Okay, so I often see Agni mentioned on “Which restaurants would be starred if they were in cities the Michelin Guide covered” lists, but I don’t remember seeing a post of the meal itself – so here it is!
We paid $145 per person, and split the standard $85 wine pairing.
Their website calls their food ‘Bengali fusion,’ which is probably correct but they clearly take inspiration from all over India and Southeast Asia, resulting in some fascinating (and delicious) flavor combinations. There are a few local Ohio touches, too: the chocolate-peanut butter ‘buckeye’ in the petits fours and replacing the hard-boiled egg and cucumber in the nasi-lemak with an egg salad.
Notes to start: I would call this a very solid one-star restaurant. The food is fantastic, the wine pairing stellar, but the vibes they are going for are energetic and creative, not particularly formal. Major contributing factor is that there is no uniform for the staff – it was a mishmash of semi-casual to semi-formal that felt a little unprofessional at times. Service overall was good though; they were quick to reset table settings when we got up to use the bathroom, very knowledgable and informative on dishes and wines, they even noticed twice when we finished our wine pairing early, and topped us off so we would have enough to go with the next course.
I included pictures of the menu, but my favorite dish was definitely the chaat-froid, followed by the dal, the platano, and the phanaeng.
Bonus points for the tongue-in-cheek creativity of recreating a McDonald’s Happy Meal with the amuse-bouche. The bao, cumin french fry, and fish nugget made my wife and I laugh out loud.
by nukemecatol
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Have been here as well and it’s fantastic. Would absolutely have a Michelin star if it was in an area they went to
Whoa, have never heard of this place but it looks super cool. Any idea what kind of stuff they pour for the $500 pairing?