio Carluccio who's a regular on BBC food programmes. Italia offers you a true taste of Italy with its imported rosciutto and parmesan, wood-oven pizzas, succulent seafood, delicate homemade pastas and a wide range of vegetarian dishes.Speciality - Baked asparagus, risotto with roasted chicken and Tiramisu. 10. Sakura - (The Metropolitan Hotel, Nikko, New Delhi)Sakura has been branded as one of the Top 5 Best Japanese Restaurants of the world, outside Japan and was also awarded the title of ‘Best Japanese Restaurant of Delhi'. The restaurant imports most of their fish from Japan since they're not available in India.Speciality - Vegetable tempura

Top 10 restaurants in India

New Delhi: Indians are good foodies and know how to enjoy eating food. Indians are not only experts when it comes to their own cuisine but they have also embraced delicacies from all over the

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