Why Bengaluru’s new Asian restaurant is not serving pad Thai or pho

I cognize erstwhile I spot ingredients specified arsenic chayote, snake effect and betel leaves, that I americium successful for thing different. It calls itself a Thai-Vietnamese restaurant, but FOMO - Flavours of Modern Orient, trades successful the classics for caller and lesser-known dishes. You volition not find immoderate coconut beverage successful the Thai jungle curry here, alternatively authentic Northen Thai and determination Vietnamese are connected offer.

Pan Asian restaurants are passe now, arsenic determination Asian seems to beryllium the flavour of the season. Thai restaurants are galore successful Bengaluru, but Vietnamese is simply a little fashionable choice. FOMO is located astatine 1 extremity of Indiranagar’s 100 feet roadworthy (near Toit). We sojourn the time they unfastened their luncheon service. The interiors are successful shades of earthy colours, with a play connected airy and shadows. It is alternatively bare and dark, but I tin spot however the interiors volition beryllium overmuch much charming successful the evening.

Let america commencement with the coffees. Vietnamese java is the evident choice, but we besides effort a salted coffee. This 1 is topped with a pick foam that has a sprinkle of flaky salt. I americium instantly won implicit by the flavours of this.

Between the banh

Here is thing I person not seen before, the banh beo. Steamed savoury atom cakes traditionally served with toppings of mung legume paste and pork floss. Think the idli’s Vietnamese cousin. Here they travel successful the tiny ceramic sheet they are steamed in, with minced pork and mushroom, fried shallots and a creamy mung paste. You premix it each unneurotic and spell for a bite. It is gooier than an idli, and the textural toppings marque it fun. The grilled chickenhearted helping is not similar a regular wing. The chickenhearted is stuffed with a sticky atom paste and marinated successful a smoked koji blistery sauce. An absorbing twist connected a classic.

Our telephone cameras instantly travel retired for the grilled jumbo prawns. The visually striking crockery has 2 butterflied prawns, that are charred with a choo chee pla condiment (a reddish Thai sauce) and topped with crispy kang kong leaves. It is citrussy, garlicy and spicy. Another caller crockery I effort is the salapao. Reminiscent of a bao, this Thai steamed bun has a crispy crust connected top. We opt for a chayote (you whitethorn cognize this arsenic chow chow) and asparagus filling. The filling is tossed with a greenish paste, and the bun is served with a peanut and sawtooth coriander sauce. I americium not a instrumentality of baos truthful this was a walk for me.

The starters are much breathtaking than the mains, but options see dishes specified arsenic Thai baked seabass, mushroom karpow, and dilatory braised pork belly. You tin brace these with pad mee korat noodles, oregon caller atom noodles.

The desserts dependable amended connected paper. The intolerable barroom is simply a caramel flan with layers of cocoa cake. It is tasty, but thing you cannot get anyplace else. We extremity with a seasonal mango pannacotta. It is casual to autumn successful emotion with a caller mango dessert successful the mediate of a scorching summer.

FOMO impresses with its caller instrumentality connected well-known cuisines. You volition not miss your pad Thai erstwhile you dine here.

₹2,500 for two. At Indiranagar. Closed connected Mondays. For much details telephone 8147938808