Food and Drink

Food and Drink

These Are The 10 Best Indian Restaurants in Dubai

These Are The 10 Best Indian Restaurants in Dubai

On a trip to Dubai and on a lookout for your desi khana? We love all kinds of food, but we cannot simply live without a little tadka, a pinch of garam masala and a dash of laal mirchi, right! Here’s our list of the 10 best Indian restaurants in Dubai. Take your pick and(…)

World’s Best Places for Foodies

World’s Best Places for Foodies

There is no sincere love than the love for food. If you think along the same lines, then you my friend are a foodie. You just have to find the right place to satisfy your cravings! Here’s a food guide of some of the best cities across the world which just can’t be missed: 1. Mexico(…)

Chocolate Love in Ooty

Chocolate Love in Ooty

The ‘queen of the hills’, once upon a time favoured shooting spot, a quick weekend getaway for the Southies, a big deal for the Northies; the mist at your feet, the clean mountain air, no plastic bags, and those lovely little bakeries that dish out the best stuff. Strangely, they are not really used by(…)

All for Chocolate

All for Chocolate

Switzerland does not have a tropical climate, what it does have are conditions completely in conducive for the growth of cocoa. Neither did the Swiss ever have any colonies in the cocoa capitals of Africa or South America. They have no ethnic connection whatsoever with the Aztecs or the Mayans, who were the first to(…)

Kopi Luwak – not your regular Cuppa !

Kopi Luwak – not your regular Cuppa !

Once upon a time, in the early eighteenth century, the islands that comprise modern Indonesia were referred to as the Dutch East Indies (yes, because they were being colonized by the Dutch during that time). They went on to establish coffee plantations on the islands. Unlike Java and Sumatra, however, it is widely argued that(…)

Nursing a Sweet Tooth in Goa

Nursing a Sweet Tooth in Goa

Bibinca, Godshe, Patoleo, Bolinhas…..sound strange enough. Combine any two of them together, say ‘Patoleo Bibinca!’ or “Godshe Bolihas!’ and you’ve got yourself a very Harry Potter sounding curse/incantation. Well, it couldn’t be any farther than what I’m talking about. Why, Goan desserts, of course! They’re not as popular as say the vindaloo or the seafood,(…)

100% Australian

100% Australian

The Australians are a distinctly different lot; what with celebrating Christmas in the summer and all, they are bound to be. Australia holiday packages are quite popular in India; and a large number of students head to the land down under for higher education. Like most of the world, Australia too was a British colony(…)

Chai vs. Chai in Srinagar

Srinagar tourism’s most popular postcard picture is that of the lake and the houseboats on it. Like the rest of the valley, it too is an almost flawless view of paradise. As you’re doing the rounds of all the places to visit in Srinagar, you’ll notice that tea is everywhere; it is a way of(…)

Tashkent Food Culture

Tashkent Food Culture

In recent times, Tashkent tourism has acquired a negative tinge with its wild nightlife and sex tourism, especially with visitors from the subcontinent. But very few visitors have access to the deep rooted Uzbek culture that the natives adhere to. Eating out in Tashkent is paradise for the palette, even better if u can manage(…)

Ladakh Butter Tea

Ladakh Butter Tea

Home to the world’s most ancient, undisturbed Buddhist populations, the natives of Ladakh are a tribe indigenous to the mighty mountains that surround them. They have been untouched by the cultural influences that have ravaged the rest of the subcontinent by the sheer might of geography; the Mughals and the British Raj, although the current(…)

Drinking through Everest Country

Alcohol is a part of the cultural identity of a nation. Not so much the type or potency as the actual process of how it’s consumed and how much it influences society. Alcohol brings society together; yes, it also breaks families and causes a whole big mess, but when it’s done right, it’s almost the(…)

Oldschool “tiffin” in avant-garde Bengaluru

Oldschool “tiffin” in avant-garde Bengaluru

It’s one of those places that has defined the word tiffin, helped the non-South Indian understand that tiffin has nothing to do with a tiffin box. It’s more than just eating out in Bangalore, it’s been elevated to one of those “absolutely must” things to do in Bangalore. A lot of us might not be(…)