Felt like Royalty at Queens Taj Mahal #TastyTuesday

It was a good day to write about something good yesterday. I was actually thinking what to tag or call the Tuesday portions of my blog. I was having a hard time what to call it until a friend/officemate of mine asked me to join her on a meeting with the owner of Queens Taj Mahal.

Queens Taj Mahal is located along the stretch of Jupiter in Makati City. It is in between Aristocrat and Cafe France.

Queens Taj Mahal is in the same group of Queens Bollywood in Greenbelt and Maharaja formerly in SM Southmall but is now closed. This chain of restaurants is owned by an Indian-Filipino family who moved here in Manila a few years ago.

Last night, my friend and I was able to meet the nephew of the owner and is one of the managing partners of Queens. His name is Vivek. He moved here 2 years ago for his education and is now working in one of the largest companies in the country. It was a business meeting but Sir Vivke was very friendly and hospitable that it felt like we are talking to one of our new found friends.

He started with "Have you been to an Indian restaurant before?". It was like an opening line to a good movie or something. And so I answered, "Yes in Queens at Bollywood in Greenbelt and we drank alcohol throuh that tube where you sip it and ate a bread-like food and dip it to something brown". My friend have'nt tried it. And obviously, I have no idea what I drank and ate that time.

SIr Vivek hosted dinner for us. Before the meeting started he asked Raffy, Officer in charge, to serve us Mango Lasi but instead we were served Mango Shake at first. It tasted really good and creamy but it was not what we are supposed to taste. Few minutes after, we were served with the real Mango Lasi, which is made of Indian Yogurt and Mango blended well together. You can taste the mango and also taste immediately the "kick" from the yogurt. Overall, Mango Lasi is one of the most unique and refreshing drinks I have ever tasted.

Then he asked us what do we prefer Chicken, Lamb, Fish? My friend and I both answered Chicken. And so the Chicken Biryani and Chicken Kebab was served.

Nothing can go wrong with Indian style Chicken Kebab

Chicken Biryani

Chicken Kebab was  both marinated in yogurt and grilled in charcoal. The white one was kind of sweet while the red-orange one was spicy. This, with Chicken Biryani made my tummy full and happy :)

Chicken Biryani has full white meat, cashews, raisins and some spices for a delightful partner for the Chicken Kebab. Just when we are about to leave with a smile on our faces and stomach (hehe), we are asked by Raffy to stay first as they will serve our dessert. 

Could not ask for more ;)

This one is called Cassata. It is a vegetarian Ice Cream that is served in small portions of each flavors: vanilla, strawberry and chocolate. I could not think of any other way to end a sweet and wonderful night at Queens. 

We definitely felt like royalty in that Indian Restaurant in Makati and we're sure that we will back to taste the rest of their menu offerings. 

Cheers to a Tasty, Tasty Tuesday! :)