Sunday 25 December 2016

The Filter Kaapi @ Indian Coffee House, New Delhi ; Meet the Old Dilli Charm #RestaurantReview

A coffee, the old times and endless hours of solace..


After visiting the Indian coffee House in church Street Bangalore, it was impossible to stop me from going there multiple times. The evenings almost consisted of taking up multiple coffees one by one and reading book while sitting in the corner of that time traveled room.

Friday 23 December 2016

Chocolate Pizza by Dominos ~ A treat to chocolate lovers! #Review


A little of pizza, a lot of chocolate - lets make them one!


By now dominos is synonymous to pizza! Pizza that we love from all our heart and absolutely don’t want to share!

Saturday 10 December 2016

An evening @ Prithvi Cafe : A slice of Cinema & Mumbaiya Food

An evening to sip good tea, watch the plays and top it up with the tranquility of time! Prithvi Café in Juhu, Mumbai is a slice of Mumbai served in a café!


How often do you wish to come across all the things you love under one single roof? Well when we talk of Mumbai and food nothing can match well like cinemas and when it is all under one roof, why should we go somewhere else? Prithvi Café adjacent to Prithvi Theathre is the most dramatically inclined, oasis-like place which is covered with a warmth and essence of Mumbai which shall not be missed!

Sunday 16 October 2016

Coffee & Pizza date! @ The Coffee Shop, Saket!


What is more mighty than sipping your coffee…?? Watching your coffee brew!

Indeed it was those evenings when the caffeine fix for the day had not taken place and it was time for me to start being over-dramatic when we reached “THE COFFEE SHOP”!!

Thursday 13 October 2016

My love for Chai! | Chai Biscuit | #TeaTalks

What is life without a cup of tea and two biscuits!

Indeed the best friends are the ones which handle the temper of each other and bring in the best of moments when together.

Friday 7 October 2016

The divine flavours of Exalte Tea! #TeaTalks #TeaWeek


Evening.. book.. music on the background… and a cup of hot tea sitting right next to you… times to cherish!

Tea has been a part of our lives and specially our evening in a way that we have a friend. For each of the thought, the book we read or listen to music; when it’s a cup of tea in our hands – things fall in place!

Monday 26 September 2016

Lemon Splash tea from Chamong Tea! Reviewed!! #TEATALKS


We cannot deny on the health benefits we get from the consumption of green tea or any form of liquor tea. All the flavours that come with it, in some way benefits us with the extracts common in them! While some people opt for just the plain and simple green tea loose leafs and tea bags for their daily dose of green tea, others like to explore.

Sunday 25 September 2016

Indigo Masala Chai anyone! Instant Premix tea from Girnar for those lazy times #TeaTalks


The candy floss cloud through the window... and Masala Chai in hand... elixir of life!

If you have ever boarded an Indigo flight you must have tasted the Masala Tea that is famous in their flights.

Saturday 24 September 2016

Green tea in India - Typhoo Tea #TeaTalks


Second day of the Tea Talks and I cannot stop from sharing the excitement I have for the upcoming posts too! Talking about tea is indeed a pleasure of getting indulged into something that I have been deeply associated with!

Friday 23 September 2016

Chaiwallas and the love for tea! #TeaTalks #Day1


Wooden benches.. an old stove and a pan full of thoughts brewing.. That is chai for me when I am around a chai wallah!


Here is me back with a little thrill this time! Welcoming you all to a week long tea talks journey which is a reflection of my love for tea and the tea culture that India breathes.  

Wednesday 7 September 2016

The new Ready-to-drink Nescafe Chilled Latte - Hazelnut - Intense Cafe #Review #NewLaunch


Everything gets better with coffee…


Coffee love is undeniably the strongest when it comes to find a companion who can sit right next to you when you are reading a book on a lazy evening or just looking at the rain outside.

Sunday 4 September 2016

Siliguri Cake Stories! #TheCakeSisters - A Must Try!


Sweet delights and untold stories have more to it than just taste…
Dark chocolate cake (Ignore the 'Bee' part its the snapchat fever!)

I am a chocolate lover and when it comes to indulging in cakes.. I am spoilt for choice! Given the foodie and choco-lover I am, I am not laid behind in finding new ways to satisfy my chocolate craving for different kinds of sweet delights and specially chocolates and cakes..

Friday 2 September 2016

Forking Maggi Peri-Peri from Maggi Hotheads #NewLaunch #MaggiMarathon


“Paanch rupaye ka maggi laana.. paanch rupaye ka Maggi Khaana..
Subah dopahar sham ko khaana.. Maggi Maggi Maggi!”


But unfortunately its not available at Rs. 5 anymore. But Maggi surely knows how to keep the love going by introducing new flavours! Yes indeed while walking at the departmental store the other day I found this new pack of “Maggi Peri-Peri” and like any other Maggi lover – I got exicted to try it at the earliest!

Wednesday 31 August 2016

The Violet Box - The Period Pamper for you! I loved it! #Lifestyle


Who doesn’t like to get pampered, but with periods accompanying us girls for almost a week each month, we deserve a little more pampering than others and that is why there is a Violet Box!


Periods are the most unwelcome and unwanted part of women’s life yet very important! You don’t want it to be there, you don’t want it to be missed to! ( Haha!) As much as I would want to talk about it, the thought of tackling with it again scares me a little.

Tuesday 23 August 2016

A simple Pizza can make your day! #Recipe #MoozFormaggio


A lot of pizza slices and a little of love!



Pizza is undoubtedly the most fever-ish rage upon us! Pizza is motivation and reason for staying unfit too! Pizza is a daily craving and a party need! Pizza is a craving and love! Pizza is bae! When we are so obsessed with pizza it injustice to not have pizza made at home!

Monday 22 August 2016

Dhaniya Panjiri for Janmashtami Bhog #Recipe


Its Janmashtami time again and we all are pretty ready with our own way of celebrating Lord Krishna’s birthday or as you may call it Krishna Janm. Janmashtami is observed as a pious day in our life because it is the day when Lord Krishna was born. We make preparations for a lot of dishes and decirations and the prime food offered to Krishna on his birthday is Panjiri.

Panjiri is a sweet dish often referred to as a dessert too. It is made in many variants of wheat flour, semolina, Methi panjiri etc. but the prime ingredient used in the one offered to Lord Krishna is Dhaniya Panjiri. The texture of the dish is like flowing sand but the presence of ghee and a lot of dry fruits keeps it moist and soft for eating. It is not too sweet and so one of the most enjoyed prasads in Janmashtami!

Panjiri is a very rich and healthy dessert perfect for anyone! It just takes a few minutes 
to prepare but the ingredients have to be kept handy. Make sure you bring the best kind of herbal gums which we generally associate with goond ke ladoo. So ‘Goond’ has to be of fine quality for the dish to be really great!

Ingredients

Dhaniya or Coriander powder – 100 grams
Pure Ghee – 4 tbsp
Goond or herbal gums (Sundried) – a handful
Dried coconut (grated) – 50 grams
Almonds and cashews (grated) – 2 tbsp
Powdered Sugar – 2 tbsp

Method

  1. Take the pure ghee in a deep pan and start cooking the dhaniya powder in it. Don’t let the flame to be too high and cook until you get a sweet smell of semi cooked dhaniya powder. Set aside and let it cool for a few minutes.
  2. Take another kadhai and fry the herbal gums or goond in ghee until they pop like popcorns. They will turn light in colour and almost look like popcorns. Crispy and hard! Strain and cool.
  3. Now take all the ingredients in one corner and start mixing them in the quantities mentioned above.
  4. Any ingredient can be taken in excess for want of taste. But mixing of them in this proportion will give you a mildly sweet taste of the rich dry fruits and cooked dhaniya to the optimum.
  5. Yes your Prasad is ready to offer and relish!


Panjiri is easy to customize and more of ingredients can be added or deleted in want of your taste. Let me know what variations did you try!

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Wednesday 17 August 2016

Chocolate love at my first visit to Theobroma; Its a love tale!

All a die hard chocolate lover needs is a little of baked love...


It had been years that I had read an article on Femina about Chef Kainaz Messman and her journey of chocolate loving and baking which led her to open her own first boutique patisserie named Theobroma!

Wednesday 10 August 2016

Chilly Tofu Recipe using Tofu from Mooz Formaggio ; #ProductReview


Hello people! I hope you are doing good and loving the food culture as much as I do. If you have been following me you would know that Mooz Formaggio had sent me a big sample to test, try and let the world know the quality and taste of their products.


I truly have been into trying my recipes using the samples they sent me over.
So yes I tried the Chilli Tofu recipe using the Mooz Plain Tofu because Tofu is one such ingredient which did not impress me much and I thought of putting it under my knife first! And it did not disappoint me!

Monday 8 August 2016

Burger Pizza ~ The new addition by Dominos! Nay! #FoodReview



My love for Dominos pizza is incomparable! My known crowd has been always divided into two kinds of people: One who absolutely hates Dominos and the others who heart them! Well I heart it!

Friday 5 August 2016

Mooz Formaggio Cheese Hamper! #Product



Being treated with healthy delights is indeed special because you love the gifts as well as the health benefits associated with them. And so Mooz Formaggio sent me a big goodie full of milk and cheese products which were an absolute delight to receive.

Wednesday 3 August 2016

Chilli Guava ~ The punch from Paperboat Drinks! #ILoveIt


Come summers or monsoons and we all run towards having the perfect summer experience through varied cold drinks, fruit juices, golas and ice-creams. But little do we come across taste which reminds us of our childhood days and makes us wish to go back to those summer holidays we so dearly enjoyed each year. Well, Paperboat drinks thrives to achieve that taste and give you childhood jitters.

Saturday 30 July 2016

#NationalLipstickDay : My Lippie Tale !! #LifeStyle

What is life without a little colour?

And when it is #NationalLipstickDay all the shades of Pink drama, Majestic Maroons and rebellious Red keep booming into our minds!

I just cannot help myself fathom about the Lippie Love without letting out how i feel about my bunch of lovelies!!



Thank You Lipsticks!!

For being a constant companion

For the moments i needed to feel bold and fierce

Wednesday 27 July 2016

Monday 25 July 2016

Dinner order from Box8 ; #RestaurantReview


Mondays are certainly subjected to hate! The rush and work, the Sunday feel still not out of your mind and you are forced to work till you drop your head. After all that has been going throughout the day, all you need is go home have a sumptuous meal and buzz off!

Friday 22 July 2016

Ice-cream Sandwich - My Childhood Love! #FoodTalk


Ice-cream love is never too young nor too old. We all regardless of the age, gender and place love to dig into different sort of icecreams. And when it is summers, the craving just reaches another level of awesomeness.

Wednesday 20 July 2016

Black Pav Bhaji @ Maruti Pav Bhaji #RestaurantReview


Pav Bhaji ~ God’s own food!


One simply cannot miss out on Pav Bhaji once they are in Mumbai. Every traveler when in Mumbai at least once “googles” about the famous Pav Bhaji joints in Mumbai and tries to catch up on at least one! Ours was the same case too!

Monday 18 July 2016

#ProductReview Doritos Nachos for the Indian Nachos Lovers!


Nachos love is the new love! I am saying this because not only we the people but brands have gone crazy into bringing new flavors of nachos to us every time. And recently with the Doritos launching its ever so famous Doritos Nachos in India, Nachos love got personified.

Friday 15 July 2016

Thursday 14 July 2016

Smokin' Joe's Pizza - Not that great! ~ #RestaurantReview


PIZAAAAA!! Anything more tempting than a pizza story? Not in my life yet! But with Smokin’ Joe's it was a different case altogether. I am a pizza fan and greatly so a Domino’s fan too. Most of my pizzeria is solved with ordering the Herbs pizza from dominos or just some classic hand tossed pizza with loads of mushrooms again from dominos.

Monday 11 July 2016

Mumbai ki Gola Chuski - My Plate Review



Pick it up, slurp, slurp, slurp! … and let the world be!

Gola or chuski or Jhande wala icecream as I so fondly called is an inherited part of Mumbai and is known for its unique flavor and style. Being running as a street side ice-cream since ages now, it has brought craze not only for the Mumbaikars but also for the whole of India.

Friday 8 July 2016

#Recipe : Wafers with cheese dip ~ Simple gourmet at home!


Hello! I think by now we are friends right? The journey that I have been trying to take you in has made a few impacts on people and I am happy to be having them. I wish to continue crazy indulgences as it fulfills my soul and share it with you for your added experiences too.

Tuesday 5 July 2016

K Rustom's ice-creams an age old legacy; Mumbai's Must!!


Up for some ice-cream kind of love??..

Mumbai is indeed a dream city and I found myself building castles too while hustling through the Mumbai streets. The fast paced mumbaiya life, the rush and tensions and then the sea shore to calm you down. All makes up for a nice treat only until you are not ready to make equations with the heat. No matter how much Mumbaikars bash about the Mumbai rains if there is one thing I hated about Mumbai, it was the heat and the endless sweating I went through.

Tuesday 28 June 2016

Product review: Patanjali Fruit Juices


Patanjali, the Ayurvedic Indian brand created by Baba Ramdev who is the pioneer in re-establishing the importance of Yoga in India, is almost everywhere and is giving a tough competition to Indian as well as International brands. One of the fastest growing FMCG companies which have its label ‘Made in Bharat’ is a household name.

Friday 24 June 2016

Momos #ILoveAwesome


I am a momo fan, i find it wherever i can!

Wandering around Janpath, the other thing that excited me apart from the shopping and sipping of coffee were the momos there. The regular rush and a storm of people standing outside a counter, made me peep in and watch what was going on.

Tuesday 7 June 2016

De Pauls ki coffee! At Janpath, New Delhi


Rarely do we come across places that we want to visit again and again, not because of the aura or interior but because of the quality of food they offer. De paul’s happened to be one such place. On a usual Delhi evening, my friend took me for a short trip around Janpath.

Wednesday 25 May 2016

#RestaurantReview : Pav Bhaji at Choudhary's


I am where the food is! And no matter if it’s a city or town, if someone sells good quality food that makes me lick my finger, I am there! Well one such place is this Veg Bite Choudhary Pav Bhaji, at my hometown in Siliguri.

Monday 23 May 2016

Product Review : Hajmola Yoodley Drinks~ A summer gift from Hajmola!




Recently I got my hands on the newly launched Yoodley drinks from the house of Hajmola. Arent they looking pretty with those bright coloured pocket style bottles with quirky emojis? i loved the look!

Wednesday 18 May 2016

The CrunchBox Review! Love in a box!!



Pick a few – open your mouth – Throw – Pop – And Crunch! That is how we do it right? Watching movie in a theatre or just talking on phone at night, hosting a girls night IN , or have a house party; we all love to munch on popcorns!

Friday 13 May 2016

Piro Aloo for the Spicier hill rides!



I remember when I was in school, I used to love eating food from canteen. And being from West Bengal, most of the canteens in our areas used to have this Momos and piro aloo in their menu.

Wednesday 11 May 2016

Bread Pulao ~ an easy evening snack ; Recipe


Daily cravings? Well I have most of the things sorted for you. You don’t have to run here and there to find ingredients and open fridge again and again to just see if something magically appears!

Saturday 7 May 2016

Momos @ Sharmaji! #RestaurantReview


Momos are a delight! Almost the whole of india is now obsessed with dimsums or what we so fondly call as momos. The tiny pieces of stuffed veggies that burst into your mouth with flavors and the right amount of spice, they are both healthy and tasty.

Wednesday 4 May 2016

I love Aamras!! ~ Summer Delights


Its Mango season officially and who in the world is not excited about it?? As soon as we grab a piece of the the Oh-So-Delicious season delight, we fall in love with our childhood again!

Monday 2 May 2016

Aloo-bread chop - make at home! #Recipe


Everyday snacking gets on nerves sometimes and we don’t feel like cooking much. Also sometimes unavailability of some veggies leaves us with not much of options. One such situational solution is when we use potatoes to make various dishes, as potatoes goes with everything we cook.

Friday 29 April 2016

Rabri Falooda @ Giani's Di Hatti is love!


Scorching heat and a glass full of chilled falooda.. divine!



Old delhi has its own charm! No matter the rush and the constant pulling and strutting of rickshaws and autos. We love Old Delhi or lets just call it Puraani Dilli, because I love it thay way! So yes, since from the earlier you must have already known that I am a die-hard delhi food fan, also my food love revolves around Puraani Dilli.

Thursday 28 April 2016

Sugar Coated Dried Fruits ~ Try this!

Who wouldn't like to eat the fruits that are not in season yet taste really good! Well, the sugar coated dried fruits are the perfect solution that we have now a days.

Monday 25 April 2016

Rice In a Cooker ~ Maa's Recipe

When I was a kid, and had my exams on, Maa didn’t used to get much time for cooking. After all looking after my studies and packing my bag, getting me ready took a lot of her time. So she used to make rice in a cooker with the veggies and a little masalas with it.

Saturday 23 April 2016

Sip Chai @ Chaayos ! #RestaurantReview


Every tea lover experiments with his/her chai when they walk out of their houses. Be it the Chaiwallas or the fast springing chai joints that are filling the Indian market in haste, a Chai-lover tries it all.

Thursday 21 April 2016

Wai Wai - Another 2 minute story!




No matter where you live and what you do.. if you have cravings you always resort to Maggi as the first option. Even when I am talking to my friends over my phone and figuring out what to eat, Maggi comes out to be the first option.

Tuesday 19 April 2016

#RestaurantReview : Jain Chawal Wale - My favorite!


Delhi has been my favourite for a lot of reasons. It has the perfect combination of development and desi-ness, people from every state find a place for themselves here which doesn’t make them miss their home much. Also known as the food capital of India, you are not made to search much in terms of food. Idli sambar, medu vada, bread chilla, Sandesh, Vada pav or be it momos, you will find them all. And mind you, I am not counting 5 star hotels and restaurants. The street food holds so much of love from people that they have evolved into offering the most desired taste one would crave for, be it any time of the day.

Monday 4 April 2016

#Review Swiggy: Food Delivery App


What happens when 3 Indians get passionate about a Food-Startup! They make jugaad their key! And so is Swiggy for us, the jugaad of our daily home delivery of food!

A startup by Sriharsha Majety, Nandan Reddy and Rahul Jaimini which started in August 2014 has become a friend to almost every traveller, office goer and migrated students! As I mentioned earlier, I have become a fan of Swiggy App. The safest and prompt delivery of food has become their trademark. And what’s best is that they don’t even charge extra for their services.

Wednesday 23 March 2016

Moong Dal Vadas ; #Recipe



Every festive day, my mom makes the moong daal ke vade and is the most awaited dish in our house. Easy to make and delicious to hover on, moong daal ke vade is the traditional Indian Family delight.