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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
I managed to extricate Sunanda from the clutches of a set design job only minutes before midnight on Valentine’s day, but that did not stop me from taking her to Kashmir. Driving along the Ahmedabad highway past Dahisar, we were wondering which of the dhabas lining the road were worth stopping when, among village scenes,... Continue Reading →
The Well Fed Bong 