One out of five of us would have been in a fix while browsing through the coffee menu at a Cafe. Mispronouncing Espresso as Expresso and staring at the service staff in vain hoping he would help you with what a Machhiato is, yes, Coffee is definitely more than a Cappucino and our humble but …
Kerala style chicken fry is packed with the flavour of garlic, heat from the chillies and black pepper and of course the fragrance of coconut oil. There is no single authentic recipe to this, there are hundreds of variants with each district and each local shop contributing their own take on this spicy goodness. Pairs …
On Instagram, I have received a lot many questions regarding skincare and haircare. Let me break the bubble, my skin isn’t that clear, I do get zits and my hair does fall. PMS days are the worst, my face just becomes an oil mill and hair-fall reaches its peak, but then there are easy ways …
The trip to Kodaikanal back in October 2019 was how I got introduced to Sree Subbu Mess at Gandhipuram. The weather wasn’t the best at the princess of hills thus we had decided to take a bus back home via Coimbatore. The journey felt never-ending, the vehicle was crowded and we had taken a halt …
It took me a pandemic to realise that I had taken my chai trips for granted and until my chai date with Mudra Keswani urf Super Chatori, Kerala Chaya and Mumbai’s cutting chai were on top of my list. It was on March 3rd that all of us food fanatics from across the country met …
Sundays during my stay at Manipal meant a bus ride to Malpe, binge eating spicy fish fry, kori roti, neer dosa and gulping down toddy. Though far, Mangalorean cuisine always made me feel at home, thanks to the profuse use of coconut and the availability of seafood. It had been 3 years since I left …
The transition from cutlet burgers and egg puffs to packets of biscuits were rather quick in my life. I was moved to live with my grandmother when I was 8 years old and was brought back to the city by the age of 10. My strongest memories of biscuit ‘reviewing’ are from that period. From …
I usually take the morning Janshatabdi from Trivandrum which reaches Kochi by 9.30 am. Hunger at its peak, I get down at the south station and head for breakfast. Bringing shame to my profession and its idea of being open to new tastes and flavours, I always end up choosing from either of these two: …
As I am someone who does not enjoy sweetmeats, it is quite an irony to start off the review series with a piece on a creamery. But that should be enough to prove the worthiness of Paul’s. Before Paul’s Creamery opened its door to the public, I had the lovely opportunity to visit the store …
Kerala has always faced harsh criticism over meat consumption, particularly beef. It is nothing new for us to be put under the limelight for progressive decisions and steps the State had taken in multiple fields, be it education, upliftment of non-binary genders, feminism, communal harmony or even food culture. With the recent animal cruelty incident …
