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Two things attracted my attention when I looked at the invite – (A) It was another Parsi Food Festival at another five star property in Mumbai and (B) It was being hosted by one of the members of the Indian Food Freak family. Showcasing regional cuisines at the multi cuisine specialty restaurants…
Mamagoto the much loved Pan Asian restaurant chain known for its quirky Asian cuisine presents yet another offering, takes that takes forward their philosophy of Food, Fun, Taste and Innovation. Titled “Asian Experiment’s” the idea behind this latest menu is to showcase two cuisines which are pol…
I am writing this from an insider perspective because after all I am and proud to belong to this mad, humorous, eccentric, pedantic, contradictory, parochial yet tolerant, adaptive yet individual, nasally challenged race (They ought to give minority benefits for rhinoplasty; some surgeon would ma…
‘I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Columbia’ Shakira. Party on your mind and rains playing spoilsport? There’s only one way to get over the monsoon blues. Step into Hard Rock Cafe and let the month-long Latin Fiesta from August 7 till…
957 days to the millennium; that is when I visited France for the first time. I know this so precisely because the Eiffel Tower had a huge countdown on it. I visited a few times after but the first brush with the French made me realize how seriously they take their food. Lunch and dinner…
MUMBAI – 06 July 2015 – Savour the spirit of freedom on India’s 69th Independence Day by celebrating at The Leela Mumbai’s Citrus with your near and dear ones. Our special Independence Day Brunch at Citrus offers an array of specially crafted dishes and you can choose from an assortment of salads…
I remember those fairs (melas) and fetes – merry go round, giant wheels, bursting balloons with the rifle and many more things that I enjoyed as a kid. Times have changed and the new generation is looking for something that can suit their changing preference and habits. Even though Gurgaon has no…
Monsoon is in full swing at the moment in Mumbai. The moment you talk of Mumbai rains, the image of piping hot cutting chai with hot samosas, vada pavs and pakoras pop in your mind. The spiciness of these deep fried snacks with sweet chai in the rains, works like magic that many poets have…
My love affair with Monkey Bar started two years ago in Bangalore, when after a month long intense work schedule; we ended up one Sunday afternoon at the Indira Nagar branch of Monkey Bar at Bangalore. No review was planned that day but the experience was so overwhelmingly nice that I decided to…
It was for the second time that I was visiting the White Owl Brewery in Lower Parel, this time to check out the menu curated by their new Chef Dinesh Bherwani. I wouldn’t rate my last food experience at the brewery top notch and hence I was filled with some trepidation during this visit as…
Wendy’s, which recently opened in India, has generated lots of good and not so good discussions on various social networks. Their burgers have received some rave reviews while there was also a small glitch which drew many eyeballs. While Indian Food Freak had reviewed Wendy’s earlier (read here),…
The primary purpose of any hotel, apart from providing shelter, is to ensure a happy and peaceful sleep. But at times, even some of the most reputed chains fail to live up to the expectation and today is one such day for me. Four Points by Sheraton at Agra is a new property and while…
