I’d only tried P.F. Chang’s at Taste of Dubai by way of their chicken lettuce wraps. P.F. Chang’s was chosen for the venue for a reunion of sorts. I’ll apologize in advance because I cannot remember what I ordered, and I was silly enough not to write their names down. However, I do remember the…
A morning at Bombay Chowpatty
…the restaurant. Not the actual chowpatty. That’s the mixed bhajia plate and the khaman dhokla. Prefer the khaman dhokla my Mom makes at home, but the mixed bhajia plate was pretty good. It’s one of those reliable veggie joints (they now have a separate non-veg section too; must try that!) where you get cheap food…
Breakfast @ Urban Tadka
Just one pic … but like the cliché goes, it speaks a 1000 words. I really love their vada pav and their accompanying chutneys are wonderfully spicy. A thumbs-up for value (this plate costs Dhs 4!!!) and if you like spicy food, dip away in those chutneys for sure. Happy tadka-ing!
Best chicken tikka I have *ever* had
Now…that’s a big claim to back up, isn’t it? But I’m quite a chicken-hogger, to put it mildly. So when I eat out (what, you thought I’d commit blasphemy and say this was the best chicken dish ever including what my Mom makes? This is the best chicken dish I’ve ever had out of home :D)…
Barista training with Costa and a Flat White
I don’t remember the first time I had coffee, but I’m guessing it was probably near my 10th or 12th CBSE Board exams, when staying up late cramming was the way to go, understanding anything be damned. That’s when my love affair with the aroma that coffee gives started. So when I had the opportunity to…
Chef Profile: Madhur Jaffrey
The Emirates Airline Literature Festival took place from March 8 to March 12 2011 in Dubai. When I found out that Madhur Jaffrey, the prolific cookbook author, would be demonstrating her skills in a live cooking demo, I simply had to go. When I arrived there, her book, ‘Curry Easy’ was flying off the tables…
The Gujju snack that is khandvi
That image up there…is a plateful of khandvi. How do you get that? Honestly? I have no idea. Yes, I watched my Mom make it while I snapped away, but I’m terrible when it comes to remembering what she actually did. I need to write recipes down step-for-step before being able to re-create them on…
Chef Interview: Vineet Bhatia
Perhaps the celebrity culture is so ingrained into our psyche that we’d expect a chef who has won two Michelin stars to be nothing less than a diva. And then we meet Chef Vineet Bhatia, perhaps one of the most down-to-earth celebrities that scatter the earth. He was one among the many celebrity via the-nri.com…
RAW Coffee Company, I pledge eternal love to thee
After proclaiming RAW to be my find of Taste of Dubai 2011, it would have been remiss of me not to visit their one-and-only outlet at the Dubai Garden Centre on Sheikh Zayed Road. I organized a food blogger outing and a few members of our group showed up for our caffeine fix (shout out…
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