Restaurant reviews, recipes, columns and food stories from across India
Summers for me meant freedom, grand mom’s great food, lots of laughter and MANGOES! Childhood memory is filled with large sacks and baskets of mangoes coming home and they being spread under the large four poster beds on a bed of hay, covered with more hay and newspaper until they were ripe to be…
Mostly the places will either have a good ambience or good food. Maintaining that balance is a fine art which is not known by many. After a hiatus of food tasting for recently successfully concluded Food Freak Awards, I am off to a private dinner with my wife to Fio at Garden of Five Senses.…
We drove to this small burger joint in the sweltering afternoon heat. I’d heard about it from lots of friends but I also know that most places people rave about fall short of expectations when I visit it. Fortunately, such was not the case for Flipp’d. It’s a non-air-conditioned, simple joint mai…
Aww ! Going back to Empress of China (in Eros Hotel, Nehru Place) after a long hiatus felt like going to meet an old love – with the taste buds playing havoc in my mouth in anticipation of what was to follow. The place has a lot of fond memories for me one of them…
Gurgaon, 26 April, 2014 -The winners of the first Gurgaon centric food awards, Food Freak Awards Gurgaon, 2014 were announced at a show-stopping ceremony held at The Westin Gurgaon today evening. The awards were given in two categories Popular Choice and Jury Choice. Hosted by Jeeveshu Ahluwalia,…
It is one of the rare occasions that one gets an opportunity to experience a world beyond one’s periphery, indulge in a exciting cuisine other than the regular fanfare. One such occasion presents itself at K3 at the JW Marriott New Delhi Aerocity, named so for its three live kitchens, at the Bohr…
A Bambaiya Foodie needs no introduction to the taste and charms of one of the finest Seafood Restaurants in Mumbai – GAJALEE, Vile Parle East. We have been regulars there for the last 15 yrs and we swear by the place. Whether to celebrate a special occasion or to entertain foreign, NRI and out-st…
Yum cha is a Chinese style morning or afternoon tea, which involves drinking Chinese tea and eating dim sum dishes. Dimcha brings this age old Chinese tradition to the heart of South Delhi, serving bite-sized steaming parcelled delights along with traditional Chinese teas. Since Yumcha is one of…
The food scenario in India has never been more active, with more and more people getting involved in many innovative ways. Social media too plays a major part in the popularizing of this wave. Cuisines from far off lands are making their presence felt on the tables of an Indian diner. New and inn…
The REPUBLIC OF NOODLES (“RON”) is an award winning Pan Asian restaurant which is now also available at the newly launched Lemon Tree Premier Hotel, Aerocity. The RON was first launched by Lemon Tree in Goa in 2009 & soon earned an enviable reputation for itself winning many awards for its Pan As…
I wholeheartedly believe what one of my close friends says; “Eat a dish only if you think it deserves the number of calories it offers”. When there are some such wonderful places opening up and offering innovative dishes, life is too short to waste eating mediocre meals. One of the most over-rate…
Here is the second installment from Traditional Week – Vegetarian… 6) Shruti Gandhi : Lasaniya Bataka /Garlic flavored Baby Potatoes Shruti says that Lasaniya Bataka is a famous dish from her native Saurashtra. Whenever she visited she never missed going out to have authentic Kathiyawadi food. Ye…
