From Biryani to Thukpa and everything in between: Travelogue of an obsessive foodie – II

31May08

Day 4
I woke up to a Nirupa Roy special on TV – Mothers day special program.
After doing the final round of planning and packing everything we realised our driver has ditched us. Got some other driver but it delayed us by 5-6 hours. We had planned to start early morning but had to start [...]

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From Biryani to Thukpa and everything in between: Travelogue of an obsessive foodie – I

28May08

N.B: Photographs of crucial food items might be missing as I couldn’t resist their temptation and gobbled them in double quick time only to crib later: Shit, where’s the meat?
I will use the words blissful, divine, breathtaking, magnificent and a lot more adjectives at the drop of a hat.

After grappling with my writer’s block for [...]

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Road to Ladakh

09May08

Travelling to Ladakh on a road trip from Delhi.
I’ll be back.

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Never Trust a Skinny Chef

06May08

Sparky’s (Chennai)
# 15, East Spurtank Road, Chetpet,
Chennai 600031
Phone: 42634233 / 34

A recent trip to Chennai again presented an opportunity to explore great food joints. Contrary to what people say or think Chennai’s food joints are very much underrated and in fact are way better than Hyderabad’s in terms of class and variety.
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Sinful Pleasures

01May08

Sinful Pleasures I indulge in…

…among other things

And I like them messy.Yeah

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