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Eating Out In Alibag
Mayur Bakery. This past weekend, I spent eight hours in Alibag and ate four meals, each of which I would go back for. BREAKFAST One of the best (as well as cleanest and most professionally-run)...
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A Tale Of Thaals: The Mohameds Are Upholding Bohri Traditions On A Platter
The Mohameds at their Iftar party last year. From right: Tasneem Hatimbhai, Khozema Mohamed, Hatim Mohamed, Kehkashan Merchant, Yusuf Merchant. Every Ramadan, Khozema Mohamed’s Muslim and non-Muslim...
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A Thandai Tradition: How My Mum’s Sindhi Cooking Shaped Me As A Food Writer
Puja Bajaj’s hastily jotted recipe for gur papdi acquired from a friend. When my Badi Mummy (dad’s mom) was alive, on Maha Shivratri, we’d make thandai like this: grind elaichi, jeera, saunf, khus...
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Wake Up And Smell The (Single Estate) Coffee
A few months ago, we had coffee from an estate called Kalledevarapura delivered to our home, ground just a couple of days before specifically for our brewing method of choice, the French press. The...
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Why The BMC’s Proposed Ban On MSG Is Another Misdirected Move
The BMC is worried about us getting headaches and cancers. They want to be sure, that if we do get them, it at least won’t be because they didn’t manage our consumption of monosodium glutamate or MSG,...
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Malayalis, Meals And Marol: Why Andheri East Is Mumbai’s Hub Of Kerala Cuisine
A thali at Murali’s. There aren’t many exciting reasons to go to Andheri East. It’s not the hippest of neighbourhoods, and few parts of it are easy on the eye. Unless they live or work there, most...
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Monsoon Bounty: Seasonal Vegetables And Fruits To Eat Right Now
Some of my old favourite bhajiwalas have become favourites because I can walk over to their stalls, gawk at the contents of their baskets, point and say, “What is this?”, and know that they won’t laugh...
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Where Has All The White Corn Gone?
A month ago, after the rains arrived, I received a text from a friend asking me where he can get some bhutta. His wife is pregnant, and at that moment, she had a desperate bhutta craving. He was on a...
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Community Mapping: A Culinary Tour Of Vashi’s State Bhawans
Thali at Odisha Bhawan. Lately, every lunch meeting I have in South Mumbai happens at one of two places on Pitha Street in the Fort district – Hotel Deluxe or Taste of Kerala – both of which, for those...
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Crunch Time: Seven Community-Specific Snacks For The Monsoon
Kethon Mate Kyaw at Burma Burma. A couple of years ago, just as the monsoons rolled around, a senior journalist friend of mine mocked, “As soon as it starts raining, newspapers and food writers will...
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Why We Need A Time-Out From Foodie Culture
What is a foodie? A person who likes to eat? A person who eats a lot? Or someone who talks about food a lot? Maybe a foodie is someone who tries all the new places? Does a foodie have to like...
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To Ghee Or Not To Ghee
When I was a kid, on my grandma’s and my mom’s insistence, we’d make ghee at home. Every day, litres of cow’s milk would arrive at our doorstep at the crack of dawn – squat bottles of thick glass with...
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Sick Of Mumbai’s Restaurant Scene?
“I wish I had your job!” Like most restaurant critics in the city, I am often told this just after I tell somebody what I do. Before they even start their next sentence I’m already guessing how they...
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A Culinary Meander Along Bandra’s Bazaar Road Part II
Making banana chips at Shree Sai Ram Hot Chips. Lourdes Fast Food’s Gilroy Nunes was talking to me about the neighbourhood in the back room of Safe Caterers over mutton mince balls when he suddenly...
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A Culinary Meander Along Bandra’s Bazaar Road Part I
Owner Naeem Jaffer of Jaffson Pickles and Masalas. Waroda Road has had a lot of attention in the last year thanks to its slew of cool new openings. But after a smoothie at Kombava or a schnitzel at...
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How Salli Became An Integral Part Of Parsi Cuisine
Most of the city’s Parsi food-serving Irani restaurants are around Fort, and fried foods and sweets shop Camy Wafers has a sound and solid reputation among them for the quality of their salli, the...
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Exploring Mumbai’s Lesser-Known Late Night Food Haunts
Parathas at Nawab Seekh Corner. Bade Miyan now looks boring, Ayub’s is just average in comparison, and Noorani…well, never mind. In the last week, the places I’ve eaten at, the dishes I have tried, and...
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Sweet Truth: Why It’s A Great Time To Be A Dessert Lover In Mumbai
Fried sweet ravioli at Serafina. You can go a month or more of ordering a different dessert and still not get bored with the options. You only need to scan social media feeds and food listings to know...
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Will Mumbai Street Food Become Hygienic?
Photo: Sohrab Nicholson. Mumbai’s a good city for street food fiends like me. I have a favourite sandwichwala; I’ve been going to the same spots for my pani puri fix for decades; and I’m devoted to the...
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Rajgira Is A Superfood You Should Start Eating Now
In the last month, I have gotten more than a dozen friends hooked onto something they’d never tasted before. They come over for tea and a snack, and the snack turns out to be hot rajgira rotis with...
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