Culinary Ventures

Samrat

This one has been long time in pipeline! Samrat is in backbay reclamation area near Churchgate. Its not as well known as its cousin Status which sees Nariman point flocking to it for lunch. But trust me its a lot better. Its a medium sized place spread over two floors. One is struck by two [...]


Guru da Dhaba

Most people, particularly non-vegetarians, find vegetarian food boring. Its usually paneer this, paneer that, paneer something else and so on and so forth. But it need not be. I’ll attempt to review two great places for veg food in Mumbai in this and the next post. The first off is Guru da dhaba. Guru da [...]


First Impressions – Juke Box

Juke Box is a small place in Kormangala that we used to frequent during the IIM B days. So when a friend from those days asked to meet up near Forum and was delayed in the traffic, I went looking for it. I was almost sure that this mark of the old Bangalore would be [...]


First Impressions – Moet’s shack

I noticed Moet’s shack in defence colony while on way to dinner to Little Italy last Friday. Returned with another friend the next day. I wanted a quiet place but gave in to the joy of exploration. Shack offers Chinese and sea-food. We went for Chinese not being sure of sea food in Delhi. Again, [...]


First impressions – Flavours

Well to be honest it was not my first time at Flavours which a friend had described as the best Italian fare in Delhi. I was reminded of this place by a close friend when we met after a long time at Bangalore’s Italia (The Park). So, I went back with a sense of nostalgia [...]