Keen press interest has followed Manoj Vasaikar as he has made his way from the Chutney Mary empire to his first solo restaurant project with just India, Putney and now with Indian Zing. Comments are included below.
A fling with Zing rekindles my love of Indian food -
Winner’s Dinners May 2010
A chic (but not expensive) restaurant in Hammersmith, serves
wonderful dishes from all over India
- Bill Knott.
Financial Times. April 2010
Indian Zing The only restaurant in Hammersmith and Chiswick to be listed with 2 couverts.
- The Michelin Guide 2008.
“Nominated in one of the ‘Best Small Restaurant Category’ and were the first runner up in the whole of England”
“The extremely well run Hammersmith Indian, does imbue you with a sense of harmony and well being Chef / patron Manoj Vasaikar cooks authentic regional Indian Dishes-“
Tatler Restaurant Awards 2008 and Tatler Restaurant Guide 2008.
“The fantastic food is full of fresh, crisp flavours at Manoj Vasaikar’s classy and personable Hammersmith yearling”
- Harden’s Restaurant Guide 2008
“Aiming to be a dining rather than just a feeding experience, this upmarket Indian in Hammersmith is recommended for its imaginative cuisine.” -
Zagat Restaurant Guide 2008
Chef-patron Manoj Vasaikar’s restaurant is popular both as a local & a destination Indian, thanks to refined cooking that balances well-made traditional dishes with clean modernist flavours. -
Square Meal 2008
“Manoj Vasaikar is not only a good cook, but a thoughtful one and he acknowledges the blend India’s regional recipes and traditional ingredients with modern techniques and presentations. The kitchen gets the spicing jus about perfect in every dish” -
Charles Campion , The London Restaurant Guide 2008.
One of the only three Indian restaurant in London where the doyen of restaurant critics Fay Maschler would spend her own money
– Evening Standard, October 2007.
“Indian Zing is one of the top ten Indian Restaurant in London and South East” - The Times (The knowledge Magazine), Nov 2006
Named as one of the top 5 Restaurant in London – Fay Maschler, Evening Standard, March 2006
“Everything here is nicely understated: the welcome is warm but not gushing, china and glass sparkle, and the bill is extremely fair. Value for money 10/10.”
– Jeremy Wayne, Guardian, March 2006.
“Manoj, who has cooked at Veeraswamy (in the same group as Amaya) sees the way Indian food is going and also demonstrates how India is being discovered gastronomically. …Designer plates and an emphasis on lightness – but doesn’t lose sight and favour of what we all like going for an Indian”
- Fay Maschler, Evening Standard, August 2005.
And of course a diner’s comment is always valued – excellent food – “best I have eaten”
– Yasim Ali Brown, Journalist, The Independent.
