For the love of food, friendship & wanderlust
You’ve seen it in the movies. The weekend getaway in beautiful wine country. You drink wine all day. You buy a couple of bottles and then go back to your home for the weekend with friends and drink the wine you bought. All while laughing, pretending to notice the subtle differences in the wines, and taking
I had heard so much about the many laneways in Melbourne and when I visited, I wasn’t disappointed. They were quaint and filled with shops and cafes and coffee shops. Some had some awesome street art even. It kinda made me wish that all places, everywhere in the world had these many laneways. So imagine
Disclaimer: I am a snacks person. I love snacks. And most of the time, not the healthy kind. I’ve always wondered what snacks mean to people around the world. So I have set on this mission to emotionally blackmail my friends who are either going home or are travelling to a distant land, to pick
Photo courtesy: Indego by Vineet I don’t go out to eat Indian food that often. When I do, its usually to the neighbourhood joint, something cheap and cheerful. In all honesty, Indian food reminds me of home food. Sure, the country has about 50 different cuisines (more or less?) and yes, mum’s cooking doesn’t cover it
There’s Tex-Mex cuisine. And there’s Mexican fast-food. And then there’s real Mexican food. Or so I’d been told. For the longest time, I didn’t know there was a difference. I just knew that it was all very tasty. But as I made friends that know the cuisine first hand, I’ve learnt that there is in fact, a
Photo: Supplied Imagine a seven year old Namrata with a ponytail and a fringe which I may or may not have cut herself. Standing across the street from the Hyatt Regency in Deira, my father pointed out that the circular bit at the top of the hotel was a “revolving restaurant” – a restaurant that actually moves so that you get a 360°