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The Thai Pavilion, launched at the Taj President Mumbai almost two decades ago, by the legendary Chef Ananda Solomon, has set many standards of authenticity and quality over the years. The soft spoken Chef Ananda, also the name behind classic restaurants such as Konkan Café and Trattoria, was in…
“Authentic and Honest Food mostly comes from the streets”. I have grown up hearing this and always look towards them whenever I feel like have rustic gastronomical experience. After hearing a lot about Deena Meat Shop, today we decided to savor the hype ourselves. It was not that easy to locate t…
Birthdays are a big deal in my family and I was lucky that this year Bawa Groom’s Roj birthday coincided with the launch of Masala Library’s new menu. I have been to Masala Library before but never for a complete meal and quite enjoy the touch of drama in the food they serve thanks to…
There has never been a better or worse time to open a pizzeria in Mumbai. While pizzas have been growing in popularity, at least four new pizzerias have opened in the city within the last month leaving Mumbaikars spoilt for choice. Joining the fray is newly launched Francesco’s Pizzeria in Phoeni…
I am a big lover of Mexican food – especially Nachos. Not the corn chip and plastic tomato sauce nachos you get at cinemas but the authentic ones served with beef (I’ll accept chicken too), refried beans, guacamole and sour cream that you will get at any Mexican restaurant worth its salt – or teq…
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…
After an exhausting morning in the Pune heat, we craved for a cool place to sit in, some tall refreshing drinks and something to munch on. Our car made its way through chaotic Pune traffic, we reached Dhole Patil road. Where else could we go but Café Mezzuna? As we entered we hoped to be…
Brain child of 2 IITians (Raghav and Nitin), Chaayos, ‘experimenting with Chai’, is a place that can take you back to college days for some, or visiting grandparents where ‘Chai’, not Tea, with nomenclature of “my dadi’s chai” or ’‘mummy wali kadak chai” was served. With the mushrooming of more t…
Godi Huggi, or De-husked Wheat Kheer, is in the list of Indian desserts since time immemorial. It is probably the oldest dessert served, with a minimum of change in taste. During any marriage in the village, long folded carpets, Durries, and blankets would be laid down alongside the wall of the p…
IFF hosted a Traditional Family Recipe Contest sometime back. The contest invited recipes that virtually every household possesses, passed down from generations and carried forward to the next. Here are the Top 5 popular vegetarian recipes from the week… 1) Anjali Thankur Uppal : Aloo Vadiyan Anj…
Many many moons ago I had Cucumber cake/Dhondas(Kakdhicha) during Ganesh Utsav at a friend’s place. Cucumber Cake ??? It was unacceptable and how can one make a cake out of Cucumber ??…. just as it has proven to be for many of you here on this forum. However it tasted yum and I ate it…
They say that a good workman never blames his tools, but when it comes to baking, good tools can often mean the difference between a delicious, fluffy cake, or a disastrous set of undercooked, messy muffins. When it comes to cooking, using a “pinch” of this or a “dash” of that is not only accepta…
