Travel I Food I Stories
So I am back as promised, and today I have places recommended by you guys and not me. Also, since I want to be sure of who we are recommending, I am looking at putting only three places every week. It is impossible for me to sample anymore than those in a week and I …
Continue reading "Some drinks, dumplings & desserts: places you recommended."
Okay, so lockdown is over officially -- at least in most parts of the country. But voluntary lockdowns and social distancing is still required for us and our families to be safe. While staying at home is fun mostly (no school, college, office) , it also makes us long for our favourite things outdoor. Thankfully …
Continue reading "My favourite places to order food from this lockdown."
The biggest problem of being a food writer is the baggage you carry -- of flavours, textures and taste in your palate. While on one hand it may be your biggest strength, on the other it may be a pain -- you can hardly taste anything after a while. And so, off late, I have …
Continue reading "When Southern France Comes to Central Delhi."
Curd rice made with sago. Potatoes that look like fish and chips. A toffee made with white butter and wrapped in beetroot paper and a paan that looks more like gelato -- nothing is what it seems and yet it satisfies like a lost flavour from your childhood. Served in fixed menus of seven, eleven, and thirteen courses with vegetarian, non-vegetarian, and seafood variants, a meal at Avartana is a special culinary experience.
"Please do not serve ma'am those chilies, " chef instructs, Hussain, our server. "No, no!" I want it. I interrupt. Sandwiched between his boss and me, Hussain is unsure, when I smile at him and signal to serve me some fried chillies and the sauce. He obliges. The fish that chef has prepared for me …
Continue reading "How Chef Rana Makes the flavours sing at Jade."
That Sarah Todd loves Indian food is no surprise. The Model turned chef had won hearts when she made Alu-Gobhi at Master Chef Australia in 2014. Her fan following only grew after she opened Antares in Goa and curated the menu for The Wine Rack in Mumbai. Sarah, however, had so far been absent from …
Continue reading "The Wine Company — Pairing New Flavours With Old Wines"
Hot, humid, dusty, and congested, the lanes of Old Delhi can overwhelm the most experienced, but, if one can look beyond the heat and dust, the narrow labyrinths of Shahjahan’s capital reward with treasures unlike any other. While most of us see the food of the walled city through a handful of restaurants – and …
Continue reading "A food Trail in Old Delhi — Minus the Clichés."
