chef at large newsletter (april-may 2012)
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We’re closer to a-post-a-day this month than ever before with 29 posts in total. This month has also seen a large number of people writing on Chef at Large – twelve to be precise! A big thank you to everyone who helped us keep Chef at Large going strong.Natasha jumped back into the scene this week with a complete property review at the Aloft Hotel in Whitefield Bangalore. All going well, we’ll be checking out Aloft properties in Chennai and Coimbatore too.Madhulika kept busy with six reviews and one festival. We also met up during my visit to Mumbai where I was fortunate enough to meet with Rhea and Kurush, two lovely people who have adopted CaL and contribute their stores of knowledge to the group. Sandeep S joined us a little later and what fun we had! I’ll be doing this one again, you can be sure of that.This month too, you’ll see changes in the newsletter in my attempts to get it right. A big thank you to Anurag Mehrotra for his comments which prompted me to fiddle with the format. Do write in to let me know your thoughts on this version.TRANSCRIPT
Chef at Large, April – May 2012
19 new restaurants
this month!
Cover Photo by Sid Khullar Location Courtesy: Chutney, Metropolitan Hotel, New Delhi
April – May 2012
12 New Restaurants in Delhi
2 Food Festivals in Delhi
6 New Restaurants in Mumbai
6 Guest Columns
1 Food Festival in Mumbai
1 New Restaurant in Bangalore
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Chef at Large, April – May 2012
Editor’s Note
We’re closer to a-post-a-day this month than ever before with 29
posts in total. This month has also seen a large number of people
writing on Chef at Large – twelve to be precise! A big thank you
to everyone who helped us keep Chef at Large going strong.
Natasha jumped back into the scene this week with a complete
property review at the Aloft Hotel in Whitefield Bangalore. All
going well, we’ll be checking out Aloft properties in Chennai and
Coimbatore too.
Madhulika kept busy with six reviews and one festival. We also
met up during my visit to Mumbai where I was fortunate enough
to meet with Rhea and Kurush, two lovely people who have
adopted CaL and contribute their stores of knowledge to the
group. Sandeep S joined us a little later and what fun we had! I’ll
be doing this one again, you can be sure of that.
This month too, you’ll see changes in the newsletter in my
attempts to get it right. A big thank you to Anurag Mehrotra for
his comments which prompted me to fiddle with the format. Do
write in to let me know your thoughts on this version.
Stay well.
Sid
Contributors Cog Charis A.B. Madhulika D. Naheed R. Natasha A. Parul P.S. Premnath B. Ruchira H.P. Sonal B. Sid K. Sumita M. Tinky N.
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Lunia Italians Pizza – clean, fresh,
economical, tasty and honest.
Indian Grill Room - Twenty thousand
square feet of kebabs? It’s true!
Spice Art - A five star restaurant that
does a great job with ethnic Indian food!
Tinky thought Giani’s to be still as good
as ever and worth a visit or five.
Parul found Power Play Sports Bar to
be great; if only they’d improve the food.
Doubletree by Hilton in Mayur Vihar
offers a fantastic Sunday Brunch!
Lighthouse 13 in Saket has a long way
to go before their food is acceptable.
Indus Flavor - 100% vegetarian and still
exciting? Sure is and you must visit!
Ruchira came back quite peeved about
the food at Amour, Hauz Khas.
We found brilliant food and sad service
at The Chocolate Box, NOIDA.
Delhi/NCR
Gurgaon
Gurgaon
NOIDA
A rundown of all the reviews this month. Click to view the full articles.
The folks at Eurail need to take a good
look at their menu and it’s execution.
Aka Saka has been around for quite a
while and appears to have lost it’s way.
Gurgaon
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Sumana loved the authentic Bengali fare
at Kolkata Konnection.
Cog felt the flavors at Sugadaddy need
improvement before he’s happy.
Madhulika was awed by the sheer
quantity on display at Pondicherry Cafe.
The folks at Emperor’s Court have
reduced quantities and still enchant.
We think Di Bella need to improve their
wares.
Lager Bay failed to impress Madhulika
with their food and drink.
Natasha declared the food at Estia to
her liking... which is saying a lot.
Mumbai
Bangalore
A rundown of all the reviews this month. Click to view the full articles.
Products
Naheed like Brittania 50-50 Snackuits
and thinks you should buy some too.
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I thought 19 Oriental Avenue could
have done better with their Thai festival.
Madhulika loved the vegetarian festival
at Kangan and returned happy.
Charis returned utterly besotted with the
RAPID menu at Smoke House Room!
Mumbai Delhi Delhi
What else has been happening at Chef at Large?
Premnath Bhaskaran shows us how to
bake a mean Greek Easter Egg Bread.
Sumita considers the possibility of
pesticides causing cancer.
Is Rice Bran oil the new olive oil? Here
are two recipes to check out!
Sumita wonders if so-called organic
vendors really sell organic wares.
Sonal shares her great Restaurant Week
Delhi experience.
Recipe Recipe
Beer Cafe does a boo boo, but does
have quite a bit to offer customers.
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