Camden welcomes new Indian dining concept

Jugad, an Indian restaurant with a modern twist, has opened in Camden's Stables Market. 

The new restaurant, which seats 82 diners, offers a diverse and balanced menu that is completely dairy- and refined sugar-free, with most also being gluten-free. 

Designed by healthy food delivery company, Foodhak, the Jugad by Foodhak restaurant experience aims for the same goals as the food delivery service: to deliver a healthy and delicious dining experience. Deriving from the Hindi word meaning 'hack' or ‘innovative way of repairing’, Jugad embodies Foodhak’s ‘food as medicine’ principles.

Dining at Jugad

The menu has been designed by executive chef Jose Fernandes, who spent five years heading up the kitchen at Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised Indian restaurant Gunpowder. To start, guests can enjoy chicken wings with sticky pomegranate sauce and wholegrain mustard, vado pao potato fritter sliders with garlic chutney and mint sauce, or curried crab quail Scotch eggs with tomato chutney for dipping.

The hero main is the dairy-free Delhi-style butter chicken with tomato and coriander. Other main courses include Kashmiri lamb with papaya chutney and mint sauce, pan-fried seabass with mole sauce and beetroot poriyal or parsnip tikki chaat with tamarind sauce, mint chutney and pomegranate.

Those with a sweet tooth can follow the meal with the tapioca pearl kheer served in a cocktail glass with tropical mango, or the alle belle jaggery pancake with coconut and saffron custard. 

A destination in its own right, Jugad’s bar and drink menu has been carefully curated by bar manager Olly Lambert, previously of Soho cocktail bar, Soma. The offering includes an array of non-alcoholic cocktails, with clean versions of a margarita and an Old Fashioned, as well as the no-alcohol Forest Scroppino – a mix of Everleaf Forest, tonka and mango sorbet.

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