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May 26th, 2010
One of the really good things about summer in India is the availability and profusion of mangoes, which are absolutely delicious at the moment. The story below caught my eye. Usually, all things cricket sell here, but strangely enough a new variety, named after the wildly popular Sachin Tendulkar is not making such a hit as hoped.
I think I shall go and try and track one down, in the interests of fully-rounded blogging. May 17th, 2010
Personally I can’t abide the stuff. It all dates back to my very first visit to India, way back in Januray 1983. Himmat (the very same) made me try panipuri from a stall at Haji Ali in Bombay (as it was then). On a scale of How Sick I Have Been In India, that experience probably ranks as #3 (Orissa and Chhachhrauli are indisputably numbers 1 and 2). Suffice it to say, I haven’t touched panipuri since. I have a daughter who is addicted to panipuri, though, which she buys and eats off the street, always telling me not [...] Click to continue reading Quality control for panipuriwalas April 22nd, 2010
First there was Indian single malt – Amrut Fusion ( see my first khana pina blog). Now we learn there is an English single malt. I am including this story just because I’m English, in case you were wondering what it has to do with India. April 22nd, 2010
I was introduced to a great little restaurant in Hauz Khas today by Pamela Timms, a lady I have only recently met, but know I am going to like a lot. A fellow Brit, Pamela has lived in Delhi a little longer than I have, writes, blogs, speaks Hindi, and is quite alarmingly accomplished. She knows her food, too. We ate very well at “Gunpowder”, a tiny restaurant serving Konkan food, and which is well worth the steep climb up to its little eyrie overlooking the lake. We sat indoors, because of the heat, but it must be lovely [...] Click to continue reading Gunpowder |
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