By Deep Guha With the dream of creating a Chocolate City of its own, The Chocolate Room recently completed a decade of all-things-chocolaty. The brand already boasts of 230 stores across Indian cities and expanding exponentially with each passing year. With their first outlet in Ahmedabad, they had the first in-kitchen chocolate café, and today they are serving more than… Read more →
For a foodie, the best thing about Indian summers is mangoes – won’t you agree? Anyhow, even though I am not an expert on mangoes or food, but as a seasoned mango-lover I can recommend you a fabulous mango-inspired meal at Pluck, Pullman New Delhi. Believe me; you’ll come back thanking me for this extraordinary play on the platter that… Read more →
We recently celebrated the World Environment Day on June 5, and decided to dedicate this month to mother earth — after all being a planetarian shouldn’t we all do our bit to save it? A few days back, we attended an interesting talk on slow food or home-grown food was conducted by an eco-friendly group Khetify at The Imperial New Delhi.… Read more →
There’s no doubt that the good people of Delhi are absolutely in love with beaches, mountains or any place that has a chiller vibe to it. Now I’m not exactly a food expert, but I surely know some of the best places to chill in city – thanks to my job and to my wonderful friends that I get to see… Read more →
By Reenu Bahl I am a mother of a super active toddler and sometimes it becomes really annoying to dine out with this brat. He tends to break into every conversation, imagines soup to be a finger bowl, or insist upon using his own knife and spoon with an intention (I believe!) of spilling the food. Duh! Therefore, whenever… Read more →
While every tourist who visits Agra never seems to get bored of the majestic Taj Mahal; on our recent trip to the city of love we discovered a different kind of romance — an affair of flavours on a platter, courtesy chef Dinesh Patel. The Master Chef Indian season 5 finalist, who shared his love for food with us over… Read more →
The moment you enter Guppy at the Lodhi Colony main market, you’ll see a sudden outburst of colours in the milieu. A bright orange wall in the courtyard, a massive bouncy chandelier inspired by the Japanese art of origami and colourful interiors of the place will instantly remind you why ‘Guppy’ (the rainbow fish) is a perfect name for this… Read more →
Quick question to those who haven’t made any reservations in a fancy eatery for celebrating Valentine’s Day – so what’s the big plan? Well, we won’t be worried if you are sorted, but if you are not prepared to handle the pressure then here’s something you must definitely read. By Chef Pradeep Bhandari Say cheese and head to the… Read more →
The literal translation of the word “Taksim” is “division”, “partition”, or “distribution” in Turkish, Arabic, Persian and Urdu; and if you Google it the images of popular tourist destination ‘Taksim Square’ in Turkey will pop up on your screen. However, the Taksim we visited in Delhi has nothing much to do with the name, because it’s the coolest restro-bar that offers… Read more →
I have never been to Kashmir, but I have a feeling that even though it is mostly snow-covered, the hospitality and food of the valley makes up for the cold climate. Recently, i had a chance to taste the flavours from the kitchen of Kashmir at the Grand hotel at their ongoing food festival #FlavoursOfKashmir at Caraway — and like… Read more →