Calorie-burning

Day Two, I went jogging. It sounds horribly exotic to go jogging in Hua Hin specially when I duck it so frequently at home, but I did lace up and start running bright and early. Only to find food within minutes. A hundred yards out of the hotel gates a most odd barbecue cart pulled... Continue Reading →

Avoiding Indian Food

I'm not being anti-national, just trying to avoid makemytrip feed me desikhana in Thailand. So far, I've managed multiple exotic fruits, barbecued pork, curried oysters, something resembling a jackfruit idli, a couple of nut variants and a steamed rice-coconut pudding. Our saviour was a rest stop on the long journey from Bangkok to Hua Hin... Continue Reading →

Bangalore Lunch

After Koshy’s retro cool breakfast, I found myself in Koramangla at lunch. Of all the food choices available in Bangalore, the one thing you cannot get in Mumbai is Andhra, so I figured that would be a good bet. Someone told me there was a Nagarjuna in Koramangla, but that proved a fruitless exercise. Burrp... Continue Reading →

Bangalore Breakfast

Early in the morning today, I stepped out of the swank Bangalore Airport. Rubbing wakedness into my bleary eyes and speculating on breakfast choices, I narrowed down to a Bangalore institution - Koshy's. Everyone (including many who have never been there) will confirm that Koshy's is an institution - it has been in existence for... Continue Reading →

Back in Bongland

Work brings me back to Kolkata and there isn’t enough time for a full-fledged food wandering but a man  still has to eat. Luckily, the streets of Kolkata are not without options. The first stop was jhalmuri, and I must say things have become much fancier than I am used to. Every vendor had a... Continue Reading →

Simbly South

Matunga is home to the Tamilians, but for Kerala one must head to Fort. A clutch of Kerala restaurants between Fort House and Citibank have lurked in my consciousness for years. If you were up really early and yearned for  odd tubular mallu idlies called puttu, Fountain Plaza was your best bet (usually the follow-up... Continue Reading →

Cycle Tales

Last Sunday’s ride was a series of mishaps. Two punctures caused me to walk as much as I cycled, and a stolen tail light left me more than a little miffed. On the plus side, however, I explored a new place – The Table – freshly opened for lunch right next to a Moshe and... Continue Reading →

Two Meats and a Vegetable

Anjali, down from London for a day, had a simple (practically one word) request – galauti. Since we were already at Phoenix, there seemed no excuse to avoid the temptations of Punjab Grill. As Indian food of any kind goes, this is my top choice in Mumbai. Indian Harvest held my favour for a while,... Continue Reading →

Urbanity

Sometimes, its just enough to come across a nice lunch. Work lunches tend to canteen food (dull) or quiet fancy restaurants (usually the same ones over and over) or mall food (more fast than food) so its nice when a working lunch turns out to be just nice. This one was an old favourite that... Continue Reading →

Busaba heads North

Busaba has been open in Lower Parel for a while now, which is rather convenient for me as a lunch I can walk to. Worthy of note, in particular, is their set lunch menu -a starter, a salad, a main course and a dessert of the day to be chosen from a small menu at... Continue Reading →

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