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Asha’s Restaurant Manchester: Much More To Indian Food Than Rusholme

February 12, 2018 Daniel Kelly Leave a Comment

Asha's Manchester

Asha’s, a stylish contemporary Indian restaurant, is situated a few doors down from Albert’s Schloss and Brew Dog. Winner of City Restaurant of the Year 2017 at the Cheshire Life Food and Drink Awards, Asha’s has established itself as one of the best restaurants in town.

By offering a different take on your average Rusholme curry home, Asha aims to sidestep the competition. The team invited down to try out the new menu and our honest feedback.

Inside Asha's Manchester Restaurant

Why Asha’s?

Asha’s is named after co-owner and Bollywood star Asha Bhosle. She has been Bollywood royalty for over seven decades and has collaborated with the likes of Michael Stipe to Boy George and Manchester’s own Simply Red.

Taking inspiration from her life the team at Asha’s have set up Asha’s Restaurants with one in Manchester and Birmingham.

Asha Bhosle

Small Plates Menu at Asha’s Manchester

New for this year, the small plates menu is designed for groups who love to share. If you’re grabbing a quick drink during the day I’d recommend one dish to accompany your drinks. If you’re hungry either go for two dishes with a side or three dishes.

Asha's Small Plate Menu

In the interest of reviewing the menu fully, we opted to try every veggie option on the menu. Here is how we got on…..

Starters at Asha

Chutney Time at Asha

The Asha difference is noticeable before you even take the first bite of a popadom. Instead of the usual mint yoghurt and sad mango chutneys we’ve all been eating for aeons, we were presented with a vivid selection of relishes that looked as good as they tasted. We were treated to pineapple chutney, green apple and blueberry and a red tomato and chill. Fantastically flavoured, these home-made chutneys are the ideal start to your meal. Do not skip them!

Popadoms at Asha

First to arrive from the kitchen was the Pumpkin soup. Served alongside a goat’s cheese kofta ( a savoury ball cooked with onions and spices),. Soup isn’t usually my first thought when eating Indian Cuisine, but this dish worked and looked great too.

Goat Cheese ball - served with the Pumpkin Soup

Pumpkin Soup

Main Dishes at Asha’s Manchester

Onto our main dishes, with the Aloo Chat arriving first. Aloo Chat is a classic North Indian street food made by frying potatoes in oil before adding spices and chutney.

Aloo Chaat

The Asha twist on this dish adds sweet yoghurt, tamarind, chickpeas and apple with the fried potatoes. It was arguably my choice dish on the menu. Make sure to try it when you visit!

Another Shot of the Aloo Chaat

For those looking for something lighter and healthier, they’ve got you covered too with their Protein bowl. A quinoa based bowl stuffed full of great healthy ingredients such as avocado, chickpeas quails egg and peas topped with homemade paneer. Zesty and full of flavour, this makes the perfect brunch dish.

Veggie Protein Bowl

Kati Rolls are another popular street food dish originating from Kolkata, India. Originally, a skewer-roasted kebab wrapped in a paratha bread, Katki Rolls have come in many variants as their popularity has spread.

Kati Roll

The kati roll at Asha’s came with sweet peppers and onions in jalfrezi sauce and served with home-made paneer, some of the best I’ve tried in Manchester.

For sides I’d recommend the Okra fries, otherwise known as ladyfingers. Lightly battered, they are very similar to how they are cooked at Zouk rather than the deep-fried version served up at Bundobust.

Okra Fries

We also got to try some of the Naan bread cooked up with chickpeas, pomegranate and onions with lashings of minted yoghurt paneer. Another top dish!

Naan bread

Cocktails at Asha’s Manchester

Cocktail Time

Indian Restaurants are generally not known for their Drinks menu but Asha’s breaks the mould here again by offering a fantastic cocktail menu that beats a lot of the bars in town. A trip to Asha’s would not be complete without sampling at least one.

Pictured above is the Manchester Tart, a Signature cocktail unique to the Manchester restaurant. It includes vanilla vodka, Chambord, coconut and pineapple are shaken before being topped with a prosecco and passion fruit foam. It’s finished off with a miniature Tart to accompany your drink.

Final Thoughts

Overall it was great to finally get the chance to try out Asha’s Restaurant. If you are looking for something different from your usual curry house this is the place to go.

We hope to be back soon!

Don’t forget – Asha’s is still taking booking for Valentine’s day. Visit Asha’s Website to find out more! 

Asha’s Indian Restaurant
Address: 47 Peter St, Manchester M2 3NG

Dining Table at Asha's

More shots of the Popadom and Dips

Picture at the restaurant

Bar Area

 

Kale Starter

Flower Time

Outside Asha's MCR

 

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