Mumbai, India Royal Oak being the only microbrewery in Navi Mumbai was on my priority go-to list. I finally managed to make it on a weekday night. The place was rather full which was a good sight to see, empty places make me apprehensive! Speaking of the ambience, it felt like a hotchpotch of colored... Continue Reading →
Are you eating Chocolate or vegetable fat ???
Mumbai, India Are you really eating chocolate when you pick up a 10 Rs bar?? Well yes you are indeed eating chocolate but in very small percentage, the rest of it is milk solids, vegetable fat and a lot of sugar. Many more such facts were revealed when I attended a chocolate making class with... Continue Reading →
Golden Age of Travel and Cocktails …..
Mumbai, India It was a brief lesson on the history of air and sea transport as we sipped on some picturesque cocktails at the 022 bar at Hotel Trident, BKC. 022 celebrates ‘The Golden Age of Travel’ through a cocktail promotion which runs this month. It was late 19th and early 20th century and the... Continue Reading →
Restauranthesis: Velkar Farms, Ghodbunder Road
Mumbai, India The ‘dhaba’ concept on once quaint and now buzzing Mira-Bhayander Ghodbunder road stretch has certainly picked up over years. I have been on this stretch quite a few times but never dined here, when an opportunity came I seized it and Velkar farms was first the brand recall, it got etched in my... Continue Reading →
Restauranthesis: Friends Union Joshi Club, Kalbadevi
Mumbai, India This place has been in existence from the pre-independence era and again has a cult following. ‘Friends Union Joshi Club’ quite an unusual name for a thali place, it perhaps speaks of it as a place to congregate for a foodie cause in the times gone by. It was on my list for... Continue Reading →
Restauranthesis: Pandara Road, Bandra
Mumbai, India Named after the one of the most politically affluent locales in Delhi, this place serves Mughlai/Punjabi fare. A small eatery with around 40 seats split between A/C and non/ac sections, with wooden flooring etc they have certainly made an effort to get in a different look but couldn't get too far. We went... Continue Reading →
Restauranthesis: Annapurna, Vasco
Vasco, Goa I have never written about Udipi restaurants as people are happy to experiment with them and they are pretty much standardized in Mumbai however when in Goa finding a good breakfast that too vegetarian can be a challenge and hence I am compelled to speak to about this Udipi called Annapurna in Vasco,... Continue Reading →
Restauranthesis: Pecos Classic , Brigade Road
Bengaluru, India I had never heard of this as a Mumbaikar until a news of it getting funded broke. On this trip to Bengaluru I made it a point to visit before it is run by VCs ;). A friend of mine who has grown up with this, one of the first pubs in Bengaluru... Continue Reading →
Restauranthesis: Vapour, Indira Nagar
Bengaluru, India On a rainy Tuesday evening a few of us decided to meet at the Black Rabbit however since they did not have fresh beers we decided to move to Vapour next door, this was despite resistance from one of the friends. The place is open air and I couldn’t have asked for more... Continue Reading →
Restauranthesis: Drinks on MG, M G Road
Bengaluru, India Drinks On MG which is located at the Church Street end of MG road got on to my radar of places when I witnessed their bartender Alfonso Del Portillo get crowned the best bartender of India at a competition last month. The entrance is bedecked with a Cocktail Shaker; however it is very... Continue Reading →
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