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This was a first for me – an African food pop-up. While I had tried Moroccan food often, the rest of Africa remained a mystery. I believe, except for its geographical location in the continent, Moroccan food is way different than rest of Africa because of its influences from the Arabs, Mediterran…
The new Social will make you Hop, Sip and Jump: The master restaurateur Riyaaz Amlani, once again, comes back with a Bang with the opening of his latest branch of Social at the Palladium Mall in Mumbai. Located on the 3rd floor of the mall, this is perhaps the smallest of all the Social outlets,…
K3, the multi cuisine restaurant at JW Marriott Delhi, is aptly described as a food theatre as it serves a whole gamut of food from live counters dishing out multiple cuisines like Cantonese, North Indian and Italian. Recently introduced there is a separate live counter which has been created for…
It is Masterchef Australia George Calombaris’ (George Dimitrios Calombaris) third visit to India and my second meeting with a person who, in spite of being a culinary icon, has remained humble and grounded. My earlier meeting with him was at The Olive (now defunct) at The Diplomat Hotel. However,…
If I was to make a list of the best places in Mumbai for a great Margarita, Hard Rock Café would surely be on one of my top lists. Margarita is to Mexico what Lassi is to India, and when Hard Rock Café sent me the press release for their Latin Fiesta, I was very…
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…
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…
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…
Warning: This is a picture post, salivate at your own risk! “You will be surrounded by delicious food!” was the unanimous opinion when friends and family came to know that I would be travelling to Pakistan for a week. Despite the media induced frenzy on security issues which, I must admit, create…
Rivaayat : Traditions While I have visited Lucknow some years ago, the Lucknow I really know is through the movies set in Lucknow; the culture, the music, the dances and its courtesans, the nawabs and their affluence. For me, Lucknow means the mischief of Sadhana in Mere Mehboob, the naivete of B…
Japanese cuisine is one of my favourite cuisines probably because the freshness and earthiness of its ingredients appeal to the Sagittarian in me. This was one festival I was not inclined to miss.. Hence, inspite of a busy schedule, I worked this review into my calendar. We arrived promptly in ti…
The minute I stepped into the perfectly set Taj Mahal Hotel’s banquet room named Aftab Mahtab, I had this premonition that a special evening would unfold before me….and as it so happened, it turned out to be an evening which mesmerised me and made me wish that it would not end. I knew it was…
