On the same concept of Barbeque Nation, The Ancient Barbeque too has similar live grills and unlimited buffet. Our colleagues planned a day out for lunch at this newly discovered place at Good Earth Center, Sector 50, Gurgaon.
As you enter the premises, the aesthetics with Gothic touch and pleasant lighting, instantly attract you. TAB (Read- The Ancient
Barbeque) has good food and quick service. The staff is courteous and fast, who serves with a smile.
TAB is less spacious compared to Barbeque Nation. Seating
arrangement seems a little crammed up which leaves less room to move around. It becomes uncomfortable
for the staff to serves while pushing through the table gaps. Personalization hence becomes difficult. I am sure they can handle space issues
better.
The live grill has the Barbeque Nation famed crispy corns, creamy cajun potatoes,
corns kernel, pineapple, veggie cubes, chicken, fish and mutton. What looked like potatoes turned out to be juicy pineapple, and I loved it! Roasted paneer is
vegetarian’s delight, which wasn’t the case here, as paneer was too soft and not
well marinated. I enjoyed the rest of the vegetarian grill with Virgin Mojito. The latter was well prepared with no fizz and the right
balance of salt & sweet. I can hence righty claim that I had nice mojito after a long time!
The buffet menu had a large variety comprising dal makhni,
noodles, veggie and black bean sauce, Kashmiri paneer, mix vegetables, steamed
rice, veg pulao in the vegetarian menu.
Since I prefer dal makhni with less cream/fat load, TAB’s
Daal Makhni perfectly fitted the bill. The consistency wasn’t thick nor watery,
and I loved the preparation! Veggie and black bean sauce
was another item I loved. This tasted better than preparations
of Chinese cuisines. Kashmiri Paneer was a bit disappointing for me because of
thin ginger grates. All I could taste was raw ginger that killed the dish.
Salad had a colourful spread of kimchi salad, green salad,
aloo chaat, pasta salad, sprout salad, papad and lettuce mix. Pasta salad is
something you must have. Very well made with a hint of sweet. I would suggest
TAB to roast papad on stove. The microwave roast left papad half raw.
Since I am die hard dessert lover, the sweets’ spread had to
be good! The attractive spread comprised ice cream, gulabjamun, fruit tart, hot
choco brownie, moong dal halwa, kiwi cake, pastry and cup cake.
Obviously, one can’t dig into everything post a hearty meal,
so I chose few item. Brownie gets a special brownie point! Soft, fluffy and
warm it was. A bite off the Kiwi Cake felt refreshing! Moong Daal Halwa was the usual. If only I had
more space in my tummy, I might have tasted them all, but I was full to the
core.
As we were a large group of 16 people, we were given
group discount. On an average we paid around 500 per pax. Happy reasonable deal
it was.
Though it is unfair to compare TAB to Barbeque Nation, yet I cant help since the concecpt is the same and TAB scores a little less than BN. Still worth giving this place a try. A nice place recommended for big teams or families.