Pizza. I can honestly say I’d never really tasted REALLY GOOD pizza until I went to UK. I know now that pizza isn’t the fast food variety…well, ideally it shouldn’t be. It’s like telling me we should sell crème brûlée in little styrofoam cups. And then, completely by chance, I heard of something called deep dish…
Food blog suicide and why one shouldn’t do it
These are some of the best biscuits in the world: Shrewsbury biscuits (oddly enough, Wikipedia has an entry on them here), which one will find at Kayani Bakery (vernacularly known as Kayani’s) in Pune, India. Shoutout to Meris from Cheesecakeism for bringing me this batch – you’re a star, thank you. As I lovingly dunk…
Celebrating 1 year with the UAE food bloggers
It’s been a year since food bloggers based in the UAE formed a coherent and cohesive group. A lot has changed in one year. We started off as less than 10. We’re now boasting a group of more than 60 food bloggers (yes, all in the UAE). I didn’t know anyone’s faces very well last…
Breakfast with @TavolaME
My fellow food bloggers have already done a fantastic job of covering the event (links at the end), so all I will do is collate the tweets and pictures I was pushing out during the Tavola ME breakfast. Enjoy! View “The @TavolaME breakfast” on Storify Blogposts covering the Tavola ME breakfast: Foodiva Irini Savva (just…
Meeting Chef Pascal Tepper
I’ve already blogged about Pascal Tepper Bakery in Dubai Media City before [click here to read my previous post], so when I was asked if I’d like to meet the man behind the brand, I said yes. I already knew Chef Tepper was the recipient of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France [which the ever-so-helpful Wikipedia…
Ping Pong Dim Sum
“I want to eat Chinese food; there’s a restaurant in Dubai Mall I want to go to.” I asked which one, but I was left in the dark. That was how I found myself at Ping Pong Dim Sum one Friday afternoon. We were greeted at the entrance by a friendly member of staff who…
My Eid Feast!
Many were surprised when Eid in Dubai was announced to start on August 30, 2011, but even amidst the surprise and unexpectedness, my brain had started whirring: what am I going to wear, and what will I get to eat? Every Eid, I’ve a standing invitation to squat at my friend Farah’s house. I take…
The Brownie Experiment aka the first time I baked
It started when I was 3 (or perhaps it started way before that, but my first sentient memory is when I was 3. It wasn’t of food but of sitting in the toilet, telling my Mom I wanted to…uhhh…oh right…food blog). Let’s try this again…It started when I was 3. I remember my Mom making…
My Dubai Iftar experience
The kind of iftars I like going to, are with friends…and if at their homes, even better. Not for any other reason, but even though I don’t fast, I believe it’s a much more personal way of sharing an important time of the day with friends and family. It’s like Christmas and Eid – every…
Frenchified, n’est-ce pas?
If I indulged in a romance of sorts, I think I’d like it to be in France. Or at least have the man I’m having said romance with, whisper sweet nothings in my ear…in French. Alternatively, he could take me to a place where I can have French food and I might be slightly mollified…
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