During the days leading up to the wedding, a lot of my friends asked me what our favourite activity as a couple was. The weighing scale, the credit card bill and an entire hard disk full of pictures would prove…
Tag: eating out
My new favourite restaurant
Impresario restaurants have managed to be in my favourite picks around the city for a long time. If its a casual meeting, Mocha Mojo’s wholewheat bagels and shakes. If I need a comfortable environment near work to have an intimate…
Food Review: Neel takes over Tote on Turf, one kebab at a time
Pulling up in the driveway, you’d think you’ve arrived at the Tote on Turf. As you walk through, you may wonder where the open kitchen went, but still have no inkling of the big change. However, a faint aroma of…
Le Pain Quotidien, Mumbai: Le unimpressive
The new addition to the bouquet of informal restaurants at Colaba is something that I shied from pronouncing for a long time. But finally I managed to get myself to a table at Le Pain Quotidien, an international bakery and…
Hakkasan Mumbai: Bandra’s latest Chinese fine-dine offering
A reservation at Hakkasan, Mayfair, on a Saturday night was considered to be a validation of your status inLondonsociety or so I was told by a foodie friend who wanted to eat at the Michelin star wielding restaurant, come rain…
‘East’ern promises are well kept at East, Kemp’s Corner
Every time we come down to picking places to dine at, out of sheer lethargy, we end up eating at the same old restaurants that offer comfort of familiar items that don’t spring surprises on us and where we know…
Mainland China Vashi: Healthy Chinese Food
After having a rough couple of days (I pulled my shoulder muscles and then got the flu), I am back. Last week, I happened to visit Vashi to see Appy and another friend. We meandered through the thickly mall-populated shopping…
Indi’Go’ deli
Indigo (the restaurant) was my favourite place to dine at as I became a teenager. They served exotic Italian food (in an age when Little Italy and Trattoria were the only Italian restaurants), Hrithik Roshan (the then love of my…
Rajdhani: Food Paradise
I’d heard about Rajdhani and finally, on a lazy Saturday afternoon, I managed to check out this celebrated Gujarati Thali joint. First up, you can’t miss the wafting aromas of farsan and ghee laden fulkas doing the rounds. You settle…
Homage
It was an impulsive decision to go out for some nice juicy non-vegetarian food on Monday. We put our thinking hats together and Mom exclaimed, ‘Amar’. Amar was a restaurant less than a five minute drive from my home and…