Finally, Indian diners too are serving up organic meals
At the recently-opened “The O Experience” restaurant, bar and lounge in Delhi, it is possible to choose between a “secret, potent, magical, spiced…” Owl’s Mix or a vodka- and-fresh strawberry “Hawk” drink, that supposedly elevates your consciousness.
Here’s my pick in an otherwise most unromantic city. Mail me if you need help setting up something special at a restaurant in Delhi for your date…
Having refused a trip to Khajurao, the land of Kamasutra, this Valentine’s weekend and not having found reservation at my favourite weekend getaway around Delhi, the Westin resort in Sohna (it’s all booked for a V-Day wedding), I am resigned to stay put at home on the weekend.
Delhi’s preparation for the Commonwealth Games may be sorely behind schedule but some projects have got completed. The sprawling, government-owned Ashoka Hotel, occupying prime real estate in Chanakyapuri, was scheduled to get a makeover from its smelly, dingy ways to designer-fitted look and some designers had already been booked to do up each of the rooms.
How to serve up trotters… and the best of eggs…
By Anoothi Vishal
“By the way, Chandra can now cook the perfect paya,” said uncle-in-law, who can be quite the intimidating editor with a fondness for all things food and French. Chandra is his cook, an affable pahari lady who has withstood perfection in the kitchen for almost two decades.
Mixology at LAP Garden
By Anoothi Vishal
Molecular gastronomy may be a trend on the wane in the dining citadels of the West. But in Asia, the craze for Ferran Adriaesque attempts is hardly dying. In fact, in India, it is just beginning to come into its own with places such as Aurus in Mumbai, Olive in New Delhi, and Caperberry in Bangalore doing their bit to have bits of watermelon caviar or “cappuccino” of mushroom on their menus.
Which is Rahul Gandhi's fave restaurant?
India's prime minister-in-waiting, as he is perceived to be, may have been spotted occasionally at Baci, the Italian restaurant in Sundernagar started by the half Italian-half Punjabi Andrea Aftab Pauro. But one of his less obvious favourites has been Chilli Seasonss, a Thai restaurant that had first opened up in the quiet Lodhi Colony 10 years ago and since then moved to Defence Colony. The pad thai there is undoubtedly to die for and the green curry amongst the most flavourful in the city. Want a glimpse of Gandhi digging in? Visit the restaurant at Def Col, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and see photographs of the scion!