Valentine’s Day Restaurant Menu Ideas: 10-Course Indian Fine Dining
Valentine’s Day is one of the most important days for boosting restaurant business, especially in metropolitan and major cities. It is an opportunity to increase your average check per cover.So, chefs, make the most of it. Plan an amazing menu from your own creations, market it well in advance and combine it with packages your restaurant can afford.
Valentine's Day Restaurant Marketing Ideas
Plan your social networking activities intelligently. Use the strength of your employees and their networks to create a buzz around your Valentine’s Day offers.Introduce incentives and recognise the employee who brings in the most leads.To name a few ideas: champagne, roses, spa packages, framed dinner photographs, personalised souvenir napkins, personalised menu cards with the couple’s pictures, raffle prizes and a Couple of the Day promotion.
For personalised menu cards, you can use social networks or ask guests to email their photographs when making a reservation.If your restaurant is part of a resort, make use of all the unique spaces available to create a special dining experience for the day.
Spices and Aphrodisiacs in Indian Cuisine
Many spices have traditionally been associated with aphrodisiac properties. Spices also have great potential to enhance the flavour, aroma and appetising appeal of food.When combined intelligently with meat, fish and vegetarian options, spices can stimulate the senses and make a dining experience more enjoyable.
Related article: Aphrodisiacs of Indian Cuisine
Valentine's Day 10-Course Indian Tasting Menu
1. Amuse-Bouche
Stuffed spongy morel pakora.
2. Starter
Garlic cream-roasted tandoori pigeon with tomato chutney.
3. Shorba
Fennel-spiced charred king prawn with saffron-spiked clear langoustine shorba.
4. Lassi
Semi-frozen mango lassi with Alphonso mango chips.
5. Fish
Banana leaf-wrapped and steamed pomfret fillet with yellow mustard and ginger, served on wilted red spinach with roast garlic chutney cream.
6. Lamb
Laal Maas with three cuts of Marwari lamb, baby okra masala and two-textured jeera aloo.
7. Pre-Dessert
Rabdi froth with sweet pickled strawberry.
8. Dessert
Valrhona chocolate-stuffed mini jamun, soan papdi with gold leaf and custard apple cream.
9. Masala Tea
Cardamom and ginger-flavoured tea with namak pare.
10. Mini Assorted Burfi
Cashew, saffron, strawberry and chocolate burfi.
We have come up with a 10-course Indian tasting menu concept, designed as a grazing and degustation dinner suitable for a high-profile Indian restaurant.For each course, you can introduce Valentine’s Day-related terms to give the menu a romantic touch.
Our readers are free to copy this menu, make their own adjustments or improvise according to their guests’ preferences.
Have a great sale on Valentine’s Day!