We have made it a ritual to go for at least one weekday dinner date. The days change . The plan is always impromptu. Yesterday I went to alliance francaise, NYC & then Kalustyan’s. I had planned and had dinner ready too, but after all the walking around just wanted to sit somewhere and tell…
Month: February 2019
In Indian Accent, NYC
In India, we have often thought of visiting #indianaccent in #Newdelhi , but somehow we never got the chance. Now that we are so close to #Newyork we could not let go of this oppurtunity.I got the booking done in advance and reached the venue on time. On my way, I even posted an #Instagram…
Food takes you places – makes new friends
Yesterday I happened to see a post on pork curry on a Calcutta based food platform, unable to resist I commented that it reminded me of the multiple visits to Coorg. The reply from the person who actually posted it said, when you are saying so , it must look authentic. When I initially replied…
4 to 5 hours – to explore NYC (Manhattan)
In week 19 , another memorable experience was meeting Diptarka , and being able to show him around a bit of Manhattan. This little foodie friend was enroute to Sao Paolo with a layover of about 12 hours in New York. When he pinged me from India informing me about his plan , I was…
Be it in Garden City or Garden State, we love hosting friends
At the end of week 19 and having met or hosted about 4 friends from Pune, Bangalore , Kolkata in this part of the world , I feel confident to step out alone . When my friends have a stipulated time to discover New York or have specific things to see or eat , I…
My Friend came to visit NYC , but we went back to Bombay’s
I belong to that group of people , for whom it will always be “Bombay”, “Calcutta”, the old charm , the old names. There is something in those words which are not easy to shrug off. The first time , I saw the name, I remember clicking a pic and sending it to all my…
A snowy evening , an Aussi steakhouse experience to make it memorable (weekly dinner date #2)
When we moved to Secaucus (US) five months back we remember making a resolution of trying all the restaurants in the hood . We tried a few initially and then continuously kept going to New York and hence somewhere lost a track of that resolution. Last week we went to the olive garden and had…
Olive garden – Valentine’s day 2019 finding
In Hindi we have a saying : “बगल में छोरा और शहर में ढिंढोरा” , which means the person or thing you are looking for is right beside you and you are looking for it / him/ her high and low. That’s exactly how I felt after my wonderful experience in #olivegarden #secaucus Most of…
My initiation to Ethiopian cuisine – Meskerem
Last Sunday when asked what would I like to have for lunch – my instant reply was something I never had before , for example – #Ethiopian As I know , till I am here I must try everything which I can’t get back in Ooru and we all know in Bangalore we don’t have…
Living the scenes from #kalhonaho – around Dumbo & Brooklyn Bridge
I am unabashed to say I am a Hindi movie fan . I love movies of Akshay Kumar , Shah Rukh Khan , old movies by Salman Khan etc . There are a few movies which I have probably seen so many times that I know the dialogues by heart. One of these closest to…
Avrils Food Journee 