Axone, a modern Naga restaurant, opens in Hyderabad

When teaser promos of Axone were first spotted on Instagram, people from the Northeast, residing in Hyderabad, began flooding the account’s DM asking for details. Axone is the first restaurant in Hyderabad that serves exclusively Naga food, modern Naga cuisine to be precise. Expect to eat a lot of red sticky rice, axone, bamboo shoots and pork. “Axone is difficult to appreciate if you have not eaten it before.” So he says, they have a softer approach, where they introduce the ingredients in familiar formats, “like sushi with red sticky rice, bamboo shoot soup, bamboo shoot fry etc.” I try the sushi, made with the traditional red sticky rice from the Northeast, which has a pleasant nutty texture. The thal also include a red chutney made of garlic, naga mricha, peanut paste and a portion of axone pork curry.