Goa’s well-known shack Souza Lobo comes to Delhi… regrettably
By Anoothi Vishal
No one really mentions Souza Lobo in Goa when you ask them for the best restaurants/shack in this beach heaven. And yet, your trip to Calangute would be incomplete without the ritual of visiting this place —one of the oldest around in Goa.
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Comments OffWhy does Bukhara always top any list of best restaurants from India? Western travelers seem to consistently love it. And I can understand the fact that the food will naturally be appealing to palates that can’t take the spicy flavours of Indian cooking from many regions (and can thus not appreciate the exquisiteness of the Dumpukht brand, for instance, at the same hotel chain ITC).
Posted in Cuisines, Restaurants Tags: Best Restaurants, Brinjals, Frontier Province, Greek Style, Grilled Food, Indian Cooking, Leg Of Lamb, Lethargy, North West Frontier, Notch Quality, Palates, Prime Real Estate, Rs 2, Table Reservations, Tasting Menu, Tikkas, Top Notch, Visiting India, Weekend Rush, Western Travelers Comments OffBefore the financial meltdown when chefs indulged in high-flying nonsense such as edible gold in ice cream sundaes, a risotto of escargots (the most expensive in the world, on a room service menu, where else but in France) would have tickled our fantasies. Now, it just makes us go ugh at the waste of it all.
Posted in C'Wealth Cuisines, Cuisines, Restaurants Tags: Best Restaurants, Buffet Menus, Cold Cuts, Distinctive Traditions, Edible Gold, Financial Meltdown, Hollywood Celebs, Ice Cream Sundaes, Indian Restaurants, Khichdi, Perfect Risotto, Pope John Paul, Porridge, Posh Restaurant, Raw Fish, Restaurant Menus, Room Service Menu, Simple Creations, Wholesome Food, Yardsticks 1 Comment »Recently, the Singapore-based Miele Guide asked me to be part of their jury to vote for Asia’s best restaurants. This is for the second consecutive year that I have been asked to do this, though I must say that I wasn’t to happy about what eventually turned up last year: Not many Indian restaurants were mentioned, the guide was heavily Singapore-centric and amongst the winners, the lone Indian, Bukhara, was as clichéd as cliché can be.
Posted in Restaurants Tags: Best Restaurants, Bukhara, Chettinad, Chinese Street, Comfort Food, Cuisine Restaurants, Garlic Crabs, Indian Judges, Indian Restaurants, Indian Snacks, Rasam, Regional Indian Cuisine, Sagar, Second Consecutive Year, Southern India, Street Style, Subcontinent, Tiffin, Trishna, Variety Of Rice 3 Comments »Bukhara is India’s most famous restaurant, launched by chef Imtiaz Qureshi almost 30 years ago. As a boy in Lucknow, famous for its Mughal culture and etiquette, Qureshi trained as a young boy under his uncle in one of the small kebabs and curry restaurants, found in crowded markets and by the roads.
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