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Ever since I moved to Mumbai 4 years back, I had been planning to go to Bohri Mohalla and try the iconic eateries there, but somehow, it never happened. A chance mention of the same by a member from Mumbai Food Freak group on Facebook got the ball rolling again and we planned our first…
A Goan lady custom officer married to a Maharashtrian Brahmin doctor craving for prawns – and the story of Goa Portuguesa began. Hence began the culinary journey of a cooking Diva, who heretofore had to attend Dadar Catering College just to learn daily cooking to impress her in-laws. And it’s onl…
Chennai, July 8, 2014: After getting its share of various brands and categories of Cafes, from the first Qwikys till the very last Costa, Chennai has finally got its own outlet of Starbucks, the most iconic and celebrated coffee brand in the world, at Phoenix Market City, Velachery. The launch of…
It’s been almost a year when luxury night club Pangaea opened at the Ashok Hotel, Delhi amidst much fanfare. A famous chain all over the world (London, Miami, Aspen, Los Angeles, Brazil, Spain, Austin, Texas and Singapore) by its founder Michael Ault, it is bought in India in partnership with Spi…
Anoothi Vishal, has been curating food festivals for long. I have missed the opportunities by a whisker to visit my friend’s events but this time I am determined to attend. Along with Suryaa hotel at new Friends Colony, she is curating a Kayastha food festival that will be running for three month…
Any Delhi-ite who knows and loves his food, knows where and what Jama Masjid is all about. And since I moved from Delhi to Ahmedabad, I had been missing the regular food walks we used to do every now and then to Jama Masjid. I’ve had the best of kababs and niharis and haleems and…
A wonderful initiative was recently organized by the NGO “The Smile Foundation” where they used a food based event as their fund raising activity along with celebrity chef Vikas Khanna. The format of the event was quite unique with some of the top CEOs from the corporate world coming together to…
My earliest memory of street food is from the time when we had just one channel on television, namely, Doordarshan. In those days, Sunday evening was movie time. Every Sunday, before the movie began, Mum and I used to religiously walk down to a small street eatery called Geeta Bhavan for paani pu…
Pairing food with wine is not exactly rocket science, but it can be a very challenging task even for professionals. However when it is done right, like at the recently held Four Seasons wine paired dinner at the West View, ITC Maurya, it can enhance any culinary experience. This event was a part…
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…
Le Creuset, an iconic French cookware brand which is renowned worldwide for its high quality cookware, stoneware, kitchen textiles and wine accessories has opened its first stand alone flagship store in Select Citywalk, Saket. For the first time, Delhi will witness the complete range of Le Creuse…
If you thought that Sushi was simply clubbing together rice and raw fish, you could not be more wrong. There is so much that goes behind turning out that perfect piece, that Sushi making has been elevated into something of an art form. Sometime back, I got a chance to attend an International Sush…
