Things To Do In Mumbai This Weekend: Friday, November 18 to Sunday, November 20
British DJ Bill Brewster will play Bonobo on Saturday. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 LITERATURE TALKS Tata Literature Live at the National Centre for the Performing Arts and Prithvi Theatre This year’s edition...
View ArticleNew Bars and Restaurants: Khaleesi in Andheri, Verandah 11 in Fort
• Khaleesi, a Mediterranean bar named after the popular character from the HBO TV show Game of Thrones, opened in Andheri West on Saturday, November 12. The bar is housed within Mirabella, a fusion...
View ArticleOne Great Dish: Bloom Bread at The Boston Butt
Many restaurants in the city serve versions of cheese garlic bread, but few are worthy of the kind of praise we find ourselves singing for The Boston Butt‘s Bloom Bread. A carb and cheese-loaded...
View ArticleFood Review: Mag Street Bread Co.
Sourdough. At 7am, a truck loaded with breads and bakes leaves Magazine Street Kitchen, the culinary events venue in Byculla, for Khar. The Byculla kitchen houses Mag Street Bread Co., a bakery that...
View ArticleThe Paodcast: New Food Stalls, Upcoming Cultural Festivals and Poems About...
The National School of Drama play ‘Talatum’ will be staged at the Serendipity Arts Festival. Photo: Priyanka Pathak. On this episode of our Mumbai-focused podcast The Paodcast, we talk about new food...
View ArticleThings To Do This Weekend In Mumbai: Friday, November 25 to Sunday, November 27
Usha Nangiar will perform at the Keli Festival. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 FOOD & DRINK WORKSHOPS Gourmet Desserts by Bani Nanda at Magazine Street Kitchen At this three-hour gourmet desserts workshop by...
View ArticleBar Review: Mr. Baozi, Lower Parel
Our visit to Mr. Baozi, the new gastro-pub from the folks behind pub chain The Bar Stock Exchange (TBSE), got us thinking that it is to them what pan-Asian restaurant and bar Cafe Nemo was to Bonobo....
View ArticleRestaurant Review: 212 All Good, Lower Parel
Siblings though they are, 212 All Day and 212 All Good, couldn’t be more different. The older of the two, 212 All Day in Kurla peddles standard American, carb-rich comfort fare. On the other hand, 212...
View ArticleNew Restaurants and Lunch Services: Su Casa in Bandra, Savor In Central Mumbai
Teriyaki salmon with bok choy, crisp garlic and sesame by Savor. • The folks behind four-year-old supper club the Secret Supper Project launched Savor Lunch in the city on Wednesday, November 23. The...
View ArticleThings To Do This Weekend In Mumbai: Friday, December 2 to Sunday, December 4
T. M. Krishna and the Jogappas will perform at Sitara Studio on Sunday. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 BOOKS Times Litfest at Mehboob Studios The line-up of speakers for this edition of the annual literature...
View ArticlePig Out: The Pandi Degustation Pop-Up Dinner Will Be All About Pork
Pork momos with ghee confit’d chhurpi cheese and dalle chilli reduction. In September, Aditya Raghavan, a cheese making consultant and freelance food and travel writer, catered an eight-course...
View ArticleFood Fight: Chicken Ghee Roast
Ghee roast at Bombay Vintage. Mumbai’s moderate winter is our excuse to indulge in warmth-inducing foods such as the chicken ghee roast, one of Mangalore’s many terrific culinary contributions to the...
View ArticleNew Restaurants and Bars: Tag The GourmArt Kitchen in Lower Parel, Playboy...
Tag The GourmArt Kitchen. • Tag The GourmArt Kitchen is slated to open in Lower Parel today, Tuesday, December 6. The all-day vegetarian restaurant, housed within The Amateur Gallery (TAG), is helmed...
View ArticleOne Great Dish: Prawn Roll at Woodside Inn Lower Parel
The big draw at the recently-opened Lower Parel outpost of Woodside Inn, the chain of pubs, is the set of 25 taps dispensing homegrown craft brews. There’s another reason to return: a brioche stuffed...
View ArticleThings To Do This Weekend In Mumbai: Friday, December 9 to Sunday, December 11
Contemporary dancer Astad Deboo will perform at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on Friday and Saturday. Photo: Amit Kumar. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 SHOPPING & STYLE Ethicus at Coomaraswamy...
View ArticleTDP Beer Lab: Sign Up For A Craft Brew Masterclass At The New Lower Parel...
A history of craft beer in Mumbai would be incomplete without a mention of the Woodside Inn chain of pubs. The chain was among the first to introduce craft brews on tap in the city and has regularly...
View ArticleMonthly Specials: The Plentiful Pleasures Of Ponkh
Farmers winnowing ponkh, also known as hurda, in Aurangabad. All photos: Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi. While I was growing up, Sunday breakfasts at home meant juar jo bathh, jowar porridge. It’s disgusting,...
View ArticleNew Restaurants and Bars: Theory in Lower Parel, SamBar in Khar
• Lower Parel is slated to get a European restaurant and bar called Theory on Monday, December 19. Theory is helmed by the Magnanimous Group, which was previously an event company called Network...
View ArticleThings To Do This Weekend In Mumbai: Friday, December 16 to Sunday, December 18
French artist Robert Dallet’s paintings of big cats are on view at the Hermes Gallery. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 SHOPPING & STYLE Shrujan Exhibition at Coomaraswamy Hall Bhuj-based NGO Shrujan, which...
View ArticleTDP Giveaway: Win A Free Subscription From Cocktail App BarCzar
Cocktails are the whole point of a bar, according to Karan Gonsalves. Last month, the Bandra resident who deejays as a hobby under the moniker Keylow, launched a mobile application called BarCzar that...
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