Back to basics at Veda, Indian restaurant in Hong Kong, with handover from mum to daughter

Two decades ago, a restaurant called Veda opened in Arbuthnot Road in Hong Kong’s Central district.

Seating 160 diners, Veda – the name taken from the earliest known body of Sanskrit literature – was the first restaurant of its kind in Hong Kong, boasting a menu of contemporary Indian dishes at a time when other Indian restaurants served the usual curries.

That Veda, founded by Sarika Jhunjhnuwala, closed after six years in business, but was reincarnated in a smaller, more modern space at Ovolo Central, a hotel founded by Sarika’s husband, Girish Jhunjhnuwala, in 2019.
Since then, numerous chefs have left their imprint on Veda; plant-based cookbook writer Hetty Lui McKinnon helped design the relaunch menu, and Raul Tronco Calahorra led the kitchen for several years.
Chef Palash Mitra making vegetable pulao, a rice dish, at Veda in 2006. Photo: SCMP

Now Sarika’s daughter Avni Jhunjhnuwala has put her own mark on the restaurant, which features dishes with classic Indian flavours and with emphasis on health and nutrition.

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