Blue Potato

Frommer's Review

In a city where fine dining is dominated by five-star hotel restaurants, the stand-alone chef-owned Blue Potato is a welcome relief, particularly for those stomachs not yet sensitized to spicy Indian cooking. Chef Shaun Kenworthy, who originally hails from the U.K., has been in India for the last 7 years, working in various parts of the country. In the short time since he opened this place in December 2006 near the popular Park Street area, it has become increasingly popular (and it can't hurt having a catchy name like the Blue Potato). Sensibly, he stuck with what he knows best, producing a menu that is predominantly Western. You could start with the bacon-wrapped chicken, then follow it with pan-fried sea bass or the New Zealand lamb chops, and end off with an old-fashioned trifle (though we'd opt for the mascarpone tart with port-soaked figs). The real challenge for Shaun lies in creating a stand-alone restaurant in a city that associates this kind of cuisine with in-house hotel restaurants -- and for a single owner to deal with such constraints as high excise duties. But looking at the waves Shaun has made since he opened, this may be the start of a slow revolution.

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