After the success of this new genre of pub/ bar/nightspot in more than one location in Mumbai, WTF ! has now opened late last year in the East Court of Phoenix Market City in Viman Nagar. Unfortunately this mall wing is completely empty and since the mall lift was not working the evening I visited,more...

Strange that in a city like Pune, there are four Kashmiri restaurants the latest of which is a little eatery on the main road in Viman Nagar called Janaab's. A modest place, though spotlessly clean with functional tables and chairs and interesting photographs of the Kashmiri landscape on the walls. Arun Raina, the bright young partner at Northern Frontier on the...more...

A fresh new entrant into the eating out scene in Pune, Mezzuna, has opened oh so softly and discreetly where Oh Calcutta used to be at City Point right next door to Mainland China (Oh Calcutta by the way has moved a few doors away next to Sigree). This is very handy, since it comes from the same stable (Specialty Restaurants Ltd) as Mainland China / Oh Calcutta/...more...

In need of some interesting sustenance at lunch we popped into the cool surroundings of Harajuku at the O hotel. I am still shocked at how empty this place is especially at lunch given the superlative quality of the food and I am happy to say that unannounced, unprepared and incognito, lunch was as marvelous as it was on previous visits, which is a great testament to...more...

It's amazing that in this heat you either want to eat very light or very spicy. I had heard about a new South Indian non vegetarian joint in Kalyani Nagar and was keen to explore. Indiana Coast is easy to find on the main road in the same line as the Waterfront buildings and HSBC. It is a tiny hole in the wall where cooking is theoretically not allowed (and so the...more...