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April Rain, Pune: Refreshing indeed!
April Rain! A name that makes you wonder why a restaurant is named so. I asked Chef Milind Sovani about the same and he said he didn’t want run-of-the-mill restaurant names.
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Chili’s, Pune… Not ‘hot’ at all !
My friend and I decided to go to Chili’s at Phoenix Market City last night. If we had to sum it up in one line we’d say; we wish we hadn’t! This may just as well be the shortest review ever written by me. They wasted my time and my money so I sure am…
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Up South, Hadapsar Pune : South Indian with a few twists
Udipi/South Indian cuisine for me borders on comfort food. I say borders because it’s vegetarian food and I’m a hardcore carnivore. Crisp Rawa Masala Dosa, piping hot Upma, crunchy Sabudana Wada and steaming, soul-satisfying Sambar, however, does aptly manage to warm the cockles of my heart on a…
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Eddie’s Kitchen, Camp, Pune : Value for Money…… Indeed!!
Some restaurants have wonderful memories attached to them. For me, Eddie’s Kitchen is one such place. I remember going to this small Chinese eatery way back in the 90’s. However, for some reason it was shut down for a long time to open under new management a couple of years ago. I have been to…
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Southindies, Shivaji Nagar, Pune: Needing a major Spruce up!
Appam, dosa, podi masala, kerala paratha, payasam and more. When I think of food from the southern states of India, all these come to mind. Southindies had invited us to try out a new concept lunch for their afternoon buffet. As we walked in, the ambiance reminded us of restaurants along major hi…
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Novotel, Pune: Street Foods of the World Festival
My earliest memory of street food is from the time when we had just one channel on television, namely, Doordarshan. In those days, Sunday evening was movie time. Every Sunday, before the movie began, Mum and I used to religiously walk down to a small street eatery called Geeta Bhavan for paani pu…
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Flipp’d Burgers,Pune : Oh I Flipp’d, alright!
We drove to this small burger joint in the sweltering afternoon heat. I’d heard about it from lots of friends but I also know that most places people rave about fall short of expectations when I visit it. Fortunately, such was not the case for Flipp’d. It’s a non-air-conditioned, simple joint mai…
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Brooklyn Shuffle Diner, Pune: An American Diner with a few kinks
As we entered ‘The Brooklyn Shuffle Diner’ we felt we had stepped into a diner in the US of A. Bright red sofas, blue chairs, lamps hanging low over the tables, wall graffiti and retro music. It definitely felt like an American diner. We were in the mood for cool non-alcoholic “mocktails” but the…
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Café Mezzuna, Pune: Comfort food with little comfort
After an exhausting morning in the Pune heat, we craved for a cool place to sit in, some tall refreshing drinks and something to munch on. Our car made its way through chaotic Pune traffic, we reached Dhole Patil road. Where else could we go but Café Mezzuna? As we entered we hoped to be…
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Punjab Grill, Pune : Spanish Tapas te Punjabi ishtyle
I received an interesting invite from Lite Bite Foods to attend a ‘Chakhna’. I’ve written reviews for regular meals at restaurants, but this was my first invite to a ‘Chakhna’ (a tasting). The theme was inspired by ‘Tapas’, finger food that Spain is so famous for. The ‘Chakhna’, menu was introduc…
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Little Italy, Pune – A Vegetarian delight
As a hardcore carnivore opting for a vegetarian restaurant is never an option. We entered the restaurant, apprehensive of what lay ahead. The first thing that hit us was the heavenly aroma of food. Our server escorted us to our table, handed us the menu and informed us that a buffet option was av…
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Bedekar Tea stall, Pune: Misal Magic
Very rarely, one tastes a dish that fills the heart with joie de vivre (joy of living) and its warm glow stays with you throughout the day. My moment of such epiphany was at Bedekar Tea stall, Pune recently. The misal I had there was hot, spicy and simply mind blowing. Bedekar Tea Stall popularly…
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