SODABOTTLEOPERNERWALA: KEEPING THE BAWA BHONU (Food) FLAG FLYING

For most of my life I have been identified by as a ‘bawi’ – my mother is a Parsi, and I have been told I have a few of the Parsi features (my… Continue reading →

TYPHOON SHELTER: TOOK ME BY STORM (clichéd I know.. but couldn’t help it)

I simply fell in love with the name. Typhoon Shelter. Since the name intrigued me enough – here is the back story – there is an area in Hong Kong called Causeway Bay… Continue reading →

212 All Good: Perfectly Good and Healthy

A friend in Bombay always seems to suggest restaurants whose food I pretty much enjoy – she of course has done a recce of the place and only if it passes her standards… Continue reading →

THIRD EYE CAFÉ: BRILLIANT INITIATIVE THAT NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT

Being away from home (Bombay) has made me crave Indian news even more. I need to know what’s going on, especially in Bombay and that is when I came across an article in… Continue reading →

FOOD TRAVELS: BOMBAY

Bombay is a city that gives me more reasons to fall in love with it (if that is even possible!) every time I visit. Growing up I was very fussy about food (my… Continue reading →

CHEF TALK: FIRE IT UP! with CHEF KELVIN CHEUNG

I wanted to meet the Chef of Bastian – the soon to open seafood restaurant in Bandra. I thought it would be nice to get a first peak, but a leading fashion magazine… Continue reading →

PA PA YA: PA PA VASOOL

When I stepped out of the protective walls of boarding school to enter junior college in Bombay, little did I know that three girls – Swati, Purvi and Shaheen – would befriend me,… Continue reading →

MAMAGOTO: NEEDS A REVISIT!

Everyone deserves friends with who you can just be you, say what you want, laugh aplenty and basically chalk out another fantastic memory for you to be nostalgic about. I am very fortunate… Continue reading →

AMADEUS: MUSIC TO MY TASTE BUDS

Scenario: Trying out shoes as one does in a shoe shop when on holiday, you look up to see someone do a double take when they see you – in a nice way… Continue reading →

THE PANTRY CAFÉ: A LITTLE OF PARIS IN BOMBAY

This city has a knack of making me continuously discover and fall in love with it all over again! Any guesses which city? BOMBAY! By-lanes I visited as a kid are now strewn… Continue reading →