Food and Wine

Gadda Da Vida is a beach side restaurant at Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach. It is the perfect place to enjoy some great drinks and starters while watching the sunset.

I’ve wanted to enjoy a meal at Salt Water Cafe since the longest time. But don’t be fooled by the ‘cafe’ in its name. The menu isn’t very exhaustive but it’s varied enough, with a good collection of healthful Italian and European soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers and a few mains and desserts. You could compare it to The Pantry at Kala Ghoda, both in terms of price and choice of items. We went for the tomato lemongrass broth, fresh mozzarella and tomato grilled panini and hot chocolate fondant for dessert.

An invitation for an exclusive luncheon is enough to cheer one’s spirits. But make it an invitation from a Thai restaurant and my spirits are more than cheered. They are positively ecstatic! The humble and utterly likable Richard Dias of Gourmet Renaissance attempted to preside over this lunch party consisting of journalists, food writers and …

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An invitation to the opening ceremony of ‘Cantonese Culinary Route’ at Pondichery Cafe, Sofitel Mumbai BKC reminded me anew why Cantonese is my favourite cuisine. As we all know, ‘Cantonese’ has very little to do with the ‘Chinese’ takeaway food that is so popular in India and abroad. Real Cantonese cuisine that comes from the …

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This graceful woman was only one of several authentic Maharashtrian fixtures at the inaugural dinner of ‘The Great Maratha Warriors Food Festival’ at Sofitel Mumbai BKC. The inauguration was held at Sofitel’s most charming Parisian restaurant, Pondichery Cafe. It was a Friday night and I wrapped up work early in order to make it for …

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Now and then, you come across a place that embodies a sentiment so well, that you wonder if it was that feeling itself that gave birth to the physical beauty. I walked into Jyran, a tandoor restaurant and lounge at Sofitel, Mumbai and I was enveloped by poetry.

It’s not everyday that you receive an invitation for a vegetarian wining and dining experience. Vegetarian food with wine? What’s that? That, is actually a culinary revelation that the chefs at Sofitel decided to unfurl on a languid Friday night. The saga of north Indian delicacies and choice red and white wines from the Loire …

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If Chef Isep Hidayatulloh can make it all the way from Indonesia to Mumbai just so the good people here can partake of the flavours of Indonesia, can’t I travel mere miles to experience the flourish of his culinary brush? Of course I can. Alas, I missed the opening ceremony at Pondichery Cafe, Sofitel BKC …

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They say the way to a man’s heart is through his tummy. Sometimes, so is the way to a new country. Especially when you’re low on finances and find your bank balance trembling at the very thought of pushing that ‘book’ button. This Independence Day, I had the urge to tummy-travel to the country whose …

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