tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11773535163773139572024-03-16T06:38:59.963+05:30*Crazy Over DessertsNachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-4096741771970714742013-12-24T10:34:00.000+05:302014-01-05T11:02:02.099+05:30Review: Paranda Restaurant at Vivanta by Taj Surajkund
Dhabas have been an integral part of any North Indian foodie's life, couple it with someone whose friends are bitten by the travelling bug. Apart from childhood memories of travelling with family to Punjab, Rajasthan and the hills, the distinct memories of eating at dhabas are shared with Puneet and Vivek on various road trips.
Getting an invite from Paranda at Taj Vivanta, Surajkund positionedNachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-17438787050518781192013-09-15T20:53:00.000+05:302013-10-24T21:10:00.034+05:30Blogger's Table at Guppy by Ai ~ Delhi's Newest Tryst With Japanese Cuisine
Guppy by Ai is Chef Vikram Khatri's baby, another restaurant by AD Singh. The promise of contemporary Japanese food in Delhi, heartfelt invite, and the opportunity to meet friends over dinner prompted me to accept the invite for the Blogger's table by Chef at Large. Japanese is just about Sushi and raw food is the belief Guppy is out to bust.
The interiors done by Anshu Arora give the Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-63165578635767211112013-08-27T22:19:00.003+05:302013-08-29T12:29:32.666+05:30Mawa Cake and Masala Cookies for Daring Bakers Challenge
Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen was our August 2013 Daring Bakers’ hostess and she challenged us to make some amazing regional Indian desserts. The Mawa Cake, the Bolinhas de Coco cookies and the Masala cookies – beautifully spiced and delicious!
I've been making and eating desserts from all over the world since a year especially french. This challenge has bought me back to my roots (Sounds Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-13799675102410507742013-08-19T00:04:00.000+05:302013-08-19T00:11:17.742+05:30 Le Bistro du Parc ~ Bloggers Table
An invitation to a newly opened French bistro style restaurant in Delhi, treading cautiously I said yes to give the evening a fair chance after non satisfactory experiences with french food in Delhi. To be honest, after my visit to France earlier this year, I was looking for a fix of some nice french food(not just desserts from school). Attending Chef at Large Delhi Bloggers Table at Le Bistro Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-36025757177330419172013-08-16T19:58:00.001+05:302013-08-16T20:24:20.676+05:30Varq, Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi ~ Blogger’s Table
It's such a pleasure to meet up with old friends. It was smiles, greetings and cheers all the way... not to mention all the Royal leg-pulling. Back in town and attending Chef at Large Delhi Bloggers Table at Varq, Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi.
Varq is No. 30 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. It's Chef Hemant Oberoi's baby with Chef Manoj Goel behind the stove. Chef Oberoi reinvented Indian Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-11701841283042096512013-08-03T20:11:00.000+05:302013-08-29T20:45:37.292+05:30Savour Mumbai By Chef Vikas Khanna ~ Book Launch
Greatest indian food hasn't traveled cause it's in the indian homes ~ Chef Vikas Khanna
Michelin star Chef Vikas Khanna launched his book 'Savour Mumbai’ at Imperial hotel yesterday. An event organised by the Imperial’s Culinary Club and Westland. He's a man of precision over and above his unpretentious nature which makes him a darling with all ages in the audience. The firstNachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-62494106927730977452013-06-23T23:11:00.000+05:302014-03-09T13:14:23.106+05:30The Day Has Finally Arrived ~ Le Cordon Bleu London Graduation Ceremony
The excitement.... it just wouldn't let me sleep the night before. A dream coming thru... it was finally sinking in..... Chef Nachiketa it's going to be....
The chefs in school have held our hands, guided us, taught us, fed us, whacked us, stared at us for picking up food, said soothing words while we were fretting over exams n practicals, seen me thru a severely burnt wrist and no Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-41052018995146536592012-08-24T14:47:00.000+05:302012-08-24T16:05:04.663+05:30 Badam Kulfi - The Chakle India Cookbook - A Review
A new cookbook launch from an Indian author is always interesting. Laid my hands on Aditya Bal's book The Chakle India Cookbook and read it end-to-end as I lay in bed nursing an allergy induced ENT shut down. Having the doctor tell me to keep quiet for a few days and not talk is torture. Having Aditya's book for company was a bright spot. Having watched his show Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-38539305010431363522012-08-02T20:41:00.000+05:302012-08-13T22:54:48.911+05:30Breaking Bread with Chef Saby of Olive Bar at Leonardo Olive Oil's Blogger Table
What do you do when you get invited to to meet Chef Sabyasachi Gorai, better known as Chef Saby and blogger
friends from Chef at Large over a discussion about olive oil..... A happy monkey jig jig :) This meet was sponsored by Leonardo Olive Oil, hosted by Himani Dalmia and Chandana Paul at Olive Bar and Kitchens in Mehrauli.
Any place that I visit is judged not just onNachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-67619608720972852862012-02-02T22:54:00.003+05:302012-02-20T23:02:25.707+05:30Sri Lankan Food Festival at Blooms, Eros HotelI thrive on trying new cuisines and different sorts of foods whenever I can... (though not taking the Andrew Zimmern route to bizarre ;) ) Was invited to Blooms at Eros Hotel managed by Hilton for a Sri Lankan Food Festival.... Am I glad I accepted the invite or what.... It was a wonderful experience dining with Chefs Ravindra Pushpakumara and Ajith Hewabandula who came all the way from Sri LankaNachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-52430126621440394472011-12-08T23:26:00.003+05:302012-01-09T01:03:54.455+05:30Great Steak Festival at Geoffrey’sDecember is a month of festivities and celebrations... No celebrations are complete without food and drinks... Was invited to the Great Steak Festival at Geoffrey’s,which has been from 02nd Dec’ 2011 and continues till 18th Dec’ 2011 at Select City Walk, Saket and Noida.Geoffrey’s is a typical hangout place for us, being regulars at Noida(as that's where I use to work), we visited Select City Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-86436079113917911482011-11-15T23:53:00.012+05:302011-11-16T00:02:19.554+05:30Rockstars are Truly Hardworking FoodiesCappuccino Chocolatechip Muffins for the Rockstar team. The hardwork on this movie is quite evident... From the acting (hicups for Nargis though), direction, costumes, dialogues, characterization, to the songs.... A.R.Rehman's music is fabulous.... and Imtiaz Ali has them flowing in the movie in absolute poetry. The movie's got a rating of 8.5 on IMDB.Meeting Imtiaz Ali was such a special momentNachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-57730888911171733652011-10-29T23:01:00.001+05:302011-11-04T16:18:54.068+05:30Italian Food Festival at BloomsWhat do you say when a friend invites you out for previewing an Italian Food Festival. You obviously confirm for it and not eat breakfast in the morning ;) We had a great time at Blooms, Eros Hotel managed by Hilton. They are on facebook too http://facebook.com/tabletalkbyeros :)Met a wonderful bunch of people, Parul of The shirazine, Apeksha of Veggiewiz, Sid of Chef at Large (whose pictures Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-63619630551870006142011-09-29T23:46:00.000+05:302011-09-29T23:46:00.066+05:30Dinner at 28 Capri Italy, Defence ColonyIt's place which you can visit if you've got time to spare....The service was friendly, food average and slightly low in the value for money quotient, ambiance was nice(don't miss the love-lift for 2, which leads to the restaurant ;-) *Evil Grin*), the best was Live Music.... the singer was really good and choice of songs was lovely. Him and my drink are the only reason I would go back. Would Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-9222832310038145832011-09-26T23:19:00.001+05:302011-09-28T12:01:52.506+05:30Ca Va, Defence Colony ~ A Delightful Sunday AfternoonThis place is a must-visit!Bijoy Majhi, Bhupesh Jain and Rajnish Taneja, have created a space to provide exquisite Med- European dining and bar experience to the food lovers after Angels in My Kitchen.You'll cross the bakery on your way up to the first floor outlet of Ca Va. We were the only ones when we walked in and got pampered and were still pampered after more patrons came in.You'll find Ca Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-36674056815910282011-09-17T23:19:00.000+05:302011-11-26T11:24:56.778+05:30The Ants Cafe ~ Breakfast with SanjeevOn my trip to Bangalore, met up with some very old friends..... That's Sanjeev who I met at my early days at Infoedge ~ naukri.com. He's one of the most talented Graphic Designers I know. Check out this work at designjaunt.com We use to have loads of fun together in office. My first offsite at Infoedge was a trip to Dakpathar with this gang of guys and girls. It was one of the most memorable Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-12230966719210798732011-09-17T16:22:00.004+05:302011-11-26T16:27:35.594+05:30Tasting Authentic Kerala Cuisine at Karavalli, BangaloreMore from my Bangalore trip... Went to Karavalli on a friend's recommendation. Must say, am really glad we did made the special effort of braving Bangalore's traffic to get to The Gateway Hotel, as it's in the middle of town and I had an evening flight to catch.Karavalli has this way of transporting you back in time and emanates a feeling of calmness despite The Gateway being bang in the middle Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-53904387179087041972011-09-16T22:36:00.007+05:302011-11-04T21:56:32.796+05:30Jenny's Date Cake ~ A Personal TouchWas on holiday in Bangalore with family and loads of friends to catch up with. How can any holiday be complete for me without baking. Mami(the sweetheart that she is) had kept a recipe for me to try out. I was a bit skeptical about a date cake..... You'll read below about how wrong I was. Mami n I had such a fun time making this cake..... :)The cake turned out amazing. Had taken it along when I Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-88163959171756813572011-07-03T11:19:00.001+05:302011-08-02T08:23:46.362+05:30Chocolate Cherry Tart ~ A visit to Chocolate HeavenMeeting cousins who are holidaying is a delight..... It gives me the opportunity to pamper them with all sorts off goodies. Both my cousin's are studying abroad so when they are back it's party time. My sister has just graduated and this was a celebration of sorts too for a special n extremely hardworking sister.When asked what they want...... Pat came the reply... something chocolatey without Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-4726020192130851922011-06-27T07:10:00.003+05:302011-06-28T00:31:47.529+05:30Chocolate Baklava Laced With Tequila ~ Rolling Phyllo with Daring Bakers to get complimentsBaklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. I just have to make some departures and add a twist. This month's twist was Cocoa, Raisin n Apricots in the filling with the nuts. In the soaking syrup I used Golden syrup instead of Honey for extra warmth. The high twist came from a few capfuls of Tequila in the syrup :)Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-70387101243278560412011-06-12T15:29:00.005+05:302011-06-25T15:49:14.402+05:30Homemade Vanilla Sugar and Vanilla ExtractImagine baking without vanilla.Vanilla extract isn't something you get in regular stores in delhi. What you get is vanilla essense, nothing against it... have been using it for the last 2-3 years but then I found these vanilla beans in INA market and just had to pick them up. Vanilla was once so rare and expensive that only royalty had access to it. I feel like royalty now. So how do I treat a Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-69983394341424043632011-05-27T06:18:00.003+05:302011-05-28T12:56:45.374+05:30Chilli n Cherry in Chocolate Marquise on Lemon Meringue ~ Celebrating Sisters for Daring Baker ChallengeThe Daring Baker's challenge is a group which I so love... It has a new technique, new plating and fabulous flavours every month... It always starts with cold feet, then psyching myself into collecting ingredients n thinking of flavours.... Then an entire weekend is spent in making the parts, putting it together, plating and finally the pictures..... In all of this there is support from the groupNachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-43478084216146802952011-05-23T23:36:00.000+05:302011-05-23T23:36:00.074+05:30Comforting Banana Chocolate Cake for Amit Beer GhoshAt the onset.....Admit it....I'm taller than you n that too by a good margin..... ;)Now that, that's out of the way... let's get on with this post.....Amit's been a member of the 99acres.com product team for long enough to be On-My-List and so much more. It's always a a bitter sweet moment when a colleague moves to another company. A friend is happy that a friend is moving closer to their goals..Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-90734061177834237342011-05-21T22:54:00.002+05:302011-05-23T01:04:24.997+05:30Banana Cake ~ A comforting farewell Gift for GunjanThis is a Happy and Sad post... Sad cause my friend from work Gunjan will not be working with our company any more and Happy cause she's moving on and I'm very Happy for her n Happier for the awesome time we've had together.Gunjan, G- great, U-understanding, N-naughty, J-jovial, A-awesome, N-nice and so many more fabulous qualities.....With loads of confidence, I can say that she's God's own Nachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177353516377313957.post-19538362364924935282011-05-14T13:35:00.003+05:302011-05-15T13:39:44.851+05:30Cherry Chocolate Cake for my Dessert Soul Partner, VibhaCelebrating a special birthday, my soul partner for desserts, Vibha. People dirty talk porn... we dirty talk D-e-s-s-e-r-t-s.... ;) Her brief for this cake was Low Sugar, Chocolate, CHERRY for a party of 25 people. What I love about her is that she'll share her inputs and let me work with them and in most[that's me being modest... actually all] cases we hit a H-i-g-h N-o-t-e :)Celebrations at herNachiketahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194556561327557852noreply@blogger.com3