I ate my way through charming Chembur and enjoyed every bite of the vibrant, dripping with flavour, authentic Sindhi food, the plump sweetness of gulab jamuns, freshly made garma-garam bhature, chatpatti chaat and more. Guiding me through Chembur were many a fab Chembur-based #Foodieblinddate. Bringing me to the…
If you met Tom DeTrinis at a party (remember parties?), you might find him perfectly agreeable, even fun. The truth, though, is that he wants to punch you in the face.
“And consequently,” he says in…
In unfavorable reviews, culinary diction escalates into a form of operatic invective. “Dry” turns to “dusty” or “desiccated.” “Oily” balloons to “oleaginous.” “Sour” curdles to “mouth-puckering.” Why simply call a soup “bitter” when you can hit a harsher note with “acrid” or “astringent”? Some takedown reviews read like a…
