Kolkata: The Astor hosts Summer Trummer, a summer food festival
The menu includes drinks that range from Cucumber Mint Frappe, to a tantalizing Green Apple Mint Cooler, Caramel Nut Crunch Frappe or a Herbal Flavored Iced Tea to a range of salads including the Florida Salad which is a concoction of Grapefruit, Pineapple, Apple, Celery, Acidulated cream and Lettuce to elaborate Nicoise Salad, the colorful Florida Salad or even the humble yet bright and light Guava, Mango slaw.
The Summer Trummer will also offer cold soups like the Watermelon Gazpacho paired with summer based main courses, sandwiches and desserts including the steamed Vietnamese cold roll, Grilled Polenta cake with chunky watermelon salsa, Kulfi Malai Tikka with Star Fruit Chutney and sandwiches like the Grilled Creamy Spinach and Corn on Milky White Bread and Grilled Chicken and Egg Salad on Brown Bread.
Desserts include Sitaphal Kulfi with Falooda, Chilled Mango Chennar Payesh and the Narkoli Malai Sandesh among others.
Speaking about The Summer Trummer, Head Chef Amlan Bose said: “The beauty of The Summer Trummer is that it glorifies everything that is summer. The entire menu has been based on tropical fruits and incorporates a large number of mocktails, cold soups and other ingredients which go with summer. Everything is light and gives people a cooling effect."
"These seasonal products that will be featured in the menu are mostly natural coolants to the body. Interestingly we have created main courses that too have been heavily supported by summer fruits,” added Chef Amlan.
A meal for two will cost Rs 1000 plus taxes.
(Reporting by Suchismita Roy, Images by Parantap Banerjee)
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