“THEY HAVE UGALI?!” exclaimed my friend. I had no idea what ugali was, and decided not to look it up before I went there. All I knew from the takeaway menu I was holding, was that the dish came from Kenya. Each item on the menu had little flags next to its name, to denote…
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Smorgasbord: Manga Sushi, Moti Roti, Bloomsbury’s and more
Sometimes there are bite-sized delights of food information you want to post on your blog but those posts would be to a blog audience what one canapé would be to a ravenous person… so what do I do? Mix it all up in a large plate of canapés that will fill you up! A while…
Can you eat more than 70 dosas? Take up the challenge!
[2017 EDIT: This branch of Sukh Sagar is now closed] I was out with a few Fooderati members at Venus restaurant for our South Indian 101 event, and when talking about dosas, I remembered a place I’d been to months back and kept its photographs and blog posts on the back burner: Sukh Sagar at…
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!
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…
Kitchin N1
Kitchin N1 is a buffet restaurant in the King’s Cross area in London. It is, as it says on their website, based on a “theatre-island kitchen” where you can actually see the chefs prepare the food. The chefs are surrounded by the buffet tables, where you can pick and choose your meal as you…
Raavi in London
Imagine my surprise when I chanced upon a small restaurant in London near Euston called Raavi Kebab Halaal Tandoori Restaurant. Used to Dubai’s very own Ravi’s in Satwa, I walked in with a critical mindset (I love Ravi’s in Dubai to bits!). And now I love the Raavi’s in London to bits as well. Their…
My Diwali at Dishoom London
I had first seen Dishoom when I was hopelessly lost in Covent Garden in August 2010. When I saw the restaurant, I stopped in my tracks and smiled for the first time since I’d been wandering in that quagmire of confusing streets. “Dishoom” is the sound I think of if there was a Bollywood version…
The making of paan
I’ve never had paan, neither do I have the urge to do so. However, like a true food tourist, I snapped away the making of paan when my father and fui (father’s sister) decided to have some.
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