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Menu Mania at TFJ


The success of any meal lies as much as in the choice of dishes offered, as in the taste of each item on the menu. The crucial importance of the menu cannot be ignored - the kickoff with appetizers, the breads and the dips, the main course items, and then rounding off with sweet delectable desserts. And at The Food Junction, at the Hotel CrossRoads in Gurgaon, we promise to enthrall you with a plethora of options on our menu.

Appetizers

For appetizers, you can choose from an array of soups and salads such as the refreshing insalata caprese with buffalo mozarella, and basil pesto, citrus som tom with raw papaya, Caesar salad with iceberg lettuce, croutons, and parmesan shavings, yummy fatoush with lemon vinaigrette, olives and pita bread, Geneva minestrone soup with zucchini and celery, and zuppa de Piselli with peas and aniseed.

Pastas
Among pasta options, you can choose anything from penne and fusilli with mouth-watering shrimp and healthy zucchini or tasty bacon and pepper mixed with melting cheese and egg or from a combination of tomatoes and garlic sauce or olive oil or pressed garlic and hot dry chilli flakes.

Main course
Main course options at The Food Junction include a variety of dishes of the Continental, Oriental and Indian genres.

http://www.crossroadshotels.com/tfj.htmlFrom the Continental offerings, you can choose from the delicious broccoli with baby corn and ginger, cous rice, stroganoff with mushrooms, or finger-licking stuffed chicken breast flavored with rosemary. From the Oriental basket, you can choose from awesome King prawns with chilli ginger, Thai curries of the red or green variety, or feisty chicken Kung Pao or chicken flavored with sesame chilli sauce or stir fried bok choy with Chinese greens. For rice or noodles, you can choose from pan fried or hakka noodles or fried rice with shrimp, vegetables or chicken.

From the Indian side of the table, you can choose from prawns simmered in delectable creamy coconut gravy or basa in a coriander or the CrossRoads signature dishes of lamb nihari or chicken potli in almond yogurt sauce or other offerings such as tasty stuffed cottage cheese with apricots and dumplings, and triangles of cottage cheese in rich spicy, tomato-based gravy. You can savor lentils of various kinds, with either caraway seed seasonings and garlic and tomato flavored, or butter and cream flavored ones, which are bound to keep you asking for more. From our rice and biryani pots, you can choose from aromatic broth rice with braised chicken or mutton, or pulao with peas, or onions, or motia paneer, or jeera. All rice options come with raita, papad and greens.

From the Indian bread basket, you can choose from stuffed parathas with mutton keema, paneer or onions, or parathas flavored with butter and garlic, or rotis flavored withlaal mirch, dhaniya or ajwain. 

Desserts
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Our dessert bowls include everything from heavenly gulab jamuns in sugar syrup, to Kashmiri rice puddings, roasted vermicelli in sweetened milk, from melt-in-your-mouth tiramisus to chocolate walnut brownies and ice cream. 

Breakfast and Round the Clock Options

At The Food Junction breakfast table, you can choose from a variety of Darjeeling teas, and coffees, such as cafĂ© latte, cappuccinos, and TFJ’s special beaten coffee, as you move on to other options on the menu. These include croissants, muffins, parathas, or idli-sambhar, puri-bhaji, and juices, cereals, and eggs to order. Our round the clock menu includes coffees, teas, pizzas of various kinds, tortillas with various flavors, lime sodas, smoothies, shakes along with parathas and patties of different kinds.

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Looking good, food!

One of the key aspects of served food is the manner in which it is presented. This is because, when we eat, all our sense organs are stimulated at the same time to result in a distinctive perception of the food. Research by Nestle had found that mere images of food can subsequently affect our sensitivity andawareness of the same. As the way the food appears is the first connection that it has with the eater, the aspect of food presentation is as crucial to a dish’s success as its flavour and essence. This is because your eyes have to be tempted by the looks of a dish, such that you will want to go ahead and taste it, and embark upon a gastronomic journey with a pre-conceived favourable perception of its taste.So exactly can you assure that your food looks good to the person who is going to eat it?
 

Cleanliness and Appropriateness: You have to make certain that the serving dish or bowl is clean and appropriate for the food you are serving. For fun foods such as French fries or chicken nuggets for a kids’ party, you could choose a bowl with a fun, non-traditional design while for something like a biryani, you could use a bowl with a conservative design that might be reminiscent of the times of yore which is when this dish dates back to. And remember, a dirty bowl takes away from the taste of the dish, no matter how mouth-watering the flavour is.

Timing and Garnish: The way in which a dish is presented or its visual appeal is tied in many ways to the time in which it is served. Food supposed to be eaten hot should not be served cold or vice versa. The most important aspect here is to wait till the temperature of the food is just right and only then, go forth and serve it. Almost as important as when the food is served is how it is garnished. This is where the element of colour becomes important. A little bit if green thyme swimming in a bowl of creamy white soup or tiny pieces of orange carrots and red peppers beside a juicy brown steak can make all the difference by adding that extra zest to the connoisseurs’ mind even before he starts eating.

Textures and Portion size: A crucial aspect of the visual appeal of a food is the contrast of textures of the food that is served at a time. Variety is the key as the perfect combination of a hard food such as a celery with soft food such as a creamy dressing is crucial for the balance of textures on a plate. Another important aspect of how food is presented is how the size of the portion of food is matched with the size of the plate in which it is being served.  While a tiny plate will give the effect of appearing clutteredand congested when piled high with food, a plate too large with a tiny portion will appear too scant and bare.

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May This Year Be Yours

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Is the grime and grind of everyday life getting to you? Are you feeling over-strained and overworked? Does it seem like you have been postponing your ‘me-time’ forever?

If yes, then stop. Let 2014 be about you.

Let this year be not about long commutes or long hours in your cubicle, frantic calls or boring PowerPoint
presentations, elbowing your way through chaos and sinking neck-deep into gruelling work and chaos. Let this year be about the quietness and tranquillity that you desire, and the inner calm and composure that you strive to achieve.

Let 2014 be about you.

Let this year be not about having to decide the family’s menu every day, or worrying endlessly about keeping the house clean, running after your little monsters all the time, and finishing your chores by bedtime every evening. Let this year be about privacy and comfort, your own and your family’s, without you having to plan each step of the way. Let this year be about those lazy brunches you wanted to have with your friends, the quick weekend getaways, late-night movies, and luxurious spas that you had putting off all the time.

Let 2014 be about you.

Let this year be not about missed deadlines or unfinished checklists, running make-up or dishevelled hair, tired legs or shirts with missing buttons. Let this year be about productivity and relaxation, convenience and accomplishments, style and timeliness – all at the same time.

Let 2014 be about you.

Best wishes from

Hotel Crossroads

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