At Brine in Bengaluru, technique takes precedence

The duo down Bengaluru’s OG wood-fired pizzeria Brik Oven, has grown up. And successful those 10 years, truthful has Bengaluru. It is lone earthy that Anirudh Nopany and Sreeram Anvesh’s newest offering is simply a mature, technique-driven modern European restaurant. Brine is located successful Indiranagar and riffs connected European cuisine with cocoa jus connected their steaks and miso guajillo vinaigrette connected their salads.

Vibe shift

As you participate the edifice located connected 80 Feet Road, it is the imposing Brutalist benignant interiors that greet you first. Austere grey walls, solid artifact tiles, and woody furnishings marque up the place. Textural lantana and cane connection pieces basal astatine the centre. The vibe is buzzy and adjacent connected a weeknight, determination is simply a crowd.

The paper spans lone 2 pages, with a wide modern European inclination. The chromatic toast is simply a tiny loaf of breadstuff that is crisp connected the extracurricular and pillowy inside. It is topped with a swirl of bluish food and Sichuan peppercorns, that opposition with the sweetness of the honey.

The chickenhearted skewers are marinated successful a Japanese tare and almond arbol sauce. It is smoky and spicy. The tiger prawns person seafood-forward sauces of prawn chilli lipid and prawn butter. The triple cooked murphy wedges are served with an in-house made herb jam and blistery sauce, which elevate the taters. The haloumi burger is simply a small salty, but the homemade murphy bun takes the crockery to different level.

Shake it up

The cocktails are named aft 1 cardinal ingredient. We effort the Cheese, made with vodka, Gruyère cheese, Lapsang souchong beverage and apple. The pome notes dominate, with the saltiness of the food coming done later. Salt and Pepper is simply a spicy fig with 3 capsicum gin, bitters, vermouth and brine.

While the starters are each winners, the mains are a deed and miss. First the bully stuff. The miso fettucine is the cleanable equilibrium of creamy and umami. The achromatic ail connected apical adds different dimension. In the roasted herb risotto, the atom is cooked al dente and conscionable right. The herb vinegar utilized successful this crockery is balanced and made successful house.

The orecchiette pasta has a parmesan foam topping that is excessively dairy-forward and the mushroom flavour of the crockery gets mislaid successful it. As a cabbage lover, I americium not impressed with the charred cabbage, arsenic the rootlike is rawer than I would like. The condiment of the crockery though, is delicious.

Deseert brings it close back. The maize crystal pick is airy and astir sorbet-like. The flavours are subtle, but erstwhile paired with the popped amaranth grains, it is nutty and popcorn-ish. They besides connection an orangish French toast, and a acheronian cocoa crémeux, and we prevention these for our adjacent visit.

Brine stands retired successful a oversea of restaurants successful Indiranagar acknowledgment to its design- and technique-forward approach.

₹3,000 for two. At Indiranagar, 80 Feet Road. Open for dinner, Tuesday - Sunday. For much details, telephone 07338537171