Tao Of Peng - Mahabalipuram

Ambience 5/5<br/ Food 4.5/5<br/ Service and Staff 5/5<br/ VFM 5/5<br/ <br/ Ambience:<br/ What can I say! Intercontinental is absolutely stunning. Tao of Peng is a beautiful dining experience. The interiors are ever so Asian. Love how they had placed the chopsticks and spoons on the table.<br/ <br/ Food:<br/ <br/ 1. Jasmine Tea (5/5)<br/ This is complimentary and I was gulping just way too much. It was so soothing and refreshing. I can’t believe I feel in love with something Jasmine.<br/ <br/ 2. Drunken Chicken (5/5)<br/ I’ve had drunken chicken at other restaurants. But the one served here is super rich. Lovely blend of tastes. The chicken was cooked to perfection. Note that this contains alcohol.<br/ <br/ 3. Wok fried Grouper (4/5)<br/ The fish was cooked beautifully. The cooked fish was tossed in rich Asian sauce. Only downside was it was too saucy for me. <br/ <br/ 4. Wok Tossed Hakka Noodles (5/5)<br/ Simple Hakka noodles tossed in a Wok. We went ahead with the seafood option and loved it.<br/ <br/ 5. XO fried rice (4/5)<br/ Doesn’t look or taste like the normal fried rices we get. It’s a bit different but it was good to get a taste of this. They don’t have an egg option but we insisted that we wanted it only with egg. <br/ <br/ Service and Staff:<br/ Very courteous and careful. Thank you Intercontinental for this amazing experience. <br/ <br/ VFM:<br/ It is obviously expensive. Since it’s on Zomato Gold, it’s a win win.

Good food with good ambience! Great service! Filling and satisfying food for the soul. Chinese lovers this is where you belong! Best Chinese in ecr

It was our Anniversary that night and did they have a surprise for us!! Amazing hospitality and service. Full of surprises and great food too!! Mr. Yash Joshi really knew how to please a customer and pamper them with good food. Thank you so much for the memorable experience.. Five stars

InterContinental Chennai is one of the amazing properties that located in the outskirts of Chennai at Mahabalipuram. The property has been around for 3.5 years and has won many hearts. There are 3 restaurants in the hotel and the most popular among these is the ‘Tao of Peng’. The restaurant serves best dishes from Chinese, Japanese and Continental Cuisines. And it’s won the prestigious Time Food Awards Chennai for Best Chinese Restaurant, 3 year in a row. <br/ <br/ Ambiance<br/   The restaurant has a beautiful entrance that has few hanging light shades. Name of the restaurant is written on a beautiful plate and the symbol around it resembles Buddhist Monk.<br/   There is a nice piece of art in the middle that looks very eye catchy. <br/   Seating arrangement are exquisite, and every table is very well decked up with required cutlery glasses. Every seat also has traditional chopsticks for those comfortable eating with it.<br/   Every table can accommodate 4 people but if needed they can join multiple table. The community table can have 15 20 people dining in at a time that’s perfect for team lunch or large family gathering.<br/ <br/ Food <br/ I had very high expectation with regards to the food at the restaurant. Though I am not great fan of Chinese food, I enjoy the flavours in them.<br/ <br/ Appetizers<br/ <br/ Assorted Dumpling<br/ <br/ Crystal Vegetable Dumpling, Mushroom Dumpling, Poached Pekin Vegetable Dumpling, Pan Fried Shanghai Dumpling<br/ <br/ Among the variety of dumpling served, I specially enjoyed the Mushroom Crystal Vegetable Dumpling. The dish was served on a plate that had nice honey chilli sauces, small dollop of mayo and edamame seeds. The presentation was so amazing that it greatly enhanced eating experience.<br/ <br/ Wok Tossed Lotus Tossed<br/ <br/ This dish comes has a crisp pieces of Lotus stem coated with honey, red chilli sesame. The dish was crunchy and had the right balance of sweet, sour and spice. I enjoyed every bite of the dish and wanted to have many portions of the same.<br/ <br/ Crispy Cheung Fun<br/ <br/ This dish was made with Red Rice Flour and had crunchy vegetables. The dish was served with a nicely made soy sauce. Flavors of the dishes were not punch but I loved the crunchiness.<br/ <br/ Main Course<br/ <br/ Stir Fried Exotic Green, Four Style Vegetables, Udon Noodles, Cantonese Style Fried Rice<br/ <br/ Every dish had unique set of ingredients that brought out different flavors. The Stir Fried Exotic Green dish had green vegetables like Asparagus Broccoli served with special herbed sauce. The Four Style Vegetables had combination of Tofu, Water chestnuts, Broccoli and Edamame. Both the dishes tasted well with the Cantonese Styled Fried rice containing edamame, diced carrots beans.<br/ <br/ The thick wheat flour Japanese Udan noodles was good as it was soft and light spices. I could eat it without having to add any sauces.<br/ <br/ Desserts<br/ <br/ Chef and his team create a dessert platter that has multiple desserts in one single long edible stone plate.<br/ <br/ The variety of dessert present included sesame sphere with an array of homemade ice creams and sorbets . I could feel the taste of Wasabi, Chocolate, Black current in different ice creams. To add to this there were plenty of crushed Choco pieces, crumbles, chocolate sauce, blue berry sauce and more. <br/ <br/ Drinks<br/ <br/ Spicy Thai Lemongrass Margarita, Bourbon Berry Smash<br/ <br/ I loved the Bourbon Berry smash as the taste of Bourbon Whisky came out well in the cocktail. When mixed with berries, mint leave, sour mix soda, the taste was enhanced. Spicy Thai Margarita was the one of the spiciest cocktails as it had Thai Chilli ginger. The drink tastes good when sipped but it starts burning due to strong spicy flavor from Thai Chilli.<br/ <br/ Overall Experience<br/ <br/ It was great experience lunching at one of the well known restaurants in Chennai. The place has got one of the best ambiances for a Chinese Restaurant and a talented group of Chefs. I enjoyed the varieties of Dumpling and Crispy Cheung Fun and Gravy dishes. But the dessert art also left a lasting impression. I want to visit this restaurant again to try out many more Chinese dishes. <br/ <br/ My current rating for the restaurant would be 4.0/5. Rating in other departments.<br/ Food 4.0/5<br/ Service 4.5/5<br/ Ambiance 4.5/5<br/ Drinks 4.0/5<br/ Food for 2 at the restaurant will come up to anywhere between INR 4000 6000.

Greta food but terrible service for a 5 star hotel standard. If they fix that then a all round winner!