During a visit to this restaurant I learnt about the origins of the Indo-Chinese cuisine. The restaurant manager Mr. John an Indian Chinese, from Kolkata. He says that, a nearly a century ago, a few Hakkan speaking Chinese families had migrated to Kolkata and set up leather tanneries in the area of Tangara.
Food from Tangra is a distinct variety of traditional Hakka Chinese cuisine adapted to Indian ingredients and the Bengali palate. This has spread to the rest of India and is loved by Indians across the world. Even today Chinese breakfast is available in the streets of Tiretta Bazar in Central Kolkata every morning between 5 am to 7 am.
Blue Sapphire is a perfect restaurant to try the famous Indo-Chinese cuisine, with the true flavour of the streets of Tangra. Located in Platinum Tower, Cluster I, JLT, has an outdoor and indoor seating. The interiors are blue in colour reflecting the name of the restaurant. The staff is very friendly and committed to serving their customers.
We started with the Chicken Wonton Soup, and then had spring rolls, Crispy spinach chicken and drums of heaven topped with Szechwan and Manchurian sauce for starters.
For the main course we had the Chicken Taro Nest (a blue sapphire special), made with diced chicken cooked with red and green peppers with chilli served on a potato nest.
Next was the Blue Sapphire Szechwan fried rice and noodle mixed, prepared in a wok pan tossed and fried in a spicy sauce. Eaten best with the Mongolian Chicken made with diced chicken and spicy sauce.
Mr. John made a very special dish for us, which was not in the menu, Wonton Chopsuey, a combination of fried wontons and the white sauce and vegetables similar to that used in Chinese chopsuey.
A Chinese meal is incomplete if it does not end with Chinese tea. They serve Chinese tea blended with jasmine flowers. Helps in the digestive processes after a heavy meal, also helps in reducing stress and lowering cholesterol.
The food was amazing. After a long time, I really had a perfect Indo-Chinese meal in Dubai.
Tel: 04 – 4515552
