I was happy with my SQ HNML that I willed to forgive all the hit-and-miss food and service SQ has provided in the past few years.…
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Heavy on jet lag, we took bus no 76 to Shoreditch, walked past the back alley and went into Dishoom restaurant in London.…
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If this is how the Brits interpret Indian food, I am here for it. Chicken Tikka Masala, you got my seal of approval.…
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One of my absolute favourite thing from binge-ing on her podcasts was Nila using "Spicy Sambar" or "Sexy Semiya" as terms of endearment.…
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I can’t think of more soul-nourishing Indian cuisine than the classic thali meal ━ an interchangeable symbol of Indian food culture. Thali meal, the king of Indian food, is usually served as a wedding feast, during festivals and all sorts of celebrations, such as Onam and Diwali. A thali meal means a full plate…
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A scene I have seen in many South Indian movies but never got to experience myself — the true authentic South Indian hotel/eatery food culture.…
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Today, I hosted a belated Diwali celebration and invited Jen, Pri and Aina for an Indian meal and Australian wine.…
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Nair's is an Indian restaurant in Tokyo. Mohan Lal, the Indian actor, once visited it. If it's good enough for him, it's good enough for us.…
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"Yeah, we eat with hand", I shrugged, finally answering my friend's question: "it's pretty normal for us. It's a part of our culture".It's pretty normal for us to eat with hand, it's a part of our culture, it's as normal as you eating with a spoon.…
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One of the very few highlights of going to work was on a very few random days, Uncle Murthi would come and ask us whether we wanted his homemade (made by his wife) fish curry+idiyappam combo. The answer had always been “YES UNCLE!“. I then would spend the next few days dreaming about it…
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