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I love to procrastinate; which means all my plans are usually structured around places that are close to where I live. So, when I heard Monkey Bar was opening its second outlet in Namma Bengaluru, I had more reasons than one to be thrilled. Yes, I am absolutely in love with both their food and…
I have always maintained that location is one of the major factors in success of a restaurant. And if the location is such that it is one of its kind in the entire country than not only the local population but anyone who visits that city has it in their priority. Recently I was invited…
After a major marathon work session of two weeks, I found myself with my team in Bangalore on a Saturday afternoon wrapping up my work. A quick message to Pawan Soni and a second opinion from Ruma Singh lead me to this popular Bangalore joint with my team to celebrate the successful completion of…
Oktoberfest always conjures up images of clinking beer mugs and sausages being gobbled by the dozens. This coupled with the kind of (not so nice!) crowds Bangalore’s Oktoberfest tends to attract has kept me away from the celebrations year after year. But, the invite from Sheraton held promises of…
What do Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga, Hulk Hogan, Robert De Niro and Paneer Penne have in common? They all have a certain percentage of Italian in them. I was thrilled to be a part of the chef’s table event at Sheraton Bangalore Hotel a few days back. Chef Béla K. Rieck, Executive Chef, was hosting…
Is there a cuisine that always makes you wonder, how did they do that? For me it has always been the cuisine of the North West Frontier. There is something rustic, robust and rich all in one about the dishes that make me go back to them over and over again. For the restaurant week…
[Rated: 3.5/5] South Indies is a restaurant that serves South Indian vegetarian fare. It currently has two outlets in Bangalore. I must have crossed the building that houses South Indies, Indiranagar at least a hundred times in the last three years. There have been times when I’ve really wanted t…
[Rated: 3.5/5] Sheraton Bangalore Hotels’ multi-cuisine restaurant, Feast has a Japanese Festival running from the 5th to the 14th of July, 2013. Chef Kyoji Endo from Westin Tokyo is here in Bangalore to showcase the best of Japanese cuisine to the food lovers here. A fan of both sushi and nigri…
Rated: 4.5/5 They say ‘well begun is half done’ and I, for one, whole heartedly believe in this one. And today I talk about this phrase in terms of the first meal of the day, the breakfast. Yes, I am a breakfast person, a good breakfast for me means a super happy me for the…
[Rated: 4.0/5] If you want to set your restaurant apart from the thousands of “Indian, Chinese, Continental, Tandoori” eateries that pepper the food landscape of our country, what better way than to specialize in one cuisine. And if that one cuisine is Mughlai, you might as well go all the way an…
[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…
