Custodian to a huge repertoire of elusive, regional recipes, the royal family from Sailana is finally serving up the secrets thanks to revival efforts by the Park hotels
By Anoothi Vishal
Unlike France, where culinary maps, strictly-followed recipes and clearly etched-out techniques define the practice of cuisine and, even, say Thailand, where funeral books are strangely popular not in the least because they carry prized family recipes, India has never had a tradition of codifying recipes.
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Beginning-of-the-year food forecasting can get downright absurd. This year, for instance, popcorn has been deemed a big trend, at least in the US, where popcorn patrons are expected to consume buttered, honeyed or otherwise versions in copious quantities, just as another trend anoints customized French fries as the new “It” thing.
Posted in Destinations Tags: Ayurveda, Brave New World, Catfish, Caviar, Charaka, Copious Quantities, Different Seasons, French Fries, Indian Cuisines, Indian Khana, Luxe Restaurant, Mad Rush, Norms, Pop Charts, Popcorn, Restaurant Space, Science Of Life, Seasonal Ingredients, Turmeric, Yin Yang Comments OffUnity in diversity may sound cliched, but it is exactly that defined Indid’s culinary heritage
By Anoothi Vishal
If you happened to be in Hyderabad and decided to go on a biryani crawl—a hopping expedition across restaurants and clubs, big fat wedding dinners (where indeed some of the best is to be had) and small
hole-in-the-wall shops — would you really be able to discern the best biryani of them all?
Posted in Commonwealth, Culture in India, Destinations, Heritage Tags: Biryani, Caste, Commercial Cooks, Concoction, Culinary Heritage, Grain Of Rice, Hole In The Wall, Hyderabad, Indian Cuisines, Local Flavours, Mishmash, Mothers In Law, Mutton, Nation Integration, Persia, Pulao, Slow Flame, Unity In Diversity, Vishal, Wedding Dinners Comments OffGoa’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.
Posted in Destinations Tags: Best Restaurants, Cloth Merchant, Cou, Delhi Restaurant, First Impressions, Ganga, Gk, Goa, Indian Cuisines, Lobo, Masala, Merchant Establishments, Metros, Monsoon Season, Mud Crabs, Prawns, Seaside, Souza, Squids, Sundries Comments OffPunjab Grill by Jiggs Kalra is the best venture yet by the grand old man of north Indian cuisines
By Anoothi Vishal
For years, Jiggs Kalra’s grouse—and joke—with me use d to be “Anoothi, kyon roothi?”. (“Anoothi, why are you upset with me?). It started of after I wrote a piece that he didn’t quite agree with and continued because of the irrestible (for him!) rhyme and also because I would not be seen at most of the usual restaurant launches or festivals, spending my time, instead, cooped up at work, trying to bring out the pages… That, of course, is another story.
Posted in Anoothi's Ratings, Cuisines Tags: Ablutions, Brain Child, Chutney, Citywalk, Food In India, Gentle Sunlight, Grouse, Gurgaon, Indian Cuisines, Irrestible, Jiggs Kalra, Jug, Peppermint, Restaurant Food, Rhyme, Shot Glass, Showmanship, Spending My Time, Tumultuous Career, Vishal Comments OffTamarai, meaning Lotus, is a restaurant that serves South East Asian cuisine in London, run by one of the most reliable hospitality companies in India—Old World Hospitality. The group has several well-known restaurants in New Delhi and its suburbs, including Chor Bizzare that serves up regional Indian cuisines at value-for-money prices, and should be a must-visit for any one seeking an India experience.
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