Award-winning Indian restaurant offers gourmet tasting menu

The Raja of Kent restaurant near Tenterden is to host a special gourmet dining evening to mark its 6th anniversary on Thursday 23rd September.

The 2009 winner of Kent Restaurant Awards for ‘Best Indian’ will serve a an exquisite 5-course tasting menu, showcasing its finest dishes including delicacies such as scallop, pheasant, duck and venison. Each course will be served with a matched wine supplied by Hix & Buck, which is run by a former Bollywood dancer. Tickets, which include authentic live entertainment, cost £55.

“A tasting menu is the perfect opportunity to demonstrated the quality of our cooking, with many unique dishes using local ingredients,” explained owner, RK Raja adding, “I want dinners to be more adventurous in their choices to fully experience the real pleasures offered by a truly fine Indian dining experience.”

Many curry eaters give little thought to the wines to order to accompany their meal.

“The very nature of Indian food means that people need to know their way round a wine list and choose accordingly, to best enhance the whole dining experience” said Hix & Buck founder and former Bollywood dancer, Chix Chandaria. “My mission is to help educate the curry lover about the different characteristics of wines on offer. so they don’t blindly order just ‘a glass of white’ without knowing what it is or a totally bland Pinot Grigio that does nothing for the food.”

Hix & Buck wines are served on the TV’s F-Word, were named in Channel Four’s Top Ten Christmas drinks and were chosen the accompany the gala dinner at the Kent Restaurant Awards in January. Hix & Buck exclusively represents number of French vineyards, who produce excellent wines, but on too small a scale to interest the multiples and retailing giants.

Set in a rural location in a former coaching inn, the reputation for the Raja of Indian’s is such that customers are drawn from across the Kent , with many regulars travelling on a weekly basis from London. Booking is essential at weekends in the modern 100-seater restaurant that hosts regular music tribute nights.

The Raja of Kent is located at Bibbenden Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN3 6SX.

For more information, visit therajaofkent.com