Expand your brunch and lunch horizons with exotic flavors created by Executive Chef Shachi Mehra at Tamarind of London in Newport Beach. The restaurant combines traditional Indian flavors with local seasonal fresh and sustainable foods resulting in tasty unique dishes. The new menus are available Friday through Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The brunch menu includes baked eggs with kidney beans spiced with garlic and Kashmiri red chili; keema baked eggs with minced lamb, cilantro and red onion; masala scramble flavored with garlic, red chili and cilantro; and a Delhi-style omelet with black pepper, onions, ginger and serrano chili. All offerings are priced at $13 or less. Try a brunch cocktail including the "Bloody Good" Mary, the Mangosa (Cruzan mango rum, Kesar mango and Prosecco) and the Pimms O'Clock (Pimms No. 1 and lemonade with fresh muddled strawberries, cucumber and oranges).
At lunch, choose from a trio of Thali plates that compliment each other to complete a meal including traditional Indian dishes like seafood prawn masala and kokum fish curry for $19; kashmiri lamb curry and butter chicken at $18; and vegetarian paneer methi masala and three greens saag at $17. Thali plates come with a vegetable of the day, black lentils, rice, naan and raita.
Out favorite light and summery salad is the quinoa and avocado with cilantro and mixed citrus at $11; there’s also a lime leaf salmon salad with arugula, pickled jicama and chaat masala at $14; grilled shrimp salad with mixed greens, mango and dill at $14, a cilantro chicken salad with cucumber, red onions, basil and mint for $13; and the Tamarind salad topped with crisped rice and a pickled lime dressing for $8.
Chef Mehra has also included several popular items from the dinner menu including starters like chickpea chaat served with sweetened yogurt for $8 and steamed PEI mussels at $9. Entrees include Australian lamb chops flavored with red chili, malt vinegar and green papaya for $29 and a natural grass-fed New York Steak with black pepper, dry mango and pomegranate molasses at $26.
Open for lunch 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday followed by Happy Hour from 2:30-5 p.m. and dinner from 5 p.m to close. Open for dinner 5 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
7862 East Coast Hwy. in Newport Beach. 949.715-8338
Race Day is Sunday
Don’t miss the 8th Annual OC Marathon, Half Marathon and OC Wahoo's 5K.
The race offers separate start times for marathon and half marathon, an improved second half on the marathon course, new finish lines, and Wahoo's Village and post-race festival with at least three bands. The OC Marathon helps raise funds and awareness for youth charities. Packets must be picked up at the Allergan Health and Fitness Expo on Friday or Saturday.
And every registered runner receives free admission to the OC Tastefest on Friday from 5 to 11 p.m. and Saturday 1 to 10 p.m. OC Fair and Event Center is at 88 Fair Drive in Costa Mesa. (Image courtesy of Daily Pilot.)
Be Our Guest
One lucky Greer’s OC reader will have the opportunity to join Jamison Monroe, producer of the incredibly revealing documentary about addiction in Orange County – “Behind The Orange Curtain” - and founder of the nation's leading adolescent treatment facility, Newport Academy; as his guest at the sold-out film at the Newport Beach Film Festival and join the Producers for a special Q&A dinner before the film at 6:30 p.m. at True Food Kitchen at Fashion Island. The film starts at 8:15 p.m. at Big Newport. Behind the Orange Curtain is a documentary that delves into the staggering problem of teenage Rx drug abuse in Orange County, one of the most affluent counties in the country. Young, privileged teenagers are dying of drug overdoses in record numbers. In particular prosperous cities like Laguna Niguel, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach. This documentary film will set out to ask the question.....why? We will contact the winner tomorrow morning. To enter simply email greer@pacific-creative.digital.
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