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One question that almost every viewer of MasterChef India must have asked themselves is – How good are the judges themselves who judge such talented people for their culinary skills? And after getting a celebrity status do they still get inside kitchen to get their hands dirty? I am at Diya, the…
“Authentic and Honest Food mostly comes from the streets”. I have grown up hearing this and always look towards them whenever I feel like have rustic gastronomical experience. After hearing a lot about Deena Meat Shop, today we decided to savor the hype ourselves. It was not that easy to locate t…
Ed: 14th Jun’15: After the main chef of Farzi Cafe, Himanshu Saini, moved out, the quality has become erratic and does not hold as much water. They have further jacked up the prices and it is now more of a party restaurant than a Gourmet delight. Hence Indian Food Freak is forced to reduce the…
Given double income nuclear families, Gurgaon has a huge potential for home delivery. No doubt that even the best of restaurants wants to focus on the category which has a big impact on their bottom line. As a resident of Gurgaon, I still find that either the home delivery options is expensive or…
For those craving for Hyderabadi food, Good News! Westin is hosting a Hyderabadi food festival from the 13th to the 23rd June at their all day diner Seasonal Tastes. The right ambience has been attempted to be created – a big cut out of the Charminar at the entrance, huge earthenware pots full of…
There is something about a spa that even the mention of the word start relaxing the body and mind. I have been out on too many restaurant reviews recently and before things at home gets out of hands; it is time to damage control and pamper my wife. I book a couple spa at the…
My friends will never believe me if I tell them that till recently I did not visit Nandos. A highly popular South African chain that is known for its peri peri sauce and grilled chicken have been making lot of noise and even though we already have our team visit the other outlets, my first…
When few people comment that Indians do not know how to appreciate wine, I cannot but just smile. I agree that India is majority a whisky lover. However, it is more to do with availability, pricing, storage and repeated trials of wine. How many of us really liked the taste of our first sip of…
One fine Saturday morning an attractive looking package lands up at my doorsteps. One peek in and I see and smell some good looking stuff. This has been sent by Suhasini Sood, niece of the veteran Gurgaon Food Freak facebook group member Rajeev Sood. Suhasini is the Chef &Owner of Sucré and disco…
Almost two years ago I visited SEN5ES (Read previous experience) at Pullman to try their lunch buffet and was impressed. Since then I have been to Pullman couple of times to La Riviera but somehow never visited SEN5ES. While it now offers champagne Sunday brunch, I cannot resist the temptation. T…
Gurgaon, 26 April, 2014 -The winners of the first Gurgaon centric food awards, Food Freak Awards Gurgaon, 2014 were announced at a show-stopping ceremony held at The Westin Gurgaon today evening. The awards were given in two categories Popular Choice and Jury Choice. Hosted by Jeeveshu Ahluwalia,…
How many of us want to cook at home, but change our mind at having to shop for all the ingredients and then search for the recipe? More so when there are guests coming over whom we would like to wow with our cooking prowess? I certainly am often faced with such dilemmas. This is…
