An easy way of easing into a new city is to merge the familiar with the local—it helps if you’re down south Read more

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Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, June 17, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Filed under Food · Tagged Black rice, hindustan times, Kane fry, Koshy’s, M.G. Road, Navadarshanam, news, one-pot meals, samar harlarnkar, Sindhi, Sindhi Sai Bhaji, South Parade, spinach, Syrian Christian beef fry, tandoori chicken
Robust food and company — and a peaceful, easy feeling — at a Delhi favourite
You know that feeling you get when everything seems well with the world and god is in his heaven?
That’s how I feel right now. Read more

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Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, October 2, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Filed under Food · Tagged Arun Jaitley, Bomb de Moscova, Connaught Place, Dal ghosht, dry day, Embassy restaurant, liquor bottles, Mahatma Gandhi, meat, Punjabi food, spinach
Salads and I were never friends.
When we came face to face, the dislike was mutual.
“Don’t touch me, don’t even look at me.” I’ve heard that threat from many a lush-looking salad as it glowered at me from across the table, always at a safe distance, hiding behind the skirts of its big mama, palak (spinach). Read more

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Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Filed under My Daily Bread · Tagged dislike, iceberg lettuce, Kannada, kosambiri, koshimbir, Maharashtrian, palak, papaya, Salads, spinach