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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
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Going Native in Awadh, this Diwali
After what appears like aeons, I spent this Diwali with at parents’ place in semi-urban parts of Awadh (well, even Lucknow is hardly urban, but that’s a different discussion). Four days since I reached my native town, now back in Noida and a couple of kilograms heavier, I realize how it is a completely different [...]
Saturday Brunch at Dilli Haat – 3 Hours, 4 Courses, 7 Stalls, and a Flute
Last week I made my first trip to Dilli Haat, ate at almost half a dozen stalls, and came to this conclusion that there is nothing in Dilli Haat would define some form of culinary excellence, but it still is the best food court in Delhi that I have visited. So do not believe anyone [...]
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Also tagged Bengali, Dilli Haat, Kababs, Kashmir, Maharashtra, Manipur, Paratha, Wazwan
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Best Mutton Do-Pyaza in the World
It all started in 1973, when my father who is a native of Banaras (Varanasi) moved to little known town of Sultanpur to teach Sociology to post-grads. There he met Qazi Afzal, who taught Urdu in the college, and is today a Professor of Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University. Together they discovered Khadim bhai’s eponymous [...]
Holi – Gujhias, and a Dash of Nostalgia
While I was growing up in Sultanpur in the Avadh region of UP, preparation for Holi would start almost a month in advance with potato and sabudana (pearl sago) papads, potato chips ( made from boiled potatoes rather than raw sliced ones) , dalmoth, sevaiyan (vermicelli) etc. all being made at home. Almost all terraces [...]