Continuing my trend of celebrating some of the prettiest food I’ve eaten, my next post will highlight what I’ve sampled from Mineority by Saby. First, a word about the restaurant. Located in Kalyani Nagar, Pune, Mineority’s decor and theme captures the essence of a mine (which explains the clever wordplay in the name). The dishes are an inventive and often delightfully quirky blend of local and international cuisine. Continue reading
Category Archives: So Much Food
Chef’s Log 77: Urban Wow-ndry
There is a popular aphorism on my planet, which states “Food is consumed in 3 stages: first, by the eyes, then the nose and finally, the mouth.” I can attest to this myself, having researched food and the consumption of it for over 8 decades now. I find that the general appearance and visual aesthetics of meals are often overlooked on this planet. Continue reading
Chef’s Log 71: A Feast in the North East
Visiting a new place is always an exciting proposition, especially when it involves crossing new culinary frontiers. So when I was given the opportunity to visit North East India, I did not hesitate to take it. I was excited to learn that this part of the country is known for doing justice to that most delicious of meat–pork. Continue reading
Chef’s Log 66: Gunpowder, Season(ing) and Pork
As any great food connoisseur would know, it is more than a little challenging to find a restaurant that manages to get every dish on the menu right. Of course, it would be equally challenging to actually sample every dish on the menu, even for me. However, I believe I might have found a restaurant that could potentially live up to the task mentioned above. Its name: Gunpowder. Continue reading
Chef’s Log 60: It’s Getting Draughty
I confess, it took me a while to wrap my head around this thing called ‘beer.’ It confused me. It was fizzy, and most fizzy drinks I had sampled till then were sweet; overwhelmingly so. But not only is beer not sweet, it’s downright bitter! Add to that a strange frothiness, and I was flabbergasted. Continue reading
Chef’s Log 53: The Scrumptious Sunday Soul Sante
Picture this: Sunshine, soulful live music, vendors with charming merchandise, and a stunning array of delicious food to choose from. It all adds up to the perfect Sunday. The Sunday Soul Sante (that usually happens in Bangalore, but came to Pune last week) Continue reading
Chef’s Log 51: Farmer’s Market Madness
What a splendid event the Pune Farmer’s Market is. The choicest options of food, along with artisan goodies such as organic bathing products and pottery. Continue reading
Chef’s Log 47: It’s All Greek to Me
Like others of my race, I too firmly believe that the occasional indulgence is not just a luxury, but a necessity. And what better indulgence is there really, than food? I am slowly discovering that money, like so many other things on this rather depressing planet, is transient- one minute it’s here, the next it’s gone. Continue reading
Chef’s Log 17: The ‘Power’ of a Good ‘Lunch’
It would appear that the humans like to do things in extremes. Soon after my discovery of the inexplicable die-it process, I came across a place which led me to believe that this (increasingly) perplexing race also enjoys partaking in an experience that is quite the opposite- they continually ingest copious amounts of food till they reach a stage where they can barely stand. Continue reading