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Bloggers Table : Shimmer and Azure, Taj Vivanta Yeshwantpur

A bloggers table at Shimmer and Azure, Taj Vivanta, Yeshwantpur, Bangalore! Sometime ago, Taj Vivanta Yeshwantpur invited some of us bloggers for an evening with cocktails and Mediterranean food at Shimmer and Azure. I was so looking forward to the evening with company like Swaps, Swati, Natasha, Neha, Suma and some more friends who came along and food from Azure, Taj Vivanta. It was a promising evening. We started the evening at Shimmer which true to its name was well shimmery … [Read more...]

Bloggers Table Saffron, Park Plaza

A bloggers table at Saffron, Park Plaza! Interesting menu focusing on North West Frontier food. The Park Plaza, Marathahalli has introduced a menu focusing on North West frontier food. Some of us were invited for a tasting of the menu, so here is a picture essay on what we ate that day. The condiments were served in an earthen tray. The raw papaya relish (which was outstanding), hung curd dip, lemon pickle, coriander chutney with pomegranate seeds and … [Read more...]

Jeunes Chefs Rotisseurs 2013

Jeunes Chefs Rotisseurs 2013 - An interesting National Young Chef competition which was held for the first time in India! Jeunes Chefs Rotisseurs 2013 - The National Young Chef competition was held at Taj Vivanta by the Bangalore Bailliage (chapter) of the La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs the world's premiere gastronomy society. This is the first time this event was being hosted in India. The broad rules were chefs should be below 27 years old with less than 5 years of professional experience. They … [Read more...]

Highway On My Plate at Bak Bak Bar

My amazing experience meeting the awesome Rocky and Mayur from Highway On My Plate at Bak Bak Bar! If there is one food show on Indian TV that I really really like is Highway On My Plate, actually I don't even know whether I can really call it a food show, there is so much more to the show. There is food, there is travel, there is culture and well, of course, there is humor. If you know those guys, you know what I am taking about, and its not just me everyone in my house loves … [Read more...]

Roasted Tomatoes & Basil Pasta

Roasted tomatoes & basil pasta is full of health and deliciousness. That one pot meal you will enjoy anytime! I am a huge fan of one pot meals, O is a huge fan of pasta, N is a huge fan of anything with veggies. Result of that is that pasta makes a regular appearance in our house, I make a lot of kind of pastas but this roasted tomatoes & basil pasta is the favorite of everyone at home. This roasted tomatoes & basil pasta is so basic yet so delicious that its almost … [Read more...]

The Epic Road Trip – Bangalore Delhi Bangalore Drive Tweets

Bangalore Delhi Bangalore Drive - An epic road trip described in Tweets! We did an epic road trip recently (finished it this afternoon). Most of you following me on twitter/FB page are aware of it. This is the compilation of tweets of the trip. Hopefully will do a detailed post(s) later. Tweets are in reverse order though :P too lazy to do otherwise ;) Delhi - Blore Trip : The Upwards Journey. Upwards journey. monika ‏@monikamanchanda Dilli ki khushboo #win#backtoroots monika … [Read more...]

Pan Roasted Chilli Garlic Balsamic Fish

Pan roasted chilli garlic balsamic fish is a delicious starter to any meal! Crispy on the outside and soft of the inside, a delicious fish dish! I had been looking at the recipe Kalyan posted the recipe of Chilli Garlic Balsamic basa and then I saw this lovely technique of cooking meat called Pan Roasting which was begging to be tried ASAP. So I decided to buy sea bass and proceed to make this pan roasted chilli garlic balsamic fish. I did a little changes to Kalyan's recipe … [Read more...]

Prawn Hakka Noodles

Prawn Hakka Noodles combine seafood in the best possible way with noodles! Delicious and so flavorful! I love Hakka noodles and prawns and I combined them to magic by making this yummy prawn hakka noodles. The first time I had eaten prawn hakka noodles was long ago in a small place in Goa. The taste of that still lingers in my mind somewhere. Later, I gave up eating non-veg and forgot all about it. Till I was reminded of it by a friend again. I frantically started … [Read more...]

Broccoli, Red Chilli & Garlic Rice

A vibrant and fantastic one pot meal idea - This broccoli, red chilli & garlic rice is full of flavors and so delicious! If there is a way to eat broccoli, then this broccoli, red chilli & garlic rice is the way to eat it :) There are some food which slowly creep into becoming one’s favourite. Broccoli is one of them, While I was growing up, we used to see it in those fancy shops of Khan market and call it green cauliflower. In a way it is, but then, when I grew up and … [Read more...]