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…
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 