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Bombay Daak is here

There are many things you look for when it comes to choosing a good dive bar. Fabulous drinks, a space with character, a super playlist and small plates that bring in delicious elements of storytelling. Restaurateur Sagar Neve and Chef Niyati Rao come together to unveil Mumbai’s elevated daaru-chakna bar, Bombay Daak. Food: Quirky and […]

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Desserts turn Shapely

The Raindrop From Bento modak cakes to lachha rabdi or gulab jamun cheesecake to jalebi caviar the sugar darlings this festive season are flooring tastebuds. Aditi Dugar, founder-director, Urban Gourmet India, is raising the bar by bringing out artfully crafted floral jelly cakes in collaboration with Thai pâtissier Chef Dej Kewkacha. The Raindrop a 3D […]

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Celebrity Food

Virgilio Martinez: Seated on a pinnacle

Chef Virgilio Martinez uses the Andes mountains, the Amazon river and rainforests, and the Pacific Ocean as his grocery store. It is simply impossible to separate the chef from the artist when it comes to the Michelin-starred Virgilio Martinez—Peru’s de facto culinary ambassador, whose restaurant Central, in Lima, was judged the ‘World’s Best Restaurant 2023’, […]

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Food

Breakfast or brunch at the new Poetry cafe

Here is a café that puts your mind on vacation amidst the hammering of the rain. Pools of hissing cappuccino, crisp scones cushioned with clotted cream, the nostalgia of nourishing conversations (now going extinct with the screen obsessions, but hola! here, refreshingly, laptops are persona non grata): Poetry by Love & Cheesecake arrives as a charming […]

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Food

Papa’s : Rabbits & Truffles

At Papa’s in Mumbai, break all culinary rules with Chef Hussain Shahzad over a tasting menu

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Decor Food

Sorozai & susegad moments

Tangy, fun and vibrant are the calling cards at Sorozai, the new ‘it’ place in Mumbai