Paneer Malai Tikka
House-pressed paneer, yoghurt + cardamom marinade, kissed by the tandoor → served on a cast-iron sizzler with hara bhara kebab + veg cutlets.
[03] The Hands Behind
Born from a dancer's love of
her country's kitchen.
The Chowk was founded in 2024 by Ibu Pooja — classical dancer, yoga practitioner + cultural ambassador — together with Pak Pawan. Pooja's first love is the choreography of her home. Mornings at the temple, afternoons rolling kulcha with her grandmother, evenings watching her mother stretch butter chicken across a full family table.
When she moved to Bali she kept looking for that table + couldn't find it. So she built one. Then two. Then three → a flagship inside InterContinental Bali Resort, a warm teak terrace in Sanur + a gallery space in Ubud. All of it anchored by Head Chef Dhoom Singh, who has been running Indian kitchens for 25+ years, + Chaat + Dessert Chef Suresh, 20 years in Indonesia, who still fills every pani puri on Sunday by hand.
The rest of the team — Himanshu, Vijendra, Sanjay, Avtar, Mahesh — are named, trained + proud. This is not the model where the chef is a ghost. This is the model where you know whose hands made your roti.
