The brain child of two successful entrepreneurs- Shamit Ajmani and Chef Piyush Jain, Decode is a social dining space nestled in the Rajouri Garden of the capital city. Shamit started his journey 15 years back with a restaurant in South Delhi, and soon became a pioneer in banqueting with various wedding destinations across NCR. His passion for hospitality business led him to several roles in the industry over the years. Whereas Piyush Jain got exposed to world cuisine at a young age and worked with some of the top brass of the hospitality industry. Besides creating culinary masterpieces throughout the nation, he enjoys spending time exploring food ideas of new restaurants in town and creating new dishes. Excerpts from the interview with Shamit and Piyush:
What is Decode all about?
Decode is a social dining space where you come with your friends or family. By the name, we can understand that we have to unlock some codes here so we have made a restaurant where you come and unlock your taste buds with our modern Indian food and modern fusion cocktails. Decode has a very modern contemporary interiors spread in 4 floors.
At Decode, food is the USP. Talk about cuisine and offerings.
Food is our main USP that’s true because we are serving modern Indian food. Here, we cook the Indian dishes in the authentic form, but then, present them with western style. I believe people will always come back if you have good food and uniqueness to it and I think that’s working for us.
Spread over four floors, Decode is the biggest dining and bar property in West Delhi. What is the concept and USP of the place?
Yes, we have spread over 4 floors and the best part is that they are different but still connected to the main theme of the restaurant. At Decode, our idea is to make your every visit different and pleasing. And these different themes allow you to experience new ambience every time.
How often you people organize events and musical nights?
We do live bands every Wednesday. Friday is all about Sufi night played by Dj Karan, and Saturday is dedicated to commercial Bollywood music.
Tell us something about the cocktails at Decode?
We do a lot of modern and fusion cocktails that have Indian or Asian flavours to it. We try to use natural essence to make drinks closer to life. We are also known for infusing cinnamon into our drinks that further balance the drinks.
Where all are you planning to decode?
(Laughs). It’s just the starting. As of now, we are decoding in Gurgaon but very soon you will be able to see Decode in Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Lucknow, and Jaipur as well.
The post Decoding Dining – Shamit Ajmani appeared first on TMM.