“Hi, my name is Devina. I’ve grown up in Dubai and I’m here to find out more about the city I’ve lived in for nearly three decades.” That almost sounds like I’m at a support meeting, and in a way, maybe that’s what it means to me. That quote is one of many variations of…
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Discovering London through some food tours
After I left the UK in 2011, I kept going back. And once I started doing food tours all over the world, I thought, ‘Why not do some in London?’ Not only is the city’s F&B scene a vast one to choose from, but there would always be hidden gems I’d know nothing about. View…
Exploring the ‘Funk Zone’ in Santa Barbara
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Devina Divecha (@devinadivecha) Those who know me well know that I always try booking food tours when I travel, but for once I had absolutely no say in this one. While visiting friends in California in November/December, a road trip was planned to Santa Barbara from…
When in New York, try Foods of NY Tours!
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…
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…