Restaurant reviews, recipes, columns and food stories from across India
Mumbai keeps being compared to New York. Here is another one to add to the list of similarities. Breakfast on the go! Desi Deli has come up with this concept for the energetic joggers and cyclists, lazy bachelors and busy yuppies (and oldies like me). Each of their Breakfast On The Go (BOTG) are…
Many years ago, in a small and young town called Mangalore, the Ideal Ice Cream Parlour or the newly opened Café Coffee Day were the only two places that offered cool, fashionable and easy on the pocket options if you were looking to spend some quality time with friends. Over the years, many new…
A meal is worth the time and money, if it retains fond memories even after a long time. I came back from a short trip in Dubai, and it has been almost two months, however the flavours, presentation and service standards are still fresh in my mind. This meal also reinforced my belief that age…
Wikipedia defines Indonesian food as one with intense vibrant flavours due to its 300 plus ethnic groups and various international influences. Hence I was looking forward to getting my tongue titillated and my sinuses activated! We missed the scintillating dance performance by the Bali dancers bu…
Gaylords is a classic Indian restaurant frequented by people across the spectrum from all parts of Mumbai. The restaurant, which opened in 1956, still carries a strong brand and maintains high quality with its service and menu. I love its Punjabi dishes where I find many household staples that ar…
Yearning for a fresh, good cup of Americano and a hearty breakfast on a beautiful overcast Saturday morning, my wife and I drove around Fort/Kala Ghoda, Mumbai looking for a place we haven’t visited before. We stumbled upon The Pastry Café,a charming café located in a narrow by lane near Mamagoto…
The 8th Indian Sommelier Championship drew to a close with a massive gala on the 12th of October at The Leela Ambience Hotel & Residences, Gurgaon, starting with a poolside cocktail and ending in the banquet halls which were bedecked for the evening in black, white, and gold, the theme this year.…
The Irish proverb, ‘laughter is brightest when food is the best,’ came alive in the Slurp Cooking studio in Bangalore, when a group of foodies had a cook off organised by Licious, a company who has identified the need for food lovers to have fresh meat and poultry on their plates. The smell of te…
There is something unique about eating the street food on a street side; the satisfaction and contentment that can never come by eating those chaats and other stuff in a restaurant. The ambience plays a vital role, and when I was invited to Nukkadwala, near Vatika City in Gurgaon, this was the pr…
Last sunday I attended the launch of one of the most awaited restaurants in Mumbai. From the house of Massive Restaurants with the effervescent Zorawar Kalra at the helm of affairs comes Pa Pa Ya, his take on modern Pan Asian food. This restaurant combines elements of Molecular cuisines and displ…
Oktoberfest! That Bavarian tradition of beer and meats and all things fun, has caught up well in India over the last few years. India being primarily a beer guzzling nation, has adopted it well and many restaurants are doing throwing ‘specials’ throughout the month of October living up to the Okt…
Goan food usually brings to mind the fiery Xacutis, Cafreals, Recheados, sweet Bebinca etc with flavours dominated by the Portuguese and Catholic-influenced recipes. What Hotel Taj Mahal’s Executive Chef Arun Sundararaj attempts at Machan is to exposit, every Saturday in its two month (September…
