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It’s been long since I have been on the lookout for good, authentic, Bengali fare, and I am glad to say that I have found it. Tucked away in the unlikeliest of places, in the throbbing mela surroundings of Culture Gully, Kingdom of Dreams, is a small restaurant with a board proclaiming Chinese fo…
First few weeks after a restaurant’s opening is a settling time and perhaps not the best time to form an opinion. My first visit to Made in Punjab at cyber hub at Gurgaon within the first week wasn’t a very pleasant experience; more so because we ordered the regular buffet. Those teething problem…
Being a food blogger has its advantages. There are limited duration yet interesting food events that one can miss in a blink. Getting to know about them first makes one plan in advance and not only cherish them, but the quality of time that one gets to spend with the specialty chef at times also…
Gurgaon galleria market is fast becoming the hub for themed eateries, with interesting and refreshing themes. Nestling amongst them is café wanderlust, a vegetarian traveller’s café with an informal, low seating, bean bags, rocking chairs, and travel books, and posters. This café is a dream child…
Zura, a bistro and bakery, has been soldiering on since it began operations a couple of years ago in Sector 29 SCO, which is also known as the restaurant supermarket of Gurgaon. I am here at the invitation of the proprietor and master baker Nidhi Wadhwa to preview Zura’s winter menu. I ask Nidhi…
As the Indians increasingly embrace to enjoy wine, the wine companies get ready to roll out newer events to introduce the niceties of this mystical drink to consumers. I was particularly excited to have received an invitation to attend a “Wine in Food” event organized by Seagram’s Nine Hills Wine…
It is my love for the concept of live grill on the table that keeps taking me back to joints like Barbeque Nation, Pirates of the Grill and other similar joints. After hearing about the new menu introduced by the Pirates of the Grill, I decided to immediately give it a try. Another reason for…
If there is any restaurant I was eagerly awaiting to be launched, it is Soda Bottle Openerwala. Not only the name draws lot of interest, but given the fact that is the only Parsi restaurant in Gurgaon and perhaps just the second one in whole of Delhi-NCR, it is no rocket science to guess how…
Lavana is the recently opened fine dining restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Gurgaon, serving authentic Awadhi cuisine. This cuisine is the cuisine of the Nawabs of Awadh, and is centered around the city of Lucknow. The bawarchis and rakabdars gave birth to the dum style of cooking or the art of coo…
Numerous number of times I have gone to the labyrinth lanes of Jama Masjid’s Matia Mahal to savour kebabs, biryani, nihari, haleem, fruit kulfi’s and shahi tukda both alone as well as leading facebook groups for people who want to get the ‘real’ flavour. The events are always a sold out even if i…
Inside Nathupur village, down a narrowish lane lies Wokamama, a three-year-old Pan Asian restaurant with a pleasant casual ambience and a charming open air terrace giving the whole place a nice open feel. I am back here at the invitation of the energetic and welcoming Surajit Sanyal, the General…
If one can brave the secluded and lonely floors of Star Tower with the not so visible direction signages, then one is in for a surprise, because one discovers a huge 10,000sq ft multi-cuisine restaurant with both indoor and terrace seating, set on the 60’s theme that is grungy yet classy. Differe…
