Kesar: a website glowing with lantern light for Indian cuisine in Nice

Indian cuisine in the heart of Nice

Kesar is an Indian restaurant in the Jean-Médecin neighborhood of Nice. Its name appears in large golden letters, with a promise: “Cuisine indienne authentique”. The menu is very extensive: set meals and menus, specialties, starters, salads, chicken, lamb, beef, fish and seafood, biryanis, vegetarian dishes, basmati rice, tandoori breads, desserts, cold drinks, beers, homemade lassis and wines.

Among the specialties, the chicken tikka masala simmers in a smooth masala sauce with tomatoes and spices. The lamb shahi korma is served in a creamy sauce with dried fruits, the chicken ginger with ginger and fresh tomatoes. There are also bajas, vegetable fritters, salads topped with biryani or chicken tikka kebab, a spiced shrimp salad, a beef curry, a fish curry, a vegetable biryani, vegetables simmered in curry, naans baked in the tandoor, and kulfi, ice cream with cardamom and pistachios. A bowl of the dish of the day is available to take away.

A home page explored at the table

The home page reads like a table discovered dish after dish. Around the first bowls, the phrases answer one another: “Des épices qui racontent une histoire”, “Un voyage de saveurs en Inde”, “Des plats faits avec passion”. The naan then takes all the space, surrounded by “Des recettes traditionnelles” and “Une ambiance chaleureuse et conviviale”.

A second tableau enters the dining room: white tablecloths, plum velvet armchairs, flowers on the shelves, lit wall lamps, and the phrase “Une salle chaleureuse et décorée avec soin”. Then come curries served in copper dishes with handles, a saffron rice, a chiseled bowl of spices and set meals such as “Du riz parfumé à souhait”. A gallery ends the visit, with the saffron curry under a lantern and a naan set on a carved wooden tray.

Designed for the phone as much as for the computer

On a phone, the Réserver and Commander buttons sit side by side at the top of the screen, above the name Kesar. The handwritten phrases are distributed on either side, and the bowls of curry, the rice and the naan stack up at the bottom of the screen. On the ordering page, the cream frames fill the full width, an ornamented menu button sits at the top right, and the cart bar, framed in gold and embroidered patterns, stays fixed at the bottom of the screen.