Restaurant Review: Cafe Ludus

The charming casual dining restaurant also serves some fun food Continue reading →

Food Review: Thai Pavilion, Vivanta by Taj, Gurgaon

Thai Pavilion at Vivanta by Taj, Gurgaon NCR is a culinary destination of a restaurant in the heart of the corporate satellite city. Continue reading →

Food-tripping in Germany’s stunning Southwestern province

It is a gloriously sunny, late summer’s evening in Badenweiler, a medieval town in Germany’s Black Forest region. The local marketplace is winding down for the day; and the crowd is thinning out as people make their way home. Local produce, still fresh and glowing, is being stacked neatly in tiny cartons. Traditionally called the … Continue reading →

In the Mix: Fusion Lounge

My take on the new restaurant-cum-lounge bar in South Delhi’s GK 2. Continue reading →

Seafood and Eat It

Can’t tell your scampis from shrimps but love eating seafood? Refer to our definitive guide to crustaceans, molluscs and other produce of the sea. By Anushree Basu-Bhalla Picture this: You’re chairing a business lunch in a bustling Asian restaurant. The menu is a smorgasboard of seafood and fresh catch of the day but you find yourself at … Continue reading →

Restaurant Review: Thirty Nine, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi

Craving for some fun Brit food? Head over to Thrity Nine in Hauz Khas Village that brings back the British dream. In March this year, Thirty Nine joined a clutch of restaurants, cafes and bars in the one-way eat street of Hauz Khas Village in New Delhi. Unlike most other restaurants in the quaint and … Continue reading →

Traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony

  At Hong Kong’s famous Lock Cha tea shop, I enrolled for a tea appreciation class. Here’s a short video on how to pour Chinese tea at a formal tea party. Very elegant!  

Restaurant Review: FINDS in Hong Kong

NORDIC FINDINGS When FINDS opened its doors in 2004, Hong Kong residents, already spoilt for choice with a wide variety of high-end world food, didn’t quite expect what was in store for them. At that time, molecular gastronomy was still a lab theory and multisensory mixology was attempted by a select few. Nordic food was … Continue reading →

Savour the Rains

We cast our eyes skywards, yearning for a cloud to burst and drench the thirsty soil. The monsoon in India is a time of rejoicing and renewal. It is symbolic, significant and central to the country’s culture—much like the Western concept of springtime that finds echo in its music, art, and literature. In India as … Continue reading →

A Must-Have Onion Soup

There’s nothing quite like a good soup. It gives that fuzzy and warm feeling that’s singular to duvets, cold nights and home. I had this robust but homely soup in Stuttgart in Germany. Quite an unlikely place you’d think. Stuttgart symbolizes modern machines, cars, and technological development; far removed from the word ‘homely’.