Connect with Siddhartha
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Categories
Tags
Amritsar Assam Avadh Bedmi Cafe Cakes Carnivore Chaat Chandni Chowk chhole Churros Dhaba do-pyaza Europe Granada Gujhia Holi Home Impala India jalebi Johannesbourg Kababs Kheer Kudu Meat Murthal Muslim mutton Old Delhi Paella Paratha parathewali gali poori Punjabi Ramzan seafood Seville South Africa Spain tapas Tequila Tocino de Cielo Vienna ZebraArchives
About
A non-IT professional in IT industry but Test match cricket and food is what most of my waking hours are spent on (and sleeping hours if you factor in dreams and nightmares), making Nevile Cardus and Jeffrey Steingarten more fun for me than the latest bestseller. Here I will try to share experiences from my journeys, many of which are planned around food. It isn't an experts critique of a restaurant or a cuisine, just the diary of a curious observer. Siddhartha (Singh)Copyright
Copyright for all content and photographs, unless otherwise stated, are owned by Siddhartha
RSS Feeds
Author Archives: Siddhartha
A Weekend in Jaipur
I am neither a fan of the tanginess of ker-sangri, nor have the ability to bear the chilli-heat of lal maans. Probably I am a RINO (Rajput in name only, though the acronym is more commonly used by Sarah Palin types for more sensible Republicans). Anyway, due to shortcomings of my taste buds, I was [...]
Posted in India, Rajasthan
Tagged Dal baati churma, Jaipur, kachauri, lassi, LMG, misri mawa, Rawat
1 Comment
Second Day of Gluttony in Amritsar
After the fabulous poori-chhole breakfast the previous morning, and encore was in order. So this time we headed to Kanha, also on Lawrence Road. Unlike Kanhaiya, Kanha has an enclosure for a sit-down meal. While there are some small differences in taste e.g. the launji at Kanha is more tangy and less sweet and the [...]
Two Days of Gluttony in Amritsar – Day 1
This trip was long overdue. In fact, the first Culinary Yatra was conceived as a trip from Delhi to Amritsar with stops at select dhabas on the way. Lot of milk and ghee went gone down Punjabi alimentary canals since then, the initial proponent of this idea has become a respected film star, but the [...]
Posted in India, Punjabi
Tagged Amritsar, chhole, chicken, fish, golden temple, kulcha, langar, lawrence road, poori
2 Comments
Best of Culinary Yatras in 2010
Overall Dining Experience: French Restaurant at Hotel Devin, Bratislava My first experience at a restaurant with a Gault Millau toque (and 13/20 score), and it was so good that it became my destination for two consecutive dinners. French Restaurant at Hotel Devin is a fine dining place with old world charm. Plush table settings, decent [...]
Posted in Europe
6 Comments
Merry Christmas!
Christmas in the beautiful Tatras Mountains in the south of Poland feels to be the closest thing to spending time with Santa at the end of a travel by the Polar Express. The temperature is 10 t0 15 degrees below zero, and the Christmas trees on the roundabouts look like those on picture postcards. One [...]