I was a day or two in New York already before it hit me: why had I not explored the option of going on a food tour??! I needed to fix this, pronto. I started Googling frantically before I picked on Foods of New York Tours, and within that, The Original Greenwich Village Tours. What…
Author: Devina Divecha
Freelance editor, writer, emcee and media consultant. I dance, run, and cycle. I like geeky things and I cannot lie.
Russ and Daughters, a 102-year-old family business
One of the things I enjoyed doing in New York, when exploring new restaurants, was finding spots with a bit of history… a background… a story. We found it in punches at Russ & Daughters. According to all the articles I can find about it, the store opened in 1914. Created by a Polish immigrant…
Exploring Chelsea Market in Manhattan, New York
An exploration of Chelsea Market in Manhattan … just a few places to try! From coffee, to fresh seafood, crepes, doughnuts and a wine bar!
The British Larder in Suffolk, England
2019 EDIT: This venue is now closed Say hello to the best cheesecake I’ve ever had. This is the baked white chocolate and rhubarb cheesecake from The British Larder in Suffolk, UK. I was whisked off to this gorgeous gastropub in Woodbridge in Suffolk in late 2013 (December 23, to be precise – and yes…
Food tour in Galle, Sri Lanka
The smell of the ocean hit me in waves, with the pungent smell of fish and salt whipping itself against me in tandem with the breeze. The tuk-tuk zoomed quickly ahead and suddenly the ocean disappeared only to be replaced with high walls and cobbled streets. Narrow lanes emerged, with shutter windows hanging open as…
Sit down, I have a story to tell …
I’ve been ridiculously silent since June – and if you have been a regular reader since the, you’ll know why I stopped. People have asked me if I miss blogging, and I answered seriously: “I don’t have time to miss it.” And it’s true, my full-time job keeps me happily busy. Last week though, I…
From one plate to another…
That empty plate up there is a metaphor for my blog posts. From now on, if you pop over to this website looking for reviews of restaurants in the UAE, you won’t find any. An empty plate, as it were. But I don’t plan to starve. Not one bit. As of July 1, 2013, I’ll…
Let Frying Pan Adventures take your taste buds on tour
I’ve grown up in Dubai – in the part that is now called “Old Dubai” (Karama, Bur Dubai, Deira etc). Not many new expats venture forth past the glitzy lights of “new Dubai” (Dubai Marina, Jumeirah Beach Residences, south Sheikh Zayed Road etc), but there are many treasures to be found in the areas near,…
A slice of Vietnamese food in Dubai
This is another one of those short PSAs: if you’re craving affordable Vietnamese food, try Hanoi in JLT. Pictured above is one of my favourite dishes, the summer rolls. Other favourites in a gallery below: I truly love the food for being fresh, and absolutely delicious. Special shout out to the iced coffee: it’s perfection…
“Very tasty” Uzbek food in Dubai Marina
“I have to take you to this cool Uzbek restaurant,” I was told nearly a year ago. One evening, I was hungry, it was late and I was in the Marina. Off I was taken to Gulnaz. And I’ve been going there regularly ever since. You can choose to sit outside, or in one of…
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