Restaurant reviews, recipes, columns and food stories from across India
Read if you really want to know what a foodie magnum opus should look (and Taste) like! Following the previous post from Pawan on the Chilean Wine and Food Fest at Lalit Delhi, the appetite was quite piqued and moreover when ProChile sent us the menu for the event a few days before the event.…
A hill top hotel overlooking a pristine lake, a national park in the background, nature at its best far from the hustle bustle of the city. It just doesn’t seem to be a place located in the geographical centre of Mumbai. However located at the edge of Aarey Milk Colony/Sanjay Gandhi National Park…
Lavana is the recently opened fine dining restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Gurgaon, serving authentic Awadhi cuisine. This cuisine is the cuisine of the Nawabs of Awadh, and is centered around the city of Lucknow. The bawarchis and rakabdars gave birth to the dum style of cooking or the art of coo…
Chennai, October 29, 2013: Splenda, the no-calorie sweetener from the house of Johnson & Johnson, organised a tea-tasting session at the Hyatt Regency, Chennai. The session was anchored by eminent Tea Sommelier Mr. Sriram N, for a select audience of journalists and food-bloggers. We were first tr…
I don’t often get invites that reads ‘Ambassador Nancy J. Powell of the United States of America requests the pleasure of the company of Pawan Soni’ and I read it umpteen times in disbelief. This was an invite for the launch of Napa Valley wines Beringer and Stag’s Leap in India. No point telling…
Somehow ‘healthy’ and ‘diet’ are two words that are commonly used interchangeably. It is not necessary to be on a diet to eat healthy. There are foods with more calories but good cholesterol will still be called healthy, though it is obviously not a diet food. One thing that worries me most is no…
Contemporary Mediterranean Restaurant by restaurateurs Kashif Farooq and Prashant Ojha opens soon in Delhi at Hotel Ashok, Diplomatic Enclave Co-branded with celebrity Italian chef Aldo Zilli, marking his Asian foray. Zerruco by Zilli is set to open its doors this winter at The Ashok Hotel, New D…
Daniell’s Tavern, the Indian fine dining restaurant at the Imperial has a menu featuring the artists, Thomas and William Daniell’s gastronomic expedition (1786-91) from all the cities they visited. With Coorg being very much a part of their itinerary it is but natural that it is hosting the Coorg…
New Delhi, 12th November, 2013: Turkish Culture and Tourism Office and Turkish Airlines today announced a pan India campaign to reach out to the Indian online audience. Keeping in mind the huge number of people online, each with a unique story to tell and limitless opinions, the campaign – ‘A Mil…
I remember writing negative about a restaurant in Noida a few years back, where the food was mediocre, not presented well, and I had sent back two of the dishes for re-doing. The owner of the restaurant had commented saying (words to the effect) they had a great ambience, a well-learned staff and…
Numerous number of times I have gone to the labyrinth lanes of Jama Masjid’s Matia Mahal to savour kebabs, biryani, nihari, haleem, fruit kulfi’s and shahi tukda both alone as well as leading facebook groups for people who want to get the ‘real’ flavour. The events are always a sold out even if i…
Braving a dense office area, immense traffic, and a narrow bylane, I finally reach my destination at Auriga in the Famous Studio Lane near Mahalaxmi Race Course. The first thing that catches my attention is the unusual façade of the building. The geometric patterns both outside and inside the res…
