Resorte Tio Carmino

Marianne
Marianne
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Resorte Tio Carmino

  • September 13, 2002
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Marianne from Eindhoven, Netherlands
Resorte Tio Carmino

The good thing about this hotel is that it's situated off the main road. This means easy access to public transport and taxis, but hardly any noise pollution. It's a small, family hotel with family cooking!

When I was fed up with hot curries I tried tandoori chicken. I was allowed to have a peep in the kitchen and was shown how to make tandoori food. It is easy but takes time. First the chicken is marinated in a mix with herbs and yogurt and you must leave it overnight.It then is cooked in a clay oven (at home you can do this in your electric or gas oven, but a clay oven gets hotter so the outside is more crispy). When the tandoori chicken is done it smells delicious, it has a mild taste and is succulent.

I also tried their biryani and pilao. Both are rice dishes. For biryani chicken, rice, nuts, and raisens are the ingredients. The rice is prepared with saffron which gives this dish a delicious flavor. Pulao is a rice dish mixed with pulses and if you like chicken.

Another thing I really love are all the different kinds of bread. I always find the bread section or roti and chapati section on an Indian menu a bit daunting. This time chef explained and now I know:
Chapati Is a mixture of flour and water, cooked on a hotplate. Direct heat blows them up but how much depends on the gluten content of the bread.
Paratha is also cooked on a hotplate but ghee (clarified butter) is used. They may be stuffed with potatoes or peas.
Puri is deep fried bread which puffs up
Naam is flat bread baked in a tandoori, clay oven. It can be filled with vegetables.
Dosa is very thin pancakes, made from lentil and rice flour. If curried vegetables are wrapped inside it's called masala dosa
Uttapamis like a dosa
Papadam is crispy deep-fried lentil flour wafers, often served with thalis.

I quite liked this hotel. The rooms are grouped round the swimming pool. We were there at Christmas and there was a Christmas tree, a crib, angels, and musical contraptions cleverly hidden in the crib, under the child Jesus playing Christmas carols. Our room was near and through the closed door we could hear these songs day and night. But we did find the switch, so when we went to bed we switched it off. Early the next morning it was switched on again and we had breakfast with "Silent Night’ as background music..

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