A brilliant winter morning spent wandering the legendary Albert Cuyp maarkt In hipster Amsterdam never disappoints. it is filled with curiosities, delicious food, and some pretty amazing people and sights. Definitely a a must visit if, like me, you like to ramble around and wander!
Category: travel & food
The Hidden Table
Introducing Pune’s supper club, The HIdden Table by the Hedonist. Starting the season with the inimitable Chef Gaya and her Ground Up 2.0. Think bahn mis and fermented foods, local ingredients with a twist and the most wholly original menu in the city.
Sweet Paris with Patissier Cedric Grolet
Cedric Grolet, Pattisier and an unforgettable experience at his cafe in Paris, l’Opera.
Pondicherry revisited
Six months after my last visit, I wake up one morning and decide I want, no, need, to be back at the Hermit Crab. I want to see those lovely people I met last time, and just spend a quiet weekend in contemplation. To just escape the city. Feel the sea breeze and taste the salty air. I have to go.
The Viennese Cafe
My week in Vienna is spent in never-ending delight. My beloved friend Dani Wadia showed me her city as we walked endlessly among old buildings, royal palaces, cobbled pedestrian streets, and by the blue Danube. Really, Vienna would have been boring and different without this amazing woman, with her penchant for the offbeat, the quirky and the utterly enchanting……There! I have added epic cafes to my list of gardens, bookstores and libraries to skulk around when abroad. ……Try the offbeat when you are in Vienna.
Fishy Pondicherry 4
What is a seaside holiday without the sea? I tried the local seafood and it is as local as can be! And a delicious homemade Pork Kosha I cant stop dreaming of.
Coincidences- Pondicherry 3
I did say my trip here was full of happy coincidences and a lot of serendipity. One totally unexpected coincidence was discovering my old friend from way back in 2007 is my host Arnab’ sibling. I met Gaurav Bose when he was a student at the Film Institute in Pune and we had a long…
Still not Pondicherry (2)
Part 2 of “its NOT Pondicherry!”
An offbeat guide to this little French colonial- Tamilian gem of a place in South India….foodies guide to Pondi!
Not Pondicherry
And now I am here, in unexpected Pondicherry, to rediscover who I truly am.
The Last Crumb, Amsterdam
a charming bakery for high tea and coffee in the middle of Amsterdam is a must visit every time I go there.
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