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[Rated: 4.5/5] There is something common to both Punjabi’s and American’s – Those big sized comforting meals, and hence no doubt American food chains immediately strike a connection with us. The 200- Cover Chili’s has been around for almost a year and it was buzzing with action when I paid a trip…
I am just back from the launch party of second outlet of Punjab Grill at Gurgaon. If the launch party is any indication, Gurgaon-ites will whole heartedly welcome another addition to the food scene. Amit Burman, Chairman of Lite Bite Foods (P) Ltd, who was present with his wife Divya Burman and R…
It was 12.30 in the afternoon and Geeta Mondol was already seated at the restaurant waiting for me to join her. Hearing and reading reports of the eager multitude waiting outside to taste the Peri Peri Chicken of the South African restaurant chain Nando’s at DLF Promenade, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi,…
[Rated: 4.0/5] The Songkran festival is a derivative of the Sanskrit word sankrānti,. It is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year’s Day from 13 to 16 April. Songkran has traditionally been celebrated as the New Year for many centuries, and is believed to have been adapted from our ow…
Prego’s description of itself as a fun dining Italian place gets reinforced with the huge pin-wheel of pasta greeting us at the entrance and the wall of multi-coloured jars of soaked olives adorning the wall. The light, airy décor thanks to an entire side of the restaurant rendered in glass, the…
On the spur of the moment last Friday the family decided to stop by at 56, the ristorante italiano on the Golf Course Road, Gurgaon. The café located in the atrium of a commercial office building, the height of which gives it its name, puts to good use the otherwise dead space between two wings…
[Rated: 2.0/5] As I entered R.E.D., even though the aroma wasn’t pleasing and was smelling of fresh furniture, the clean ambience pleasantly stunned me. I was expecting anything but the neatly laid out table in a comforting atmosphere. The village market on the Gold Souk road has transformed, and…
[Rated: 3.5/5] In an attempt to reach out to more customers in Gurgaon, Fat Lulu’s has started a much more reasonably priced take away which now offers exciting sounding starters, sandwiches and pizza slices at their new Galleria outlet. I am here to taste some of the offerings. I start by tastin…
An ordinary Thursday evening saw Pawan Soni and I seated at the Konomi Japanese restaurant at the Trident Hotel, Gurgaon, taking a sneak peak at Konomi’s set menu specially drawn up for the Restaurant week scheduled from the 1st to the 10th of April 2013. The event is promoted by Citibank to indu…
La Riviera, the fine-dining only restaurant at the Pullman’s Central Park hotel on MG Road, Gurgaon was where I was headed to on the evening of last Friday. The dark and unimpressive approach meandering through the marble dealers is discouraging until you happen upon the bright lights of the unpr…
[Rated: 3.5/5] Kylin is a known and loved name for Pan-Asian food in Delhi, and while it has been in Gurgaon for some time, it skipped my attention. The restaurant is located in the club house of MGF Palm Springs and as expected is only meant for the residents and their guests. The USP for…
[Rated: 2.5/5] Think Madhuban and an imagery of a lush green forest is what the mind conjures up. The last thing I would have associated Madhuban with was food from the south of India. Being a South Indian it isn’t very often that I visit restaurants that serve south Indian cuisine. Madhuban – Sa…
