June 22 – Time Out Mumbai
Our leisurely three-hour dinner at Arola ended with a strange complaint: a man one table over told the manager that the food had not been adjusted enough to suit the Indian palate. Right he was. Foremost among the many pleasures of dining at Michelin-starred Chef Sergi Arola’s first outpost in Asia, housed in slick digs at the JW Marriott in Juhu, is a distinct sense of authenticity, not to say traditionalism. This isn’t the kind of food you get at laid-back tapas bars but the kind that has made the chef’s native Barcelona one of Europe’s most important gastronomic hubs. (more…)
Michael Snyder 