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This was the third time I was heading to Masala Library during lunch hour with the usual dread of being turned away for lack of seating. But to my pleasant surprise the restaurant was a bit empty; perhaps because it was a bank holiday, I did not have much trouble getting a table. As the…
Summer of ’97 – I think was the best of my life. I was young, successfully employed, money in the bank and a little to spare for travel, no encumbrances, easy going parents and first World Zoroastrian Conference in London sponsoring an eight day stay at Sheraton. Life couldn’t give you more than…
A cousin of the Amour Patio Restaurant in Hauz Khas Village, Amour Bistro has recently opened up at the posh, expat-dense Malcha Marg market, right next to Fujiya, the veteran eatery in the area. Chef Jiten Singh and his kitchen team have prepared a Mediterranean Bistro menu which the Chef calls…
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…
The food scenario in India has made a Dynamic shift in the past 5 years. Earlier where party catering was focused on traditional North –Indian. Chinese and Live Pasta counter buffets, they are now venturing into the lesser known food territories such as Mexican, American barbecue, Japanese, Europ…
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…
It’s been over a week since I have visited this place and yet each time I think of it, Chuck Berry´s crooning of “Johnny be good” fills my mind. I am sure the same would happen to you if you happen to visit the recently opening “Johnny Rockets” in the Ambience mall, Gurgaon and I…
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…
Located in the heart of Shahpurjat, New Delhi, a hub of fashion designers and assorted other businesses, lies The Coffee Garage (TCG). This cafe was earlier an appendage to its cousin The Shoe Garage, but now has grown up to have its own location adjacent to the earlier one. The brainchild of Van…
Summer has finally arrived. And so has the time to gorge on Ice cream. Just in time, the popular Swiss ice cream Mövenpick has finally comes to New Delhi with the launch of its Ice Cream kiosk at Select City Walk, Saket. Founded in 1961, Mövenpick can now be found in over 300 boutiques…
Zura, a bistro and bakery, has been in operations for a couple of years ago in Sector 29 SCO, which till Cyberhub opened, was Gurgaon’s hub for eating out. When the proprietor Nidhi Wadhwa suggests I taste their Navratri platters, my first reaction is a resolute no. Not only am I not keeping Nava…
SOY, the Dubai based Pan-Asian chain opened its restaurant at Khan Market a year ago. I have been invited to a tasting session of their new menu with a few other food writer friends. I enter through a steep staircase, something quite common in Khan Market, is a rude reminder of my level of fitness.…
