Suppressing the greedy instinct to set up an appointment with Nafisa Kapadia at lunchtime, I drop in at 11 am to meet the lady who has made Mumbai go bananas over Bohri food. Don’t be afraid to ask who Nafisa Kapadia is (and don’t bother googling because she won’t show up) but know this much – her food is being ...
Whether you’re in pursuit of a healthy start or a hangover cure, the city serves up a great variety of breakfasts. Here are seven breakfasts for seven days of a hard-working week! Indigo Deli The fare is mostly continental and always delicious. Get the best of savory and sweet by splitting an eggs Florentine and French toast with your breakfast ...
If you haven’t got the memo, we’re here to give it to you: Community-dining has now taken over the city. The Bohri Kitchen, Poppadum, Bawi Bride are just a handful of the more popular in-home dining experiences that are kicking up a storm but we promise you there are hundreds more out there. If you haven’t yet been for one ...
Chef Gordon Ramsay cried when he lost it. Another top chef killed himself over it. Movies and documentaries have been made on it. And yet, when the Michelin star was invented over a century ago in France it was simply to help motorists locate petrol stations and find a place to eat while they were waiting to change a tire! ...
I met Mihir at one Mughal food dive in Colaba late on Friday evening as he was teaching a group of foreigners how to eat lime and raw onion at the beginning of their meal. Oh my! I thought to myself – this is one of those India 101 food tours that only the greenhorn foreigners to the country should ...
A couple of years back The Guardian published one of those definitive ‘must try street foods of Mumbai’ lists. It featured everything from kebabs at Bademiya to milkshake at Bachelors. As lists go, it was pretty bang on in terms of what the ‘it’ places were circa 2012 (though I would hardly classify the overpriced Chole Batura at Cream Centre ...
I recently had a chance to watch the ‘almost nominated for an Oscar’ movie –The Hundred Foot Journey. For those like me who are coming late to the party, the movie is about the long road (metaphorically speaking since the actual distance is not more than a hundred feet!) to becoming a Chef. This movie and several others based upon ...
We were ignorantly determined to conquer this sacred mountain a few years back and learnt some valuable lessons for it. Sri Pada, also known as Adam’s Peak is one of Sri Lanka’s many wonders and climbing it to see the sacred footprint located at its apex is an experience every Sri Lankan should have had or at least have ...
When we were doing trials with Smita for our Kiddie Terrarium Workshop, we learnt quite a bit ourselves. We learnt that good ol’ trash can come very handy indeed; especially the kind of the stuff that you would throw out in a heartbeat. But Smita takes inspiration from this raddi heap for her sessions with kids. Most of Smita’s work ...
Ok, so we didn’t know it but Fairytale Food is a thing. Not only has the gorgeous Nigella Lawson done a Fairy Tale Feast menu, there have also been white papers devoted to the Grimms’ Brothers obsession with food across all their stories because they seem to focus on starving kids and then fattening them as a feast for the ...
Rishi Desai, the man who won a million hearts in Season 5 of Masterchef Australia and was widely believed to be a slam in for the title before he was eliminated achingly close to the finals, is coming to Mumbai this month. This Kolhapur-to-Canberra boy spent childhood summers in Mumbai and he tells us about the places that give him ...
Reason 1: A Great Local Brew for less than $2 USD you can enjoy a big bottle of Lion Beer. Fancy a stronger beer?… look for “Lion Strong”…. recognizable by the lion roaring on the label. Reason 2: Fireflies - the stuff of movies and magic! Hint: you are most likely to see these in a lush and secluded garden Reason ...
Every year as Masterchef Australia launches a fresh season, I get ready to make some extra money. Right from the beginning of the season, favorites are selected, odds are identified and bets are placed on who will make it to the Grand Finale. This is a totally ruthless exercise, made entirely on the basis of talent. Which is why even ...
What, I ask, is December without at least a few people passed out on the couch, a few bent over the toilet and the rest of them dancing on top of the dining table even after the music has been shut off? This is the stuff great holiday parties are made of and it’s actually way easier to do than ...
In the modern era, more and more couples are choosing to opt-out of the standard Wedding ‘Reception’ model. Instead the search for that picturesque venue to say ‘I do’ & host that idyllic Dream Wedding is on the upsurge. It is for this simple reason that Sri Lanka is rapidly climbing the global popularity ladder for hosting ‘Destination Weddings’ ...
A Year… That is how long it has taken me to crack the code (so to speak) on how to find a piping hot and delicious Roti … Here is the shortcut for you below! First things first, what is a “Roti” According to Wikipedia – Roti is generally an Indian bread, made from stone-ground wholemeal flour, traditionally known ...
Post a morning or afternoon wandering the cobbled and cute streets of Galle Fort a Burger is the perfect snack or meal to replace all those hard lost calories Lucky for us there are more and more options to choose from! Here are my top 3 burgers in the Galle Fort & surround The Newbie – Rocket Burger In the ...
Close enough for a quick weekend retreat but far from the madding crowd—we all deserve a hideaway we can call our own. If you don’t have one already, check these out and make them yours No matter how social we are and how much we crave for a smashing party with free-flowing drinks and interesting conversations with even more interesting ...
It’s widely known that Trincomalee contains possibly the most immaculate enclave of Beaches of Mother Lanka. Propelled by which, the city functioned as a primary Maritime Hub for International Seaport Trading. But did you know that it is one of the oldest cities of Asia where the colourful history of this amazing city dates back well over 2500 years? ...
As a child I have vivid memories of visiting construction sites. Uninvited I would tag along with my dad, loving to see things freshly built but unfinished. Today my growing fondness of places that are deliberately unfinished can be linked to those days when visiting new building sites felt close to a crazy countryside trip. And am happy to see ...
