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Pao Bites: Sexist Service
Photo via Wikipedia. Why do waiters at city restaurants invariably present the drinks menu – and the bill – to men but pass women over? In this instalment of our series of mini episodes Pao Bites,...
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Dessert Duel: The Sassy Teaspoon vs English Vinglish
The sweet of tooth in Juhu have two new spots to get their fix of sugar, English Vinglish, which opened in mid-April and The Sassy Teaspoon, which was launched in the first week of May. The takeaway...
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New Restaurants and Cafes: Cafe Basilico, Bombay Waffle Co. in Bandra
Cafe Basilico. • Cafe Basilico is slated to reopen in Bandra on Friday, May 13. This outpost will serve all-day breakfast dishes such as couscous upma; eggs Florentine; shakshouka; bhurji; scrambled...
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Return Of The King: Where To Get Organic Mangoes This Season
Street fruit vendors start peddling mangoes as early as April. But the questions every mango zealot should ask are: is this the best time to buy the fruit and where can you get organic varieties that...
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Cool Down With Summer Foods At Foodhall
Blueberry parfait. Foodhall, the gourmet food shop in Lower Parel, is hosting a Summer Festival showcasing foods suited for the season such as cooling beverages, salads and frozen desserts until...
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The Paodcast: Snack Subscriptions, Free Events, Nonsensical Neighbourhood Names
Fabbox. On this fortnight’s episode of our Mumbai-focused podcast The Paodcast, we review snack subscriptions FabBox, Snackible and Chomp in our food segment Bombay Binge. We then talk about the many...
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Things To Do In Mumbai This Weekend: Friday, May 13 to Sunday, May 15
B-boys from across the country will perform at the Red Bull BC One India Cypher on Friday. FRIDAY, MAY 13 ART Face Off: Irony and Humour in a Critical Age at Lakeeren Gallery This group show of works...
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Bean Stock: Five Indian Coffee Brands To Try
Despite the fact that India is a major coffee-producing nation, until the arrival of cafe chains such as Barista and CCD the beverage was to a large extent the preserve of south Indian states where the...
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The A to Z Of BKC: A Guide To Eating And Drinking In Bandra Kurla Complex
The proliferation of global firms, embassies and hotels in Bandra Kurla Complex has greatly expanded the neighbourhood’s restaurantscape. The culinary saturation of Bandra West, a ten-minute drive...
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For this fortnight’s episode of their podcast the Adventures of Cheap Beer, the trio of dive bar reviewers Karan Agarwal, Siddhant Mehta and Suyash Barve visited the non-AC section of Fort seafood...
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New Restaurants and Takeaways: AnnCensored, Pao And Bao in Lower Parel
AnnCensored. • AnnCensored, a fusion Indian restaurant and bar helmed by restaurateurs Vivek Bhargava and Rahul Bhambri, is slated to open in Lower Parel’s Kamala Mills Compound on Thursday, May 19....
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Park Yourself At A Food Truck Festival This Weekend
Look out for Sweetish House Mafia’s Nano at the festival. Within a fortnight, Mumbai has lost and gained a food truck festival. The Mumbai Food Truck Society (MFTS) was slated to host the city’s first...
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Things To Do In Mumbai This Weekend: Friday, May 20 to Sunday, May 22
The Disney musical ‘Beauty and the Beast’ will be staged this weekend. FRIDAY, MAY 20 ART Chitpur (dis)Local at Mumbai Art Room Hamdasti, an artist collective from Kolkata, has put together this...
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Heritage Tours: Two New Cookbooks Celebrate Traditional Recipes
Two recently-released cookbooks Crumbs: Bread Stories and Recipes for The Indian Kitchen by Saee Koranne-Khandekar and Karwar to Kolhapur Via Mumbai by Smita Deo are treasure troves of traditional...
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Things To Do In Alibaug Every Weekend
The ferries that run between the Gateway of India and Mandwa jetty have already been anchored until the end of September but this shouldn’t deter you from planning your next weekend getaway to Alibaug....
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The Snack Off: Chomp vs Fabbox vs Snackible
We’re among those who believe you should eat six small meals a day: breakfast, snack 1, lunch, snack 2, dinner, snack 3. Depending on a few factors (whether we’re at home or outside and our stress...
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New Restaurants And Bars: Bastian in Bandra, Myx in Juhu
Bastian. OPENINGS • The chef duo of Kelvin Cheung and Boo Kwang Kim, which heads One Street Over, the bar and restaurant in Bandra, is slated to launch Bastian, a seafood-centric spot in Bandra on...
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Le15 Patisserie’s Desserts Are Now Available For Order On Scootsy
Order Le15 Patisserie’s new chilli and lime macaron on Scootsy. Fans of Le15 Patisserie can now have the store’s pop-coloured French macarons and bite-sized desserts home delivered by Scootsy, the...
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The Paodcast: Single-Estate Coffee, Kulavoors and Mapping Mazagaon
Hasanabad, the mausoleum of Aga Khan I, in Mazagaon. Photo via Wikipedia Commons. On episode 12 of our Mumbai-focused podcast The Paodcast, we chat about Indian coffee brands such as Blue Tokai, The...
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Things To Do In Mumbai This Weekend: Friday, May 27 to Sunday, May 29
‘Beautiful Something’ will be screened at the Kashish film festival on Friday. FRIDAY, MAY 27 FILM Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival at Liberty Cinema, Alliance Francaise and Max Mueller...
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