The Kitchen

Five courses,
by candle.

One long table. One chef. The menu is short, the evenings long, and the bread comes out warm enough to fold.

Suppers · 19:30 nightly · Last orders 21:00
Wednesday, the 29th of April

Tonight at the long table

Five courses · ₹3,400 / head · paired wines + ₹1,800
  1. Walnut and apple, on a slice of black bread

    From the orchard at Khamand, picked the morning of. Walnuts cracked at the table.

  2. Smoked trout broth, with thyme

    The trout from the Beas, the broth from its bones. Thyme from the kitchen window.

  3. Slow-roasted lamb shank, juniper, root vegetables

    Eight hours in the wood oven. Carrots, parsnips, kohlrabi. A spoon will do.

  4. A small plate of local cheeses, with quince

    Three cheeses from the dairy at Naggar. Quince paste from last autumn.

  5. Burnt honey tart, with cardamom cream

    The honey from a beekeeper in Manaltu. Cardamom from the chef's mother's garden.

— a vegetarian course is offered at every step. Tell us when you book.

The long table at dusk
The shape of the evening

One long table.

Twelve seats. A linen runner. Candles that lean a little after the second course. We do not split tables for two; you sit beside whoever else has come up that night.

Most evenings begin with someone offering their bread to someone else. By the end most guests know each other's names, and a few have made plans for tomorrow's walk. This is the design intent. If you'd prefer a private table, ask.

A plated course
The menu

Short, and seasonal.

Five courses, written that morning on the slate by the door. We don't offer choices on the menu — we offer the menu, and a vegetarian variation at every step. Allergies and aversions: let us know when you book and we'll work around them.

The menu changes nightly. Apples in October. Trout in March. Kohlrabi when the dairy delivers; pumpkin when the farmer at Manaltu has too many. If you're staying a week, you'll never eat the same thing twice.

Sourdough bread cooling
The bread

Warm enough to fold.

The starter is twenty-six years old and travels with the chef. The bread is baked twice a day, in a small wood oven by the kitchen door. There is butter from the dairy, and salt from the Rann, and that is mostly the point.

If we run out, we run out. The next batch comes around seventeen-hundred hours.

The chef

Aanya Khanna

Head of the Kitchen · since 2019

Trained in Bombay, briefly in Lyon, mostly in her grandmother's kitchen in Mandi. She believes the menu writes itself if you walk the orchard before sunrise. On Tuesdays she doesn't cook; on Tuesdays she is in the forest.

From the cellar

A small list, well kept.

A glass of Charosa

house red

Indian Reserve, from Nashik. Black plum, dry tannin, drinks well into the third course. We pour it with the lamb.

A hot toddy

for cold nights

Whisky, lemon, honey from Manaltu, a clove or two. Made by the bar at half-past eight, and again whenever asked. Best by the fire.

High-altitude chai

all hours, all weather

Strong black tea, full-fat milk, a knot of ginger, two cloves, half a stick of cinnamon. Brought to the table in a brass pot.

Where it comes from

Within a day's walk.

Most of what arrives in the kitchen comes from inside the valley. Some of it comes from inside the front gate.

  • Apples and walnuts
    Khamand orchard3 km · on foot
  • Trout, cold-stream
    Beas tributary11 km · by truck
  • Cheese, butter, cream
    Naggar dairy14 km · daily
  • Honey and beeswax
    Manaltu hives22 km · weekly
  • Herbs, greens, eggs
    our garden40 paces
  • Sourdough starter
    Aanya's pocket26 years old
Sit down

Save a seat at the long table.

Twelve seats nightly. Reservations close at noon the day of. Rooms at the house include supper if you ask when you book.

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