"This isn't your typical shopping mall dining experience. At San Ramon's City Center Bishop Ranch, what was once Curry Up Now, a fast-casual Indian restaurant, has closed, remodeled, hired a Michelin-star chef, re-designed the menu, tried to upscale everything from food to service and re-opened this August as Khaki Bar and Indian Canteen, an unlikely fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a mall."
"The Delhi classic butter chicken ($25) comes with tandoor-charred boneless chicken thighs in a creamy tomato and red pepper sauce because we wanted to do a rustic butter chicken, not what you get within smooth Curry, Kapoor said. It's rustic, classic, 1950s butter chicken when it was first introduced to the world."
"Meanwhile, across the Bay, chef brothers Pujan and Sujan Sarkar had just opened Tiya, a fine dining Indian restaurant in San Francisco that has acquired a tidy 4.7-star Google rating since it debuted in 2024. The Michelin guide recently praised Tiya for its California edge to an intriguing contemporary take on Indian cuisine."
Khaki Bar and Indian Canteen opened in August at San Ramon's City Center Bishop Ranch after transforming the former Curry Up Now fast-casual space. Owners remodeled the venue, hired Michelin-starred chefs Pujan and Sujan Sarkar, and redesigned the menu and service to create an upscale dining experience inside a mall. The chefs drew inspiration from regional Indian cooking and Bengali traditions, traveling through villages and learning outdoor-fire techniques. The menu reimagines Indian comfort food, including a rustic Delhi butter chicken featuring tandoor-charred boneless thighs in a creamy tomato and red pepper sauce priced at $25.
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