A list of Pondicherry’s best cafés

Pondicherry does one thing better than most places in our country- i.e., their cafés. From French patisseries to boulangeries, you get the best-baked goodies in this erstwhile French colony. Pastry connoisseurs like myself, make our yearly pilgrim to this bustling tourist beach town just to deep dive into their new cafés. Over the years, IContinue

Dhaba Hopping Off Tumkur Road

Quite often we find ourselves taking the highway off Tumkur Road to go for a long drive. Okay, let’s be honest, we take the highway mostly to find some new eats. And although there are far many places to cover, these are some of the places, you can take a stop to fill your tummyContinue

Photowalk through Pondicherry!

When I say there is no place like Pondicherry, I genuinely mean it. With its narrow French named “rues”, the old town and bohemian destination- Auroville, you can find solace in this little town any time of the year. So here’s presenting the real life street glimpses of Pondicherry!

Recipe post: When art meets food!

I don’t normally post recipes here but if its coming from Chef Japvir Vohra of Double Tree Hilton, exceptions are to be rightfully made. 🙂 So here’s presenting, ~Grilled Watermelon and Crab Stick with Avocado Puree~ Ingredients: 500 gm watermelon horizontally cut into half 4 noscrab stick 100 ml lemon juice 15 ml sesame oilContinue

An Eggy Affair

So I skipped breakfast on that particular day and was suddenly craving my regular breakkie staples in the middle of the afternoon. Now there are ofcourse a ton of places that offer eggs on their menu, I was fairly surprised to find a place with only eggs on their menu! The Egg Factory, a tinyContinue

Classic French with a Vietnamese Twist? Tune in to TLC

 Being a through and through TLC addict that made my parents complain eternally when I lived back home, I couldn’t be more ecstatic when I heard that they are presenting a new series with acclaimed Australian-Vietnamese chef Luke Nguyen in LUKE NGUYEN’S FRANCE. Luke is back to continue his culinary adventures – this time, in France.Continue

The Lost Caravan- too nascent or really lost?

With such a hue and cry about this new opening in town, I had to see it for myself what the hype was all about and after a series of pleadings, the Mister and I headed out some 30 km away to The Lost Caravan, a travel themed restaurant for nomads and gourmands. At firstContinue

The diva at Diva Maharashtra

A couple of months ago, I randomly packed my bags and landed in Mumbai. Partly because I didn’t know when I would be seeing my best friend who was moving to Australia next and partly because I was on a food hopping spree and desperately wished that Bombay was still my Bombay. Unfortunately the cityContinue

Stay-cation at Howard Johnson, Bengaluru- Go Happy, Go HoJo!

What started off as a quick casual brunch to try the menu at “Nest” quickly escalated into unfathomable conversations under the sun and an invite to try out a dedicated BONG menu curated just for myself and the mister. Such is the warm hospitable welcome you receive at Howard Johnson, Bengaluru and the Chef- DevContinue

Party In Style with Dlf Foodhall

Dlf Foodhall had invited us to their Party In Style, a unique idea to add gourmet touch to your house party, provided by a personalized chef service. Launched in May 2011 in Mumbai, Foodhall is a premium lifestyle food destination by Future Group. It targets the well-travelled urban Indian consumers who love to experiment withContinue

Suzette Creperie & Cafe- For the Parisien Bohemian in us!

Tucked neatly in the famous lane housing famous eateries in Mumbai’s bohemian hub, Pali Naka, Suzette is a Crêperie that should make it to your “must eat” list while you are visiting the city. While it has a branch in Colaba too, I was hounding up the village and its lanes with a friend whoContinue