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[Rated: 4.0/5] Walking along the meandering lanes of Hauz Khas village and climbing up two stories of a steep staircase, I am greeted by an affable and smiling Mary Lalboi, the owner of Rosang café and store. Mary is from Mizoram and settled in Manipur. In 2003 she decided to move to Delhi along…
A Friday evening saw Pawan and I heave a sigh of relief, after having laboured in the evening traffic, at the sight of the romantic, dimly lit pathway meandering towards a garden setting. We were at the Lodhi Garden Restaurant and the evening seemed to brim with promise. Lodhi Garden restaurant i…
[Rated: 4.0/5] Living in Delhi does have its advantages for a foodie. One of the many is the fact that foreign embassies are now beginning to open up their cultural centres to Indian citizens to give them a taste of the food they have. Italian cultural centre was the first one to start, and now…
[Rated: 3.0/5] A lot of multinational chains have arrived in India over last Decade and added to the growing excitement in restaurant industry. When I heard of a new Italian chain with the name “Eagle Boys Pizza” just wondered what prompted the promoter for such name that resembles the names of o…
[Rated: 3.5/5] It is lunch time and I am headed to the GK1 M block market to check out the six-month-old café, Haute Saute. I enter its dimly lit interiors with predominantly low seating, not very different from what one would expect from any mid-level, predominantly Italian eatery in the city. I…
[Rated:3.5/5] Few places in south Delhi can boast of a beautiful terrace lounge with mist effect, a personal dining room for large gathering (as well as for romantic duo), a remote controlled high ceiling that can open up to show the star lit night and of course an elegant interior with huge arti…
[Rated:4.0/5] It was an invite by a friend to join him for lunch at Chez Nini; A European restaurant about which I have read and heard some mixed opinions. Not to be bogged down with anyone else’s notion and anyway looking out for places to eat out while my wife was away at my in-laws,…
[Rating: 4.0] Ambience mall at Vasant Kunj manages to look both posh and under construction at the same time. Lately it has been attracting some good fine-dining options. La Tagliatella, the international chain of Italian fine dining restaurants was the first to enter, and now Starbucks has made…
[Rated: 4.0/5] “A balanced diet is a Mojito in each hand”. Inspired with this thought, Hard Rock Café (HRC), India has reinvented flavored variants of this Cuban classic, in their ‘Mojito Mania’ special summer menu exclusive during 13th May – 9th June at all the five HRC outlets across India. An…
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[Rated: 2.0/5] Life in a metro or a Gaon (Gurgaon) is not easy, and every now and then like most, I look forward to a weekend break away from the hustle-bustle of the city. However there aren’t many options for short breaks that allow one to relax without driving crazily in mad rush. A little…
[Rated: 4.0/5] De Wallen is the largest and the best known red light district in Amsterdam and a major tourist attraction. It has some three hundred tiny one-room cabins rented by prostitutes who offer their services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights. This…
