The TasteAtlas came out with its list of the best chicken dishes in the world, and of course Delhi's very precious butter chicken had to hop, skip and jump into the list at a cool number 5.
If you're feeling lazy about a boring Monday night dinner, you couldn't possibly have chanced across a better excuse to jet past office traffic to one of these ever-hotspots. Stretchy naan or oodles of fluffy rice, Paperboard's butter chicken royalty reccos have you and your taste buds sorted.
Gulati
Where: Pandara Road
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{{/usCountry}}What else: Hyderabadi dum pukht mutton biryani, chilli garlic naan, khameeri roti
How much: ₹2,200 for two
Mughal Mahal
Where: Rajendra Place
What else: Magaz pakora, keema kulcha, butter gravy, gosht saag
How much: ₹2,200 for two
Havemore
Where: Pandara Road
What else: Chicken karahi, mutton brain masala, mirchi parantha
How much: ₹2,500 for two
Embassy
Where: Connaught Place
What else: Chicken rara, keema mutter, kadhai prawns, rogani naan
How much: ₹2,600 for two
Moti Mahal
Where: Daryaganj
What else: Murg musallam, bharwan naan, murg Punjab dal masala
How much: ₹1,300 for two
Karim's
Where: Nizamuddin, Jama Masjid, Lodhi Road
What else: Baqarkhani kulcha, murgh biryani anarkali, mutton biryani bahishti, firdausi qorma
How much: ₹1,600 for two
Lazeez Affaire
Where: Chanakyapuri
What else: Kasturi kebab, Lahori mutton
How much: ₹1,500 for two
Lakhori
Where: Haveli Dharampura, Chandni Chowk
What else: Haveli special murg qorma, aloo mint kebab
How much: ₹4,000 for two
Dhaba - The Claridges
Where: Khan Market
What else: Raan kebab, gajrela
How much: ₹5,500 for two
Butter chicken came in fifth after Turkey's Pilic Topkapi, Morocco's Rfissa, South Korea's Chikkin and Peru's Pollo a la Brasa — but we all know what we're ordering for the night!