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ONAM CELEBRATIONS WITH SADHYA AT MONSOON STILLORGAN
"Indulge in the flavors of Onam with our special Thali and get totaste all of the following items". We wish you and your family avery Happy Onam! Onam Ashamsakal. Everyone from die-hard chaat fans to curious newcomers is invited to attend the festival at the authentic Indian restaurant. The festival, which will be taking place in September from 12pm to 4pm Saturdays and Sundays, is sure to be the highlight of the season and deliver the perfect summer celebration. We are proud to offer a wide range of authentic chaat dishes designed to tantalise the taste buds. The restaurant's chefs use only the freshest ingredients and traditional cooking techniques to create dishes that are both delicious and authentic. The menu features dishes for fans of spicy foods, those who prefer something milder, and everything in between. In addition to the delicious chaat dishes on the menu, we also offers a variety of other Indian specialties. These include biryani, tandoori chicken, butter chicken, and other firm favourites and popular dishes. We have been feeding the people of Stillorgan for more than 25 years. Staffed by a dedicated team, the restaurant always delivers a memorable customer experience, from the food to the service. In addition to offering the option of dining in, Monsoon also allows people to order online for takeaway, with both delivery and pickup options. The restaurant has a mobile app that can be downloaded for Android or Apple too. Customers can book a table on the restaurant's website, in addition to getting in touch by phone or email. We put a strong emphasis on fresh ingredients that are locally sourced. Manager Arun and Head Chef Alok both come from farming families and aim to recreate the experiences they had growing up. Serving honest food with authentic flavours, the restaurant's focus is always on providing the best experience for guests.
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Introducing This Week's Special Dish - A Must-Try!
"Savor the Flavor: A New Culinary Creation Every Week!" Gatta curry - €14 A traditional Rajasthani curry of chickpea flour dumplings that are cooked in a tangy and spicy yoghurt sauce (Allergen: Milk, Mustard)
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A Culinary Journey Through Time: 30 Years of Monsoon Stillorgan
Nestled in the heart of Stillorgan, Dublin, lies Monsoon, a restaurant that's not just a place to eat, but an experience that transcends taste. For over three decades, Monsoon has been a cornerstone of the community, serving up exquisite Indian cuisine with a warm embrace. A Legacy of Flavor Established in 1994, Monsoon's story is one of passion and dedication. The founders, Alok and Arun, both hailing from farming families, bring a deep appreciation for fresh, seasonal ingredients. This philosophy is evident in every dish, a symphony of authentic Indian flavors prepared with the finest locally sourced produce. More Than Just a Meal At Monsoon, dining is an immersive adventure. The inviting atmosphere, reminiscent of a nostalgic Indian cottage, sets the stage for a culinary journey. The aroma of freshly ground spices fills the air, whetting appetites and promising a delightful exploration of Indian gastronomy. A Commitment to Evolution While Monsoon cherishes its heritage, it also embraces innovation. The menu reflects a thoughtful fusion of tradition and contemporary flair. Classic dishes like succulent tandoori chicken and aromatic curries share space with innovative creations that showcase the culinary team's creativity. A Celebration of Service At Monsoon, exceptional food is complemented by exceptional service. The staff, attentive and knowledgeable, are passionate about guiding guests through the menu and ensuring a truly memorable dining experience. A Dublin Staple for Decades For 30 years, Monsoon has woven itself into the fabric of Stillorgan. It's a place for families to gather, friends to connect,and new memories to be made. Whether you're a seasoned foodie or simply seeking a delightful Indian dining experience,Monsoon promises a warm welcome, a delightful meal, and a taste of India that will stay with you long after you leave.
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MONSOON'S INDIAN STREET FOOD FESTIVAL 2024
Drinks Mango Lassi Indian mango smoothie withyogurt and mango 6€ Soft Drinks Coke/ Diet Coke/ Coke Zero/ 7up/Fanta 3€ Indian Street Specialities Pani-Puri Hollow, crispy puffed pastry balls,filled with zingy spices, and servedwith flavoured water (5pc) (Allergen: Gluten, Mustard) 6€ Ram Laddu Savoury fritters made of dal and served with grated radish and tangy chutneys (Allergen: Milk, Mustard) 6€ Aloo Tikki Chaat Potatoes cakes on the bed ofspiced chickpeas (Allergen: Milk, Mustard, Peanuts) 8€ Bhalla Papdi Pastry coins and delicious lentilsfritters in a milange of sweet andsour sauces (Allergen: Gluten, Milk, Mustard, Peanuts) 8€ Chilli Chicken & Fried Rice Combo Indo-Chinese style crispy chicken, with bell peppers, soy, spring onions (Allergen: Soya, Egg, Gluten, Celery) 20€ Chilli Paneer; Veg.Fried Rice Combo Indo-Chinese style crispy paneer,with peppers, soy, spring onions (Allergen: Soya, Gluten, Celery, Milk) Pav Bhaji Delicious mashed vegetablesserved with buttery dinner rolls (Allergen: Gluten, Milk, Mustard) 16€ Chole Bhature Zingy chickpea curry served withbhature a puffy fried bread (Allergen: Gluten, Milk, Mustard) Veg. Noodles Indian style vegetable noodles stir-fried with vegetables and soya sauce 12€ Aloo Paneer Kulcha Combo Deliciously stuffed bread servedwith zingy Chickpea curry (2Pc)(Allergen: Milk, Gluten) 18€ Dessert Gulab Jamun Milk dumplings sloshed with rose water, served with Vanilla Ice-Cream (Allergen: Milk, Gluten) 6€ Jalebi with Rabri Funnel-cake style fried spirals thatare doused in a sweet sugar syrupfor a delightful treat prepared liveand served with rabri (Allergen: Mustard) 6€ From spicy to sweet, we have it all! Your taste buds will thank you! Embark on a culinary adventure! Taste the streets of India! Stillorgan, Ireland — Fans of Indian street food won't want to miss the upcoming Chaat Festival at the Monsoon restaurant in Stillorgan, County Dublin. The exciting event will showcase the very best of chaat, with a wide range of delicious dishes such as Raj Kachori, Masala Dosa, and Rabri falooda to sample and enjoy. Everyone from die-hard chaat fans to curious newcomers is invited to attend the festival at the authentic Indian restaurant. The festival, which will be taking place in July, is sure to be the highlight of the season and deliver the perfect summer celebration. We are proud to offer a wide range of authentic chaat dishes designed to tantalise the taste buds. The restaurant's chefs use only the freshest ingredients and traditional cooking techniques to create dishes that are both delicious and authentic. The menu features dishes for fans of spicy foods, those who prefer something milder, and everything in between. In addition to the delicious chaat dishes on the menu, we also offers a variety of other Indian specialties. These include biryani, tandoori chicken, butter chicken, and other firm favourites and popular dishes. We have been feeding the people of Stillorgan for more than 25 years. Staffed by a dedicated team, the restaurant always delivers a memorable customer experience, from the food to the service. In addition to offering the option of dining in, Monsoon also allows people to order online for takeaway, with both delivery and pickup options. The restaurant has a mobile app that can be downloaded for Android or Apple too. Customers can book a table on the restaurant's website, in addition to getting in touch by phone or email. We put a strong emphasis on fresh ingredients that are locally sourced. Manager Arun and Head Chef Alok both come from farming families and aim to recreate the experiences they had growing up. Serving honest food with authentic flavours, the restaurant's focus is always on providing the best experience for guests. The festival is the perfect way to enjoy the vibrant and colourful culture of India with a fully immersive experience. The Chaat Festival will take place throughout July and August 2024, every Saturday and Sunday between 12 pm and 4pm at Monsoon Stillorgan. The restaurant is open in the evenings seven days a week until 10 pm.
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A TASTY AND HEALTHY MEAL - MONSOON STILLORGAN
There's one thing that seems to me to be common to all the Indian restaurants that I've visited - the service is unfailingly courteous. Monsoon is no exception to that: six of us arrived with no reservation, but within moments they'd re-arranged tables to accommodate us. I began explaining to the children that after the book 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' came 'The Restaurant at the End if the Universe'. This, I explained to them carefully, was not a place at the outer reaches of space, it was a time. The restaurant sits its diners down two hours before the universe ends. The diners watch this awesome spectacle over their meal, then massive time turbines bring the restaurant back in time by two hours ready for the next sitting. Monsoon didn't look much like The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - and there were no alien species there that I could recognise either. It's a small room, up a flights of steps from where you can pick up your take away meals. There are nods to the sub-continent with beautifully carved wooden representations of Hindu deities on the walls, but otherwise the room isn't themed. As we've done in the past, we let Isabella do the ordering for us. She chose us a variety of dishes: a chicken Tikka Massala which the children like, a Kashmiri Rogan Josh - a spicy lamb dish that I'm fond of, a king prawn biryani which John and Isabella enjoy, a bowl of dal, a spinach dish called Paneer Methi Malai, and lastly a Banarsi Aloo. The starter portions are priced around 8 or 9 and the main courses cost between 15 and 18. To complete the order Isabella also ordered some Nan bread and Pilau rice. There's a short wine list, but it's very fairly priced with a few wines under 20 and the majority of them under 25. We decided against a bottle wine, instead we ordered Lassis for the children, which is a yoghurt drink that comes either as a sweet drink or as a savoury one, and John and I had Indian beer. The first thing to arrive were the night-light plate warmers on which the copper pots containing our various dishes were placed to keep them hot. Essentially what we'd ordered was three starters and three main courses plus some extras for the six of us, but by the time they'd all arrived the tables seems to be awash with food. Even a fairly strong appetite would begin to wilt after some of these dishes. I did manage to taste most of what was on the table and everything I tasted was very much to my liking, with the possible exception of the yoghurt drinks. The spices were all carefully handled, each dish had clean, crisp tastes. By the time we'd eaten our fill there appeared to be as much on the table as there had been when we started, but our waiter sensibly suggested he'd pack up what was left and we could take it home for later - a suggestion we were happy to accept. A tasty and healthy meal for six that came with a price tag of 106.30, which I thought was very good value. Fittingly, we then drove home in a monsoon.
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BEST TAKEAWAY & RESTAURANT
Best Takeaway and Resturant
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GO TO PLACE FOR BEST INDIAN FOOD - IRISH MIRROR
We are delighted to announce that Monsoon Stillorgan has been named as a Best Quality Indian Cuisine in the Stillorgan area by the Irish Mirror. Monsoon is well known in the Stillorgan area as the go-to place for great Indian food, and it does a brisk take-away business. It’s been a long time since we had a staff night out, so when it was finally safe to do so we made sure to choose very carefully. To anyone living in the Stillorgan area, Monsoon is well known as the go-to place for great Indian food and it does a brisk take-away trade (you can check out their take-away menu here ). We even included them in our Taste of Stillorgan feature – so expectations were high! The first thing any of us noticed on entering Monsoon was not the decor (which is fab, by the way) but the aroma. Wonderful, spicy scents drift around the dining area, whetting the appetite and promising tasty treats ahead. Manager Arun greeted us warmly and made sure our group of 10 was seated comfortably in the small but well laid out dining area. Menus in hand, we set about deciding what to eat, and it was a challenge! I was torn between at least half a dozen dishes, ultimately opting for the Chicken Jalfrezi. As a large group, there was a wide range of preferences, so between chicken, lamb and vegetarian dishes we ended up with a good sampling from across the menu. Before the mains arrived, we were treated to a selection of delicious starters, including the Tellicherry Pepper Chicken, Ajwaini Jheenga (marinated prawns), Kumar’s Aloo Tikki Chat (spiced potato dumplings) and Colaba Seekh (spiced lamb skewer) – a personal favourite. Honestly, we could have stopped at the starters and I would have been delighted. When the mains arrived, there were ‘ooh’s and ‘aah’s around the table as each new dish was presented, alongside generous portions of saffron rice and a selection of freshly baked breads.
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MONSOON STILLORGAN - BEST DUBLIN DINING GUIDE
Monsoon is a much loved neighbourhood Indian restaurant in Stillorgan for over 20 years. We dropped in on the team which elevates the dining experience with exceptional hospitality and culinary invention. “Our business is all about passion, sourcing the freshest and best of ingredients. We both come from traditional farming families. I joined here as a part-time staff when I was studying. I love the place and Stillorgan has a lovely community. When the opportunity arose to take it over I saved some money and partnered with Alok. We took it over late 2019, just in time for the pandemic. as the first time lockdown happened, we focused all of your energy on improving takeaway and delivery service and kept on going. We survived through it. I had worked here for ten years so knew exactly how it worked. It just needed a bit of TLC. We looked at the wine list, as well, and sampled hundreds off wines to ensure a perfect selection to match our food. Indian food is always evolving, customers are open to exploring new spices and flavours. Some people like the classic dishes also, so we try to strike a balance between traditional and exploration. We do specials which are hard to get anywhere else such as “Idili” steamed dumplings served with special zingy lentil soup. We are always experimenting to see what the market likes but balancing that with something traditional. We keep an eye on international restaurants to see what they are coming up with and take inspiration from. Our bread and butter is takeaway but it is always lovely to have people here who can come in and sit and chat for nights out or family occasions.” Monsoon Stillorgan Platter Arun and Alok Monsoon Stillorgan Starter: Assorted platter – Kesari Jheenga, Aloo Tikki, Chicken Tikka and Sheek Kebab Main course: Non Veg Thali which had sample size of Butter Chicken, Lamb Rogan Josh, Goan Prawn Curry and Aloo Jeera. 4-5 The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin.
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