Restaurant reviews, recipes, columns and food stories from across India
As I walked into San Qi (pronounced San Chee) to try their Thai food special featuring the cuisine of North East Thailand (E-San), I couldn’t but help notice the wide open feel that the restaurant emanates through its two storied structure. Live kitchens, including a sushi bar and teppanyaki gril…
Kolkata Biryani is often a matter of immense discussion among us Bengalis. Discussions and arguments over who serves the best one is often a common topic among food experts during their addas and social platforms. I have, however, found most of the restaurant varieties in Mumbai to be either heav…
Many of you may not know him, but he is there….watching, working and slowly and steadily making his space in the culinary landscape of Mumbai. At last count he was the owner of 10 restaurants, some in Mumbai some in the Far East and was working on two more. A thorough gentleman, he reflects his…
I love to pamper myself to long drawn weekend brunches and the thought of spending a sunny weekend afternoon in the cool interiors of Diya at The Leela Ambience, Gurgaon, was really inviting. I must confess that it was my first time there even though I live a stone’s throw away. The interiors are…
K3, the multi cuisine restaurant at JW Marriott Delhi, is aptly described as a food theatre as it serves a whole gamut of food from live counters dishing out multiple cuisines like Cantonese, North Indian and Italian. Recently introduced there is a separate live counter which has been created for…
DELHI GOURMET CLUB’S Top Chef Awards Delhi-NCR 2015 Season 2 ended on Sunday, August 30, with the city’s hospitality industry who’s who giving Chef Arvind Saraswat a standing ovation as he received The Leela Ambience Gurgaon Lifetime Achievement Award from another doyen of the industry, Chef Manj…
It is Masterchef Australia George Calombaris’ (George Dimitrios Calombaris) third visit to India and my second meeting with a person who, in spite of being a culinary icon, has remained humble and grounded. My earlier meeting with him was at The Olive (now defunct) at The Diplomat Hotel. However,…
Google’s mobile-first product showcase for India! Today Google flung open the doors to the “Google House” — a showcase of the latest product innovations for India’s ‘mobile first’ world. The event featured demonstrations of Google’s Search, Maps, Photos, Translate and YouTube apps, as well as app…
Tata Starbucks Pvt. Ltd. hosted the grand finale of the first Starbucks Coffee Championship in India, giving its partners an opportunity to compete with each other on their expertise and knowledge of coffee along with the accuracy of their beverage crafting skills. After many competitive regional…
The Funky playful interiors, a menu that can be played with to combine different cooking styles, different dishes to match your palate, Mamagoto is the perfect place to be in if you want to play with your food and enjoy it too. Recently they added another playful angle to their menu by introducin…
My son loves Pizza. He can probably eat it for all three meals in the day. I suspect he thinks coin Pizza is a currency! So California Pizza Kitchen was a must do and I went there along with my 11 year old Pizza-maestro for the review of their newly launched Rs. 245 onwards Pizza.…
If I was to make a list of the best places in Mumbai for a great Margarita, Hard Rock Café would surely be on one of my top lists. Margarita is to Mexico what Lassi is to India, and when Hard Rock Café sent me the press release for their Latin Fiesta, I was very…
