People in Delhi love their food. It is no wonder then that new restaurants keep mushrooming here everyday. Here are a few favourites.

Head to Bukhara at the Maurya Sheraton for the tenderest Tandoori Lamb Raan you have ever had. The place is expensive and a little touristy and you might have many foreigners for company but the raan here completely melts in the mouth. Try your hand at the Naan they make, they are remarkably big, and often you wish you had come up with friends to share the dish. It has legends spun around its famous dal. More affordable is Punbaji By Nature(11 Basant Lok, Vasant Vihar).

Try out the Great Kebab Factory at The Radisson, you will be treated like a king here. Kebabs and Biryani are a must eat when you are here, try digging into the Colonel's Kebab in Defence Colony. Owned by an ex army man, their best meat delicacies are very popular. Moet's is one place you can lounge in. It's perfect for a laid back afternoon or evening. Very Mediterranean in design with its low seating, roomy in design and lots of candles all over the place

Another place to check out is Olive Bar & Kitchen (Haveli N 6-8 One Style Mile, Kalka Dass Marg, Mehrauli, Tel: 011 - 26645500/26642552). It even gives you the option of hosting a private soiree or attending one of its famous art and culture evenings.

Delhi's only Kashmiri restaurant - Chor Bizarre - is also one of its most beautiful. An art deco enclave with a tile floor, a spiral staircase leading nowhere, lamps in pinks and yellows, and a mixture of antique furniture and mirrors from various chor (thieves') bazaars. The bar is all dark wood and stained glass, and the salad bar is a 1927 Fiat roadster. Kashmiri food uses milder spices than many Indian cuisines, exemplified by mutton yakhni (simmered in a sauce of yogurt, cardamom, and aniseed), mutton mirchi korma (in a gravy of cardamom and cloves), and haaq, Kashmiri spinach cooked in its own juice. Try a tarami platter to sample several dishes, and punctuate your meal with kahwah, fragrant Kashmiri tea.

And if you miss your favourite breakfast menu of idli, dosa, samosa and hot sambhar head straight to Sagar (Defence Colony, Tel: 24333110, 24333440) and Saravana Bhavan (Connaught Place and Karol Bagh), they are famous for their crisp masala dosas and wholesome thalis are both value for money. For Gujarati thali try Rajdhani in Connaught Place.

Other restaurants that are a must visit to get the true flavour of Delhi are Nirulas (pizzas and hot chocolate fudge are eternal favourites), ,b>Bengal Sweet Corner and Nathu Sweets that dot the city (for chaat, gol gappas, and sweets galore), and Roshan di Hatti (Ajmal Khan Road) for the world's best kulfis.

If you have faith in your digestive system, then the streets of Old Delhi await you. Parathas fried in desi ghee, sweetened lassi, juicy jalebis, Karachi halwas. There's also the legendary Karim's (Matiya Mahal, opposite Bombay Orient Hotel, Tel: 23269800) that dishes out raan and all those awesome swimming with calories meat gravy dishes like the rogan josh and chaap, and paya and more.

And then there is the paratha walli galli in Old Delhi, where you get everything in meats but the lane is famous for its parathas.