The chef

Three generations
at the tandoor

Chef Shamshir learned to cook standing on a wooden crate beside his grandmother in Hyderabad — pounding cardamom, folding biryani lids with dough, watching the clay oven breathe. Every recipe on our menu carries her fingerprints.

Chef at the tandoor
Philosophy

Whole spices, daily

Cardamom, cumin, clove and pepper are dry-roasted and ground every morning.

Slow over fast

Curries simmer for hours; biryanis are sealed and steamed for 90 minutes.

Halal & sourced

Halal-certified meats, free-range where possible, single-origin spices from Kerala.

Spice bowls

Heritage

A notebook of recipes — kept alive

Every dish on our menu can be traced to a worn leather notebook, the margins scribbled in three different hands. We taste, we adjust, but we never shortcut.

Order from the menu

"Cook like you're feeding your own family.
Every single time."