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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…
THE SET My first memory of Sun-n Sand is attending a Wedding when I was about 8 or 9. Since then several of my visits have just been a blur to either meet a friend visiting or getting a quick bite in its sea-side Coffee shop – Aqua. Nothing remarkable! But not this one; Haochi’s…
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…
There are restaurants that provide good food, then there are restaurants that provide good experience. I am happy to find one that balances both aspects of dining with ease and finesse. Welcome to Rasovara – the high quality thali by Rajdhani. Priced at Rs 630 per head, it is surely not for the f…
The old world charm of South Mumbai and Colaba during the day is marked by its iconic Irani cafes and old world restaurants like Café Military, Leopolds, Café Mondegar, Lings Pavillion, Ideal Corner etc. However at nights, the same charm is taken over by their counterparts like Pizza by the bay,…
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,…
I was exposed to Yum Cha for the first time on my first visit to Hong Kong, and it was love at first bite for me. Yum Cha is a Chinese style morning or afternoon tea, which involves drinking Chinese tea and eating dim sum dishes. So when I get an invite to a Yum…
It is my love for the concept of live grill on the table that keeps taking me back to joints like Barbeque Nation, Pirates of the Grill and other similar joints. After hearing about the new menu introduced by the Pirates of the Grill, I decided to immediately give it a try. Another reason for…
If there is any restaurant I was eagerly awaiting to be launched, it is Soda Bottle Openerwala. Not only the name draws lot of interest, but given the fact that is the only Parsi restaurant in Gurgaon and perhaps just the second one in whole of Delhi-NCR, it is no rocket science to guess how…
Read if you really want to know what a foodie magnum opus should look (and Taste) like! Following the previous post from Pawan on the Chilean Wine and Food Fest at Lalit Delhi, the appetite was quite piqued and moreover when ProChile sent us the menu for the event a few days before the event.…
A hill top hotel overlooking a pristine lake, a national park in the background, nature at its best far from the hustle bustle of the city. It just doesn’t seem to be a place located in the geographical centre of Mumbai. However located at the edge of Aarey Milk Colony/Sanjay Gandhi National Park…
Lavana is the recently opened fine dining restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Gurgaon, serving authentic Awadhi cuisine. This cuisine is the cuisine of the Nawabs of Awadh, and is centered around the city of Lucknow. The bawarchis and rakabdars gave birth to the dum style of cooking or the art of coo…
