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Photofeature: Karam’s BBQ

By Karam Bharij • Aug 11th, 2010 • Category: Columns

A photofeature with photographs of Karam’s BBQ’s and a short narration in his own unique style. It’s BBQ season and we can’t wait to have our annual booze & BBQ party!



Sita Ram Diwan Chand, Paharganj, New Delhi

By Amit Uppal • May 28th, 2010 • Category: Restaurants in Central Delhi, Reviews

Cholle Bhature is something most of us avoid these days, considering the amount of oil in one portion is probably our recommended allowance for the week. If we do have indulge once in a while, perhaps Sita Ram Diwan Chand should be tried next based on Amit Uppal’s raves.



Nihari, Paya and Daulat ki Chaat – A Sunday Brunch to Welcome the Metro

By Siddhartha Singh • Nov 27th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

Do meaty and spicy breakfasts excite you? Are you willing to undergo a little trouble to find the flavors you crave? If so, this article is your roadmap to one of the most satisfying breakfasts I’ve known. Siddhartha gives you his take on a Nihari and Paaya breakfast.



Italia – Truffle & Mushroom Festival

By Sid Khullar • Nov 23rd, 2009 • Category: Restaurants in South Delhi, Reviews

Italia at DLF Promenade Mall is offering patrons a menu that’s centered around mushrooms and truffles. Is it good, bad or ugly? Read on to find out.



Fire, The Park Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi

By Sid Khullar • Jul 4th, 2009 • Category: Restaurants in Central Delhi, Reviews

Fire is the Indian restaurant at the Park Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Rated as the best Indian restaurant by the HT City Eating Out Guide for three years in a row, Fire has a warm and cosy ambience with attentive serving staff and comfortable seating. Read on to learn how it fared.



How to Cook Indian Food – North India

By Sid Khullar • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Columns

Indian food needs a little getting used to, especially the procedures and spices. This article attempts to simplify the basics behind cooking Indian food, lists some of the most commonly used spices and includes three recipes in different degrees of complexity.



Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: The Taste of India

By Sid Khullar • Mar 1st, 2009 • Category: Columns

When the Foodbuzz call came in Feb, I was in the middle of researching tasting menus, in terms of the timing, layout and selection of courses. So that’s what I proposed, a kind of tasting menu, composed entirely of Indian food. Indian food doesn’t traditionally have the concept of courses, so a tasting menu is [...]



Coconut Mutton Curry

By Sid Khullar • Sep 18th, 2008 • Category: Recipes

I don’t usually do very complex recipes, but this is one of them and I’m very happy to say, it turned out well. Blame it on my partial south Indian heritage, but I do crave coconut flavored dishes every now and then. Since I had some time on my hands, I decided to experiment with [...]



Day Four of our Trip to France

By Toni Anne • Jul 8th, 2008 • Category: Columns

We awoke to watery sunshine then went back to sleep.  We dozed for ages, it was so relaxing.  We read and drank coffee then went for a drive at about 3.00pm, by which time it was raining again.  We climbed Mont D’Or where D had been the previous evening but the 56 steps of the [...]