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4143 Campus Drive Irvine, CA 92612

949-854-0009

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Cuisine(s): Indian

Hours: Sun-Thu 11:30am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-11pm

Price: $$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
Attire: formal

Features: Fireplace, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary

Parking: Lot Available

Description

You can imagine Bollywood goddess Aishwarya Rai filming some steamy-but-chaste dance scenes in the confines of Chakra's opulent set. But thankfully, owners Ravi and Sunita Koneru invested money not only in the décor, but also in chefs capable of embarking on a trek through India's major foodie provinces not found in any other Orange County restaurant.

A Brave New (Yummy!) World

By | Thu, June 02, 2005

Photo by Tenaya HillsFor decades, Irvine was the epitome of everything wrong and evil with Orange County: master-planned, sterile and white, white, white. Nowadays, though, that stereotype is as outdated as Larry Agran's progressive street cred. I... More »

Dinner Menu

Soup and Salad

Salad
baby spinach/mix green/desi salad

Tomato Shorba
soup made from tomatoes with a delicate touch of spices

Mulligatawny Soup
lentills with tomatoes and a touch of specially blended spices and herbs

First Course Selections

Bharwa Khumbh
tandoori cooked mushrooms stuffed with indian spices and cheese

Chat Sampler
boondi chat, dokla and papdi chat

Chicken 65
chicken tossed with bell pepper and yogurt

Chili Chicken
fried and tossed in a pan with home made chili sauce

Pepper Calamari
served with veggie poriyal and indian crepe

Samosa Trio
potato, mushroom, corn, trio of chutneys

Main Course Selections : Traditional

Tawa Jhinga
shrimp sauteed with onions and tawa masala served with garlic naan

Goan Shrimp Curry
tangy tomato gravy flavored with a touch of coconut pal appam on the side

Chicken Tikka Masala
chicken tikka served in tomato gravy flavored with coconut milk

Chicken Chettinadu
chicken morsels in southem indian style curry served with pulao

Lamb Pepper Fry
a zesty lamb curry with peppers and onions, served with garlic naan

Lamb Hyderbadi
a hearty southem indian style lamb curry served with pulao

Lobster Tail Curry
lobster cooked with indian spices, served with garlic naan and pulao and coconut rice

Modern

Chakra Murgh
chicken marinated in chef special spices, served with marsala fingerling potato and lemon rice

Sea Bass
served with zesty curried vegetables, tomato sauce and lemon rice

Lasooni Champen
tandoori rack of lamb served with garlic spinach, kitchree, pomegranate

Masala Crusted Scallops
sauteed aspargus, aloo tikki and coconut ginger broth

Vegetarian Vegan

Bhindi Masala
okra prepared in south indian style and north indian way

Baingan Bharta
mashed tandoori eggplant sauteed with garlic & cumin

Saag Paneer
creamed spinach simmered with chunks of paneer

Aloo And Ghobi
potatoes and califlower curry served with pulao

Kofta
minced vegetables and spinach dumplings simmered in cashew cream sauce

Desserts

Pistashio Kulfi
traditional indian creamy frozen treat served with strawberry and kiwi sauce

Rice Pudding
basmati rice in a cinnamon vanilla flavored custard served with a duo of caramel and strawberry sauce

Kala Jamun
poppy seed crushed homemade dumpling fried in delicate rose cardamon syrup and mango sauce

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Chakra Cuisine

4143 Campus Drive Irvine, CA 92612

949-854-0009

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A Brave New (Yummy!) World

By | Thu, June 02, 2005

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