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I was called for a bloggers’ meet at the spacious home of Swedish Consul General Fredrika Ornbrant to sample some of the authentic Swedish dishes that she had made herself. My experience of bloggers’ meet has been a series of random incidents ranging from unpleasant to hilariously funny. I have c…
TGIF or Thank God it’s Friday has been a favourite watering joint and with the kid coming along a favourite joint for eats before catching up on a movie. This also meant that right from the Maitre’d to the hostess to the servers know us. But usually it has been a hurried meal and more…
Brickhouse Café and Bar is the latest entrant to the pub scene in suburban Mumbai. The place is strategically located at the corner of Lokhandwala market in Andheri west, easily accessible with plenty of parking around. Though they have valet service, diners can easily find parking all around whi…
On a busy Saturday afternoon, my wife and I stopped at the recently opened Pizza Express in Powai. This is the chain’s sixth branch and there is a certain hype about the quality of the pizzas served here, so the curious George in me was intrigued and we decided to go for it choosing it…
The name Diva Maharashtra has become synonymous to the Marathi heritage of the Mumbai Foodscape. Coming from the stables of the famous Awchat family, it shares the space with other restaurants of the chain like Dakshin (their take on South Indian cuisine) and Goa Portuguesa (Which I had found ext…
A few years back I had helped a close friend with a presentation on wines and the research took us to understand that wine was called the drink of the gods “Sura” and those who didn’t drink Sura were obviously known as “Asuras”! Over the years, archaic laws, asinine labelling regulations, marketi…
If you like food or go a step ahead and call yourself a ‘foodie’ but don’t watch MasterChef – especially the original Australian version – then in the eyes of many you may have committed a grave crime. Since the first season, this show has been a run-away hit and inspired many chefs and home…
As always Powai gives me this unreal feeling of not being in Mumbai and yet there, it’s a strangely bustling place with people always moving around at leisure; a place of contrasts and contrast it was cause inspite of its large chili at the entrance and a large graffiti of a man crying out as…
The origin of sausages can be credited to man´s necessity for preserving food in ancient times when there was no refrigeration. In those days the best way to preserve meat was to salt (Cure) it. The name, sausage therefore, was derived from the latin word ´salsus ´meaning “salted” The sausage as…
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…
Maroosh : to fan charcoal (internet source) My first shawarma was in 1999/2000 when I moved to Mumbai from a small town in Gujarat. Yes I know that’s really lacking in foodie-education, but let’s say I am a late bloomer. It was one of those days when a sudden Mumbai Bandh was declared and most…
