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Market Café & Bar is located in Greater Kailash Part 2 market is the chain’s third outlet in New Delhi. This one however has been designed to suit the tastes of the more formal and mature audience visiting this market. Their outlet in Khan Market is a true café while the one in Vasant Kunj…
This is my first visit to Epicuria, the swank foodie destination bang under the Nehru Place station. I have come here on the invitation of Fio cookhouse and bar. It is definitely not the Nehru Place I have been expecting. The difference between this area, and the computer and pirated software haw…
Singh Sahib, the Indian restaurant at Hotel Eros, Nehru Place is hosting a Kashmir festival from January 15-25, 2014. I am here at the invitation of Vaishali Dar, the charming marketing communications manager of the hotel. The food has been curated and cooked by Chef Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, a widely re…
I am off to Aerocity to check the sunday brunch at the newly opened JW Marriott hotel that proudly claims to have one of the highest numbers of rooms in Delhi. The drive through the wide new roads towards the airport is a welcome change and the stationary large aircraft nearby a delight for kids…
Ask a Punjabi to choose between expensive foie gras, caviar or countryside Makke di roti with sarson ka saag, and the choice is anybody’s guess. Rustic flavors have a sense of belongingness and take us closer to the roots and an era of nostalgia. So come whatever I may eat around the world, the c…
My inquisitiveness for Monkey Bar started even before it hit Delhi. A popular gastro-pub in Bangalore, our reviewer in Bangalore, Aparna, came back with a rating of 4.5/5 for the breakfast menu after a string of low ranking reviews from her. Even our Mumbai reviewer, Suprio Bose, was very appreci…
The invitation email from Taj Palace says “Chef Oberoi unveils the innovative new menu and his book”, and I am thrilled to be invited. Executive Chef Hemant Oberoi is a legend at the Taj, and I have so far not had the opportunity to taste his creations. Excited and hungry, I reach the venue, all…
Where once was the Claridges at Surajkund, Faridabad, now stands Taj Vivanta, Surajkund. It was a perfect evening. We reach the venue at 7:30 PM. The splendid combination of Fire and water welcome the guests and it creates a mesmerizing ambience right from the lobby of the hotel. Hotel interiors…
Ingredients of a successful restaurant — delicious food, impeccable service, great location, absorbing interiors, good music, unique concept! While it would be difficult to find a place that shall have perfected all of the above but there could be a few restaurants that can boast to have attained…
A friend and I are at Shahpur Jat. And we see the board of Potbelly café perched on the first floor. At the spur of the moment, we decide to venture in, sprinting our way to the first floor, only to realize that many more floors have to be climbed. Since we are already committed,…
Bistro du Parc at Moolchand Flyover market, New Delhi is a pleasant and typical mix of French bistro and auberge style restaurant serving French “glocal“ (global dish with locally sourced ingredients) food. The owner Naina de Bois- Juzan has lovingly and successfully recreated a typical bistro am…
You would miss it if you were not looking for it. Ensconced at a level below the NH 8, with a winding driveway that leads you to a courtyard with trees throwing their lazy shadows, a huge artificial hibiscus at the centre and a towering mural of sand-blasted brass Ficus leaves acting as a sound…
