Two iconic LA meals powerhouses are colliding in a butter-soaked culinary crossover.
BADMAASH, the Los Angeles-born Indian hospitality model based by brothers Nakul and Arjun Mahendro, teamed up with cult-favorite Prime Pizza to launch a limited-edition butter hen pizza pie, mixing BADMAASH’s signature butter hen with mozzarella, bell peppers, pickled onions, and contemporary parsley atop Prime’s New York-style slices.
The indulgent mashup dropped Thursday and will likely be accessible via Monday, Might 25, in any respect Prime Pizza places and on Uber Eats whereas provides final.
“I really like the butter hen pizza as a result of there’s actually nothing else prefer it. Heaven in a field,” Los Angeles resident Charlotte Medema, 22, advised The California Publish.
“Prime Pizza mixed my two favourite meals, butter hen and pizza, into one scrumptious chew. I’m excited to return again for seconds and thirds,” added Kaitlyn Baek, 23, who additionally lives in LA.
Followers wanting to recreate the dish at dwelling also can snag BADMAASH’s butter hen sauce on-line for $18 per 24-oz jar. The tomato curry sauce, infused with cardamom and fenugreek, is touted by the restaurant because the “finest butter hen sauce you’ve ever had in your life.
The collaboration lands as BADMAASH continues its newest enlargement with the debut of its Venice flagship at 1616 Abbot Kinney Blvd., marking what the model calls its “most refined, sensorial expression to this point” after 13 years of reshaping perceptions of Indian delicacies in America.
“Venice has at all times felt like a pure extension of our model,” BADMAASH CEO and co-founder Nakul Mahendro stated. “It’s a spot the place creativity, tradition, and meals intersect, and we felt it was the suitable time to carry our illest idea right here.”
The modern new Venice outpost expands BADMAASH’s attain past its Downtown LA and Fairfax roots, providing elevated takes on cult staples like Butter Hen and Hen Tikka Poutine alongside new dishes similar to Garlic Naan with garlic confit, Hamachi Crudo, Lamb Neck Korma, and the restaurant’s signature Steak Frites with “meat masala” au poivre.
BADMAASH’s Venice location additionally marks the primary totally curated beverage program within the model’s historical past, that includes creative cocktails just like the BADMAASH Soiled Martini, Mezcal Margarita, and Date Jam Cocktail.
“We’ve at all times needed BADMAASH to really feel like greater than a restaurant,” co-founder Arjun Mahendro stated. “Venice has a creativity and vitality that actually speaks to us. It’s the right place to carry our subsequent chapter to life.”
