Rasa (restaurant)

With his wife Reena Miglani, Ajay Walia opened Rasa in October 2014 in a space formerly occupied by an Indian bistro, with the objective of making Indian cuisine, particularly South Indian cuisine, a fine dining option in the San Francisco Bay area. In October 2015, under chef Vijay Kumar, the restaurant won a Michelin star, the first Indian restaurant in California to do so. In 2016 the restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle called it "clearly the best Indian restaurant I have found in the Bay Area." Kumar left Rasa in 2021 and moved to New York City, where he became head chef at Semma. Rasa reopened on October 15, 2024. ==Restaurant==

Rasa occupies the first floor and mezzanine of 209 Park Road in Burlingame. Originally it served primarily South Indian cuisine; for the reopening, the menu has been updated to be more broadly contemporary Indian with emphasis on seasonal ingredients. The dining room was predominantly black with color accents based on spices; after its redecoration as Saffron, the decor became lighter, using white with oak wood, and it has retained wallpaper and is now more brightly colored. == See also ==