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Rare treat - Dining Q&A, Victoria Pesce Elliott, Miami Herald Read more...
Memorial Day Weekend (May 24-25) at ISHQ - As we near the halfway mark for May, we approach a national observance of a great degree—Memorial Day. What is commonly a day of sizzling cookouts and chilly jaunts in the pool, is recognized from May 24 – 25 at ISHQ in a few special ways. Read more...
ISHQ About Us from the Miami Herald - There is nothing you can tell Kavita and Sham Kamlani about the importance of being friends before you become lovers that they don't already know. Read more...
Ishq will serve a prefix Valentine's Day dinner. - ISHQ celebrates with a lovely Valentine's day dinner. Read more...
January 18, 2008 Newsletter - My New Year resolution was to start a newsletter for our guests, without whom Ishq would not exist. I hope this newsletter evolves into one that is beneficial for both Ishq and our guests. Read more...
Ishq New Years Celebration - Join us for our New Years Celebration. Read more...
Thursday, Dec. 13th - Delicious by Any Name - - Ishq's exotic Indian cuisine showcases culinary passion - The Sun Post. Read more...
South Florida CEO, November 2007 - Tasty Bites -New and Notable in South Florida Dining - Ishq: india's eclectic fare is as hot as its economy, and Executive Chef-Owner Kavita Kamlani insourced her own take on contemporary Indian cuisine, opening Ishq on Ocean Drive with husband Sham in September. Lunch and dinner preparations include a tasty pakora (a crisp on the outside, creamy and tangy on the inside vegetarian fritter); tandoor-prepared chicken, meat, seafood and cheese; and Bombay baby back ribs. We particularly enjoyed aloo chaat, a disk of potato topped with refreshing mix of mung bean, chick pea and cucumber. Crab samosas get a tamarind and mint chutney treatment. On the drink side, samsara is a delicious mix of apricot brandy, triple sec, orange juice and red wine. Naan breads and desserts such as Mango Pot du Creme complete this modern-day passage to India. Read more...
Ishq collaboration with Tomas Loewy presents: Enhanced Reality" - Photographs of contemporary India December 6-9, 2007 Read more...
Saturday, Nov. 17th, 2007 An Extraordinary Indian Restaurant in South Beach: ISHQ - The American Chronical - In a word, unbelievable. In two words, unbelievably magical. That's how I would describe my dining experience at Ishq, which means love at the new Indian restaurant at 530 Ocean Drive in South Beach. Read more...
Thursday Oct. 25th 2007 - Ishq feeds the passion of Indian-food lovers. - With it's impossible parking, counterfeit Cohibas and tourist-trap reputation, Ocean Drive hasn't been a dining destination for self-respecting locals in years. Ishq - "passionate love" in Hindi- aims to change that calculation. And with it's incredibly delicious, almost delicate Indian food and stunning setting, it deserves to succeed. Read more...
ISHQ will serve a prefix thanksgiving dinner. - ISHQ's prefix dinner comes with Appetizer, Choice of Entree, Choice of dessert. Read more...
Diwali celebrations begin on November 9th and go thru November 11th. - Stephen Mikes will be playing the sitar on November 9th. Dinner seatings will be 6.30 p.m.and 9 p.m. Many specials will be offered along with the regular menu. Read more...
Nov 2007 - A Passage to India. - The vast subcontinent of India, with a population of over a billion, holds a great diversity of cultures, dialects and religions, leading inevitably to difference in diet and food preparation. There is no "typical" Indian cuisine, but whatever the regional difference are, it seems that Indian cooks are geniuses when it comes to using spices and aromatic mixtures to enhance everything from savory meat dishes to sweet desserts. Read more...
Friday Oct. 19th, 2007 - Hosting Stephan Mikes. - There will be 2 seatings, 6.30 p.m.and 9 p.m., with a 5 course prefix dinner. Read more...
Sangria's wilder cousin: India's cooling Samsara - The Miami Herald - Bad at decision-making? Consider yourself warned: There are 28 possible combinations of the signature Samsara cocktail at Ishq, the ornate Indian restaurant on Ocean Drive. The Samsara can be best described as a wild cousin of sangria -- juice, fruit and wine, plus a nice wallop of brandy and triple sec. You get your pick of apricot, ginger or peach brandy; orange, mango or passion fruit juice; and red, white or sparkling wine. Read more...
'Project Runway' star dines at Ishq - Project Runway Season 3 reality TV-star Ulrike "Uli" Herzner was spotted at new Ocean Drive Indian eatery Ishq September 10th. Herzner arrived for her 9 pm reservations looking, according a spy, "discreet and humble in a short brown dress and little to no make-up." She dined on assortment of appetizers and entrees, including pakoras, samosas and kebabs. Read more...
