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Choosda Nu Dhanshak – A very old Parsee delicacy. Not many people have the stomach for choosdas (goat intestine). It is a delicacy but it’s also an acquired taste. I had gone to my maternal grand mom’s house in Pune for my summer vacation, sometime around 1978-79, when she first introduced me to…
Strawberry Glee Sandipa says “Strawberry is one of my favorite fruits but as it is seasonal I just had to do something that would keep up a steady supply of it in some form for a couple of months at least after the season gets over. So, I made a sort of Strawberry preserve and refrigerated it.On…
Village style Hookah Lounge We were invited to the launch of a new restobar, ‘La Cabana’ in sector 29 Gurgaon. With four main sections – a complete open sitting for over 200 guests, 2 small covered seating for love-birds or small group in the lawn, Hookah section done in a Village Nautanki style…
[Rated: 3.5/5] The city of Delhi historically has been exposed to cultures and cuisines from various parts of the world. Not only has the city embraced each and every culture, but has with a lot of warm embraced cuisines and food as well that came its way. I feel blessed to have been born and…
Although we had a huge variety of homemade foods as kids, possibly more than many of our friends, going out to eat used to be a great treat for the simple reason of the rarity of such events. Our ‘eating out’ treats in the 60s were limited to the Udupi restaurants. We particularly loved the…
[Rated: 4/5] Asking someone for a coffee is now a passé. The Beer Café is now open with an innovative concept, and it is only matter of time when asking someone for a quick beer would be the in-thing among the socialites. It would come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Beer is…
[Rated: 4/5] Having more interest in food than just to satisfy palate, I have always been very keen to try new recipe/cuisine whenever possible. On recent visit to Himachal, we stopped at Chail Palace for lunch, and here we got introduced to Himachali dishes. The restaurant also serves popular cu…
[Rated: 3/5] When we heard that LebMex; a Lebanese–Mexican fast food restaurant serves only vegetarian food, we were surprised. To us a good Lebanese meal is not complete without non-vegetarian food forming a substantial portion of the meal. Still we decided to check it out. The 25-seater LebMex…
Burrito [Rated: 3/5] On my way to Delhi from Mumbai Airport, I stopped at Burro’s Burritos for a quick bite of an English Burrito (Rs 79). The Burrito was overloaded with Mayonnaise but the filling of a freshly fried egg, chicken sausage and sprinkling of cheese, topped up with mustard makes it a…
[Rated: 3/5] North East cuisine restaurants in Delhi seem to be much in demand. Many new restaurants have opened up, and recently NE-7 reopened in Lajpat Nagar. Gautam and I visited the restaurant to check the offerings. The ambienceat NE7 is nothing much to speak about. Décor is minimal and with…
Much has changed since I shifted to Gurgaon over five years ago. The high rises have multiplied, Offices are much swankier, Roads are much crowded and there is no dearth of good eating out places. Earlier, a good restaurant would have taken us on the roads to Delhi. Not anymore. Nor does anyone w…
[Rated: 4/5] “Variety adds to spice in Life”. The saying will be taken literally and more so implemented with so much of zeal is what I discovered on my recent visit to Pacific Mall in Sahibabad with my family. We were attracted to Dosa Plaza by sheer exuberance of the colourful glow sign that di…
