I'm definitely becoming popular. I stand before you now as the vehicle of a very creative promotional attempt – one of my posts has an obvious, if creatively targeted, spam. Its made to look like a genuine comment by a person in response to my blog on Chennai biriyanis – but it's obviously fake. It... Continue Reading →
Instant Karma
Today, I woke up lazy and made myself some Maggi, and it brought back memories. Like many of my generation, Maggi used to be vital to sustenance. In school, it was an after-school snack, in college one of the only edible things on the canteen menu. We we first started working, Maggi was still a... Continue Reading →
Bitter Memories
Yesterday, Vicky Ratnani of the very posh Aurus was on TV stuffing karelas. A recent post of mine about karela in Kerala had people doubting my taste in taste but here a five star chef was happily stuffing the very same thing on national television.With imported cheese too! Which got me thinking... Human tastebuds have... Continue Reading →
Avoiding Indian II
I’m at an exotic destination with excellent local food again, and Indian food is again being avoided. This time, however, I’m not doing the avoiding by choice. Sitting in beautiful Kovalam, surrounded by sea and seafood, spices and foodloving nairs I’m stuck consuming thai salad, green curry and exotic vegetables for lunch. Even the desserts... Continue Reading →
50 Fifty
The 50 best restaurants in the world have been named again by Restaurant Magazine. I haven’t blogged about this list in a while (since 2005, in fact) but lists are like motichoor laddos – I can’t resist them. In what seems a significant irony the list this time is sponsored by the very antithesis... Continue Reading →
Random Bites
Bits and pieces of food experience have been accumulating, not enough to carve a post out of, but enough to cobble together into a potluck. The first was my visit to Chennai, where a last minute google search found me a late late lunch at Ponnusamy, just a short deviation off the straight line between... Continue Reading →
Not made in china
A few days ago, while wading through a reliably satisfying meal at one of the many Mainland Chinas of Mumbai, I was asked The Question again. No doubt you have asked this many times yourselves, in your head or to your friends or the occasional visitor from the real mainland of China - how different... Continue Reading →
More foodwriting
Food blogs are gaining some prominence. In the last few days, two people have posted on my blog, one offering to send me Danone yoghurt to taste and write about, and another a missive from Sweden on food products planning to enter the Indian market. Which brings me to an interesting thought - Busybee and... Continue Reading →
Still More Food for the Eyes
I wrote earlier about food photography, but I was quite unprepared for Hong Kong. The night markets and the profusion of eateries there turned out to be a parade of food photos like no other. Chinese eateries are known for their long menus but plastering every square inch of the walls with food shots gives... Continue Reading →
Spit and Polish
My blog now has a new look, which makes me seem more productive, given that I'm down to one post per quarter...
The Well Fed Bong 