The Monk

My dad and I are Indian Chinese food fiends. We could literally eat it every day. Sort of. He might break and want something else every now and then – not me! The cuisine is Chinese food with an Indian twist, that was created when the Chinese community moved to Kolkata (then Calcutta) many an eon ago and started catering to

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Maharaja Bhog

If you want value for money, a thaali is one way to go. It’s like a buffet but only they bring the buffet to your table. You don’t need to get up to get more food and more importantly, you don’t need to keep using new plates (in turn saving the water that would have

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Bateaux Dubai

My husband and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary earlier this month. Before I could blink – boom! Two years. Not sure how quickly these years flew by but maybe its true what they say… time flies when you’re having fun! As always, we wanted a low-key celebration. Just the both of us, a quiet

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Wafi Gourmet

Sigh… I’ve just died and gone to heaven! You’d normally hear me say this as I’m eating a piece of chocolate brownie or a rich creme brûlée (miss you, Momotaro!). In the past couple of years though, my body has started complaining (read the other she said’s post on us not being in our early twenties anymore),

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Zaroob

When I moved back to Dubai from the Pacific North West, there were a few things that were a mission. One, stay cool (I moved here in the middle of August); two, call everyone I knew in this city from before I was living in the states and re-connect (people make a place, after all)

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Creekside

We were told in big bold letters recently – “you sure aren’t in your early twenties anymore“. One late night followed by the inability to “sleep it off” the next morning had us craving a space that would help us get over both, the fact that we weren’t in our early twenties anymore and our

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