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A Kerala Shaadi

2013-02-08T15:04:00.001+05:30

Its always a good idea to cultivate marriageable Mallu friends, or at least friends willing to be married to Mallus. The last time this yielded dividends was at Anjali’s wedding – Chennai, but a...

Hidden Gold

2013-02-03T09:16:00.000+05:30

One hardly ever comes across anything worth talking about that has not already been talked about. Mumbai's bloggers are quite an active lot, usually out-writing me with ease. It was with some...

Monday: Castles and Casseroles

2012-10-30T12:57:00.001+05:30

Carcassone, I was told, attracted a million visitors a year so I decided to add myself to the millions and see what all the fuss was about. The day started bright and crisp and the GPS dutifully sent...

Day One in France - Lunch

2012-10-26T14:26:00.001+05:30

Having begun at the border of France, my first action was to step across the border and avoid bankruptcy by getting myself a local SIM. Ninety minutes later, I was locally simmed and the proud owner...

Day One in France - Dinner

2012-10-25T04:06:00.000+05:30

Fortified by a perfectly local lunch, I headed towards more tourism - the Alsace-Lorraine, a region I knew little of except that it had some of the best Rieslings in France and a very popular...

Starting Off

2012-10-24T03:46:00.001+05:30

A windmill, flaming trees, some bucolic cows and a long drive later, I rest on a bed at at the edge of France. Landhaus Warndtwald happens to be chosen for no particular reason other than it...

Dutch Treat

2012-10-18T20:53:00.001+05:30

Here I am, in Amsterdam, preparing to run half a marathon so eating myself silly is not one of the options on the table. I did, however, begin the day with a pate and hazelnut sandwich out of a...

Shorshe Bhapa Chingri

2012-08-21T19:44:00.001+05:30

Stranded in New York far from ingredients and helpers, I learned to make quite a few Bengali dishes on the quick, none more successful than bhapa mach – this translates to the somewhat pedestrian...

Haleem

2012-08-13T16:28:00.000+05:30

A conference took me to Hyderabad in the month of Ramadan; and it was clearly a city obsessed with haleem. Its a city I had not seen in a while. The last time I was here, the ISB was just a gleam...

A Small Find in a Big Mall

2012-07-27T18:31:00.001+05:30

Phoenix Market City is possibly Mumbai's largest mall by size. Stuck in the boring side of Kurla (something I'm sure it intends to change), it isn't exactly easy to get to - and by the looks of it...

A tomato in the pan

2012-07-22T20:39:00.001+05:30

I got addicted to pan-tomate on a trip to Barcelona. I have, since then, been trying to recreate it in Mumbai, with little success. Pan tomate is one of those incredibly comforting classics –...

South Mumbai

2012-07-15T00:21:00.001+05:30

Viator rates the dosa one of the ten things to try before you die. I have my own periodic dosa cravings, but this isn't entirely simple in Mumbai. There's no dearth of options - udipis abound on...

A Meal and a Song

2012-07-08T19:45:00.001+05:30

I'm always excited about new Bengali restaurants in Mumbai, and fast expanding Kolkata chain Bhojohori Manna has been on my radar for a while now. Initial negative reviews from a trusted friend had...

Seoul Food

2012-05-27T13:13:00.000+05:30

Last week I found myself in the land of the metal chopstick. I used to think of South Korea as a sort of Singapore-style city state stuck between dim sum land and sushi heaven; it was somewhat of a...

Bicycle Tales: Frostbite

2012-04-07T08:46:00.001+05:30

I thought I'd covered all surprises in Mumbai, but distant Dahisar had more in store than I thought. After finishing off a particularly satisfying keema ghotala at Western Dhaba (next to the more...

Bicycle Tales: A Belgian Bite

2012-03-27T23:42:00.001+05:30

What would you say to a shop located on the blind side as you turn from Siddhi Vinayak to the more mundane parts of Prabhadevi? Cycling is a good cure to blindness; that's probably the only reason...

Bangalore Brunch

2012-03-25T02:09:00.001+05:30

I landed in Bangalore starved from the early morning flight and a lack of breakfast, and was greeted straightaway with something I thought was uniquely Bangalore – a branded variant of filter coffee....

Cafe Cool

2012-03-15T07:14:00.001+05:30

No one can accuse Cafe Zoe of being easy to locate. Embedded deep in the heart of Mathuradas Mills, the entrance tucked out of sight behind parked cars and the local omelette-pao place, Zoe...

Dalmore Dalliance

2012-03-06T14:15:00.001+05:30

It was with some interest that I read the invitation Rushina had sent me. The text mentioned Dalmore, and I knew only two pieces of trivia about Dalmore. One was its owner - via Whyte and Mackay our...

Bicycle Tales

2012-02-28T00:25:00.001+05:30

Yesterday's ride, to a neighbourhood I had not visited in a while, threw up some interesting spots. Huffing away at my trusty bicycle, I ended up after a while at Yari Road, that part of Mumbai where...

Aunty Esme's Potato Chop

2012-02-16T11:32:00.001+05:30

Sunanda's mother Aunty Esme briefly tempted me off my diet with the most sinful combination of all that is not allowed; potatoes, meat and deep fry. With superhuman exercise of will, I...

Indian Accents

2012-02-15T10:49:00.001+05:30

Its always wonderful to find a hidden find, tucked away in hard to reach places but still worth reaching. One such was Indian Accent, a restaurant folded carefully into a nook in a gated community of...

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...