VASAI LOCAL: KOLIWADA SEAFOOD

On a Saturday morning, the friend’s WhatsApp group buzzed with a link on Zomato to Vasai Local, a small recently opened (April 2019) restaurant in Karama. A friend had seen photos of the… Continue reading →

MOHALLA: THE NEW INDIAN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

It was time to make a decision after an impromptu lunch date with a friend of mine. She lives at one end of Dubai and I at the other – so we needed… Continue reading →

ASIAN5: MUST REPEAT

I love Asian food! Somehow Asian5 slipped into my instafeed as fellow bloggers shared their amazing food photos and it was a restaurant that I knew I wanted to visit. Time and again,… Continue reading →

BAYROUTE: A TRIP THOUGH THE MIDDLE EAST

I have always stayed away from Middle Eastern food (will call it generically Arabic just to simplify my life) when I visit Bombay as it is a cuisine I often indulge in in… Continue reading →

FLEA BAZAAR CAFÉ: CONTEMPORARY FOOD COURT

When its time to catch up with friends in Bombay, I always have one criterion. I need to eat at a place I haven’t dined before. Flea Bazaar Café has been around for… Continue reading →

AMERICANO: THE ITALIAN JOB IN MUMBAI

On one of my previous visits to Bombay, a friend had highly recommended we dine at The Table in Colaba and I wasn’t disappointed. Ever since, I have tracked (more like stalked) Chef… Continue reading →

CHEF TALK: FIRE IT UP! with AJIT ATHALE

This is Chef Ajit’s first official interview and I am sure at some point in the future, I will look back and say – he spoke with me first! Inspired by his father… Continue reading →

Streetery Food Hall by Zen

Years ago, when I lived in Business Bay – in the days where there weren’t proper roads and the skyline had not yet risen – there were very few order-in food options who… Continue reading →

OPA: A SMASHIN’ HIT

It had to be special. It was after all my husband’s birthday. So while looking for where I could take him out to dinner I came across photos of OPA which had recently… Continue reading →

CHEF TALK: FIRE IT UP! with AUNG KO KO OO

Chef Aung has fed me multiple times without me ever knowing it. Right from when he first stepped foot in Dubai in 2009 with Mango Tree and right through his culinary journey at… Continue reading →