LotsaFood

Maratha Mandir

2012-02-12T22:30:00.000+05:30

Back on the bicycle after ages (and still on my goodboy diet) I find myself speeding through the non-veg dens of Mahim towards safer vegetarian territory in the heart of Sena land - Dadar Shivaji...

Yauatcha

2012-01-28T15:29:00.001+05:30

Hakkasan created a bit of a flutter when it launched in Bandra, making much of its Michelin starred past. Dimsum wielding sibling Yauatcha took a few months longer and made less of a splash, but...

Three Bodies

2012-01-17T21:46:00.001+05:30

A friend of mine tempted me to Versova the other day with the promise of a new launch. One generally avoids going there if one can, what with Juhu chokepoint and the Metro digging things up but, as I...

Local Love

2011-12-14T10:17:00.001+05:30

Authentic is not always what you expect it to be. I spent three days in Khao Lak, searching for chillies and coconut milk; screaming in frustration at finding only ginger, soya and rice wine....

Looking for Local

2011-12-10T16:37:00.001+05:30

When IMA invited me to Phuket on what really important people call a junket, I was quite excited. Visions of pork-lined streets and wonderful curries glazing my eyes, I braved roaming charges to land...

Military Manoeuvres

2011-12-01T14:49:00.001+05:30

Cafe Military, hidden in the bylanes of Flora Fountain, would have remained hidden to me but for a loving recent article in DNA. It took me a while to get to flora fountain (possibly a reflection of...

Utter Crepe

2011-11-13T23:13:00.001+05:30

So much has changed in a decade. South Mumbai was once a daily commute; now it has fallen so far off my work and entertainment map that it took me seven months to visit the newest and best regarded...

Yogakarma

2011-11-13T16:26:00.001+05:30

Just as you the corner from St. Andrews, just where the road - after a brief, tantalising view of the sea - reverts to narrow bylanes, is a small pastel and white slice that you could miss if the...

Breakfast at night

2011-11-11T01:17:00.001+05:30

The Americans like their breakfast any time of the day, but most other people wait till the next morning. I felt American today, and had an uncontrollable urge to down an eggs benedict for dinner....

Creative Spam

2011-11-07T19:49:00.001+05:30

I'm definitely becoming popular. I stand before you now as the vehicle of a very creative promotional attempt – one of my posts has an obvious, if creatively targeted, spam. Its made to look like a...

Sunday Stuffing

2011-11-07T19:26:00.001+05:30

There's nothing like a run to work up a hunger, and long Sunday lunches were therefore perfect excuse for some stuffing. South Mumbai is no longer a place I visit so often any more, so this also...

Bhutan III

2011-11-03T02:17:00.006+05:30

The dragon thundered at our last dinner, and it was loud! Days of lunches and dinners had passed the same way; Indian food firmly hogging centrestage, local dishes waiting meekly in the shadows....

More Bhutan

2011-10-31T23:38:00.003+05:30

Tired of potatoes and chillies, I ventured into the local market. Rescue came in the form of Chengdu restaurant, a local joint with rows of local booze bottles at the back and stacks of instant...

Eating with the Dragons

2011-10-31T16:30:00.001+05:30

Here I am, in a land that's more vertical than horizontal. Bhutan is a land of smiling people in funny clothes, tiny rivers struggling through spectacular valleys, quaint traditional homes...

Kabab in a Corner

2011-10-30T11:54:00.007+05:30

Last night I managed some nice-ish gol gappas but it was the kabab in a hidden corner of Patparganj that made my evening. A tiny shop that relies on your car for seating space, Punjabi By Taste is...

What's in a Name

2011-10-28T08:27:00.000+05:30

The Catholics of the western coast sometimes have strange names. Their world is full of elegant names like Braganza or Pereira, but every once in a while slips in a name like Serpis. Situated in...

Tea-time

2011-10-28T01:08:00.001+05:30

You don't often get a call that asks you if you have a fridge to store tea. A friend of mine spends a lot of time travelling around China and Vietnam; one of the benefits is a constant stream of...

Instant Karma

2011-10-27T14:11:00.001+05:30

Today, I woke up lazy and made myself some Maggi, and it brought back memories. Like many of my generation, Maggi used to be vital to sustenance. In school, it was an after-school snack, in...

Kosha Mangsho II

2011-10-24T11:39:00.000+05:30

I'm happy to say my Kosha Mangsho has improved the second time around. Here are the key changes More onions, and sliced rather than diced. There seems to be no situation in the kosha mangsho...

Bitter Memories

2011-10-22T17:11:00.001+05:30

Yesterday, Vicky Ratnani of the very posh Aurus was on TV stuffing karelas. A recent post of mine about karela in Kerala had people doubting my taste in taste but here a five star chef was happily...

Eat Your Words

2011-10-15T20:04:00.001+05:30

Every once in a while, Rushina gets a bunch of bloggers together for a great evening, and the most recent one was at West View at the ITC Maratha, a restaurant I've been eyeing for a while. Weeks...

Made in China

2011-10-12T02:06:00.001+05:30

Foodwise, China was not at all what I expected. I'm going to get right into generalising the food of a billion people into a post shorter than a short story, all on the basis of seven days of...

Kosha Mangsho

2011-10-09T19:04:00.001+05:30

I admit, my kosha mangsho comes out good, but not great. In any case, I made some yesterday. It turned out meltingly tender and more than edible but the drawbacks as I see it are – not enough of...

Sunday Shiro

2011-10-09T15:50:00.001+05:30

It being Sunday and all that, I decided that a nice brunch was just the thing to celebrate the glow of finally having run past the ten kilometre barrier (warning: some walking involved). A couple of...

Tangled Tastes

2011-10-07T20:22:00.001+05:30

The frenetic Durga Puja over, a nice slow midweek holiday emerged yesterday. Sunny weather, nothing much to do all added up to picture windows and leisurely lunches. I chose Tasty Tangles. Yes,...