Quick and Easy Egg Recipes

Eggs are globally regarded as the staple food for breakfast from times long and of course for all the good reasons. Eggs are a rich source of vital nutrients essential for a healthy diet. However a single egg contains 80 calories and therefore its smart inclusion in your diet is imperative to avail the related health benefits. The health related benefits and the eating delight have warranted its place in morning menus in several restaurants in Khan Market and others.

Eggs are also a good storehouse of proteins which needless to say are an indispensable part of the bones, muscles, cartilages, skin and blood. Our body also uses these proteins to further build and repair the tissues as well as for making several enzymes, hormones and other chemicals found in the body. It is for this particular reason that Eggs Benedict savor on these not only for breakfast but also for the rest of the meals for the day. Here are some of the quick and delectable egg recipes:

-Shrimp and Bacon Deviled Eggs
The potato flakes provide these with the filling and then stir these in shrimp and parsley, add other spices as per your taste and finally sprinkle the bacon. You can also prepare a day ahead of any of the event you are planning to serve it. Wrap them with plastic and refrigerate.

-Simply bake it (Simple Baked Eggs)
It is a 6 ingredient recipe vouching for the swiftness when preparing this. With an elegant presentation it is a treat to an Egg Benedict and count for an excellent choice for a brunch. Break an egg into an already prepared ramekin, sprinkle these with pepper and salt covering each of it with cream and put them for baking.

-Egg Salad
The platter has a creamy texture and together with crunchy bacon, lettuce and tomato it is just pure heaven for all the foodies. You can also add lemon rind and sour cream to make it taste even better.

My Sweet Home Bar

Keen on having home bar? Well, yes it’s certainly going to be a challenging task. There’s sea difference in merely wishing to have ambience similar to the bar that you have had visited recently and having it at the home bar. Well, experience counts and this is what is instigating me to say this.

I am a Mumbai locale, and now i don’t think i need to further justify anything. This place is famous for its nightlife and so as restaurants in Bangalore adds on to the charm of this beautiful place. I worked for around three years in a private firm in Bangalore and there i did not have to think much. I was accommodated in a flat, which was given to me by the company. I had a small sweet corner, restaurant in Bangalore which was a virtual spa-center to me. Well, having least said, even till the day, i miss the sweet-own-corner.

So post leaving the job, when i came to Mumbai, it became really difficult for me to adjust. But yes, luckily i as able to give my small bar again the similar cozy touch that i was missing out on a lot. So those who are planning to set up a home bar in Mumbai, the only thing that i would personally suggest is don’t overboard vibrant shades and bling. A home bar won’t be the place wherein every other hour you’ll be going to, but yes, might be a possibility that ideal setting might keep you hooked for hours and hours. Got the difference?? Go for it! So better that you keep a check over it! Have dim lit ambience instead of going too very high with ambience and so as with shades to give that ‘perfect’ look to the place.

A Village To Die For

Walking into the village lanes sounds a tad too retarded, right?
 

Or maybe not, especially when you are loitering into the lanes of Hauz Khas Village. People who don’t know much about Hauz Khas often mistake it for some flat-footed place- the kind of place that fails to arouse any consumer activity. But, ask a person who has experienced the marvels of shopping or binging in a restaurant in Hauz Khas and you would know how terribly mistaken you probably are.
Hauz Khas is a place where once you set your foot into, you will not be able to help but admire it for the chirpiness of its restaurants. Right from the quirky decor to glitzy menus, everything is admiringly bang on. There are restaurants where you will find walls decorated with pastel sheets and paintings- paintings that have stories to tell, like in Smoke House Deli. Punctuated with weird artefacts and a jazzy ambience, restaurants in Khan Market and Hauz Khas have an illusionary touch pivoted to them. 

Smoke House Deli, Flipside Cafe, Warehouse Cafe- these are just a few of the wonders that Hauz Khas is palmed with. Breathtaking ambience littered with every element of happy peculiarity is what makes it the most visited places in New Delhi. The cosy corner of SHD revs up the appetite and demands an instantly brewed espresso; the shakes and ice creams of Warehouse Cafe lit up the excited audience.

Hauz Khas Village and Khan Market in vicinity are studded with some incredibly Jazzy restaurants, breezy enough to put you in a culinary reverie. Be it Hauz Khas or Khan Market, there is a signature twist to every restaurant that you will ever set your foot into, and that twist is everything to die for!

Into The Lanes Of Saket- Smoke House Deli

It was a regular monsoon evening in Delhi, clad with glistening trees and mushroomed with the ethereal monsoon-y fragrance. Naturally, for any typical Delhi-wallah, monsoons are synonymous with food- fried and smoked food. As a Delhite myself, I am not any different.  Spurred by a strong urge to break bread, I set off into the lanes of Saket hunting for something that could satiate my spewing hunger for food- probably a smoked burgers in Delhi or something of that like.

It was then that I sniffed something of my delight.  Huddled together in a peculiar place and bearing the look that was different to what I get to see normally, I strolled inside Smoke House Deli. Crammed in the lanes of Saket, this all quirky restaurant soothes. It was the delectable decor of the place that I almost forgot what I was there for in the first place. It took my about 10 minutes to breathe in the ambience, and honestly, even that was not enough.

A few moments later I glanced at the menu. Just a glimpse was enough to get a taste of what SHD serves- anything and everything that your taste buds might not have tripped onto before. While I was randomly looking at the menu items, one of them managed to hold my gaze- Eggs Benedict. While I had heard about them a lot of times, I couldn’t ever get the chance to gorge on them. Going by the popular opinion, I ordered a plate and started waiting in excitement for it.

The ensemble of it a few minutes later hinted that I had actually ordered something divine. The fat slices of ham, nicely toasted English Muffins clothed in Hollandaise sauce did cast a spell. The eggs melted in mouth, quite literally. The heaven- licious taste was hard to get enough of. So was the monsoon-ish touch that fuelled the craving!

Beat Morning Blues With Tangy Smoothies

It’s no secret that everyone likes savouring well-cooked food, but there’s a world of difference in taste and preferences of an individual. On one hand wherein vegetarian food taste divine, conversely for others nothing can ever surpass delighting taste of non-vegetarian food. Similar to this, if an individual is a diehard Best cocktails in delhi lover, others like relishing extra-ordinary taste of mock-tails. Be it Best egg benedict or mind blowing mocktail, there’s multitude of options to choose from at restaurants of repute including smoke house deli, hard rock café and Dhaba by Claridges.

Well, having least said, below mentioned is recipe of mind-blowing recipe that can make you feel rejuvenated early morning and you can kick-start your morning refreshingly. Not every smoothy is meant to beat the heat, indeed many smoothies and shakes are rated high on health-card for Breakfast places in Delhi.  The best part is that making lip smacking smoothies is not a time consuming affair, this one is least time consuming and is beneficial for health as well. 

 

Ingredients required:

Banana crushed, half glass of chilled milk, ice cubes, chocolate syrup and honey (if you need it).

Methodology:

It’s as simple as it sound, blend crushed bananas well in mixer, add-in milk, followed by honey (depending on your taste and preference), add choco syrup and put in ice cubes to add that extra flavour. If you are not really comfortable putting in ice cubes, no issues! You can have it the way you feel like relishing. This is all that you need to do and it’s as simple as it sounds.
So, it’s as delicious as it certainly sounds that can be tried on every morning. Well, Best cocktails can be tried on any time but contemporarily when life is nothing less of marathon, we hardly have time for anything. It is very necessary to prioritize health in best way possible.Some more restaurants in khan market delhi.

Visit Khan Market And Hauz Khas For Some Real Taste!

If you are one those people who seeks solace in the refreshingly dingy lanes of Hauz Khas and Khan Market- congratulations, you have a brilliantly classy taste.

Yes, the streets are dingy and dark, and the roads muddied with pebbles and dirt. Yet, Hauz Khas and Khan Market are considered to be the most elite markets of Delhi. Wonder why? Plan out a weekend getaway at any of its restaurant, and you would surely get your answer. 

Restaurants in Hauz Khas are brimming with name and fame. It’s a throbbing hub where people are setting up their restaurants. And believe me, they are no normal restaurants. The moment you set your foot into them, you would experience the magic of its creativity- restaurants in Hauz Khas are artistic and prolific in their own way. 

The Flipside Cafe, for instance, casts a spell on its consumers through its enchanting ambience. It is most popular for its cakes that you would set your taste buds into turbulence. Another bakery famous for its cakes at Hauz Khas is Elma’s Bakery. It’s a pretty little doll house that would shower on you some of its sumptuous delights. From tea to cakes, the aroma and the taste will leave you craving for more.

Another market that happens to share the same spot as Hauz Khas is the Khan Market. Restaurants in Khan Market are a delight of another magnitude. You would normally find a Khan market restaurant slightly more expensive than its some other market counterpart, but the ambience will be worth those few extra bucks, for sure! Khan Market will pump up your tastes, from good to the best- because that’s what Khan Market is famous for! Khan Chacha is a never-miss delicacy; once you tread your foot into the Khan Territory, make sure you don’t come back without having Khan Chacha serve you!

Here’s How I Came Well-Fed From Old Delhi -part (2)

In conjunction to my last post, titled as Delhi and its own magnificent charm, I have a lot more to make you guys feel pity on me and laugh it out!

Finally, I decided to go to a best breakfast restaurant, but whether I was really right or not, will get to know soon. In old delhi, wherein there’s hardly space where people could walk through freely, it was a next to impossible thing for me to find a good restaurant. All I could see here was stalls and thela walas. There were two people making egg parathas on their thelas, but it looked as if the both of them were carrying some precious gems with them and were bagging it off right there. I could figure out more than 40 people lined up there. I did not had balls to stand anymore, but the tantalizing aroma of spices resisted me. I stood there for an hour and finally managed to get 2 egg parathas, which were reasonable enough. I thought one won’t suffice so I ordered for two. But that was it! The mind blowing taste was enough to make me forget that I have had to stand for half an hour. Parathas were really heavy, couldn’t think of jumping to the second one, but was helpless enough to throw it also, so packed it. for the reason that I could not even dare stand in the queue again, I did not took it for my friend, who was frowning at me like never before. Finally…this is how I came back well-fed. I managed to cool down his anger by giving the piece of paratha that I have had with me.

Now comes the real fun, Aniket, my friend and me were up for a one day outing. He took me to different spots including India Gate, Qutab Minar, Raj Ghat, Lajpat market. It was hectic but very much worth it like the parathas. For the reason that I kept poking him that there are no restaurants here in Delhi like Mumbai yaa…but it’s okay…I repeated it twice. Well, my intention-fun-complain resulted in sweet results. He took me to a restaurant in khan market followed by restaurant in hauz khas, which personified luxury. Each and everything varying from food to ambience was just perfect and I was dumbstruck with the same!

It was a great trip two-day-trip to Delhi and feel like visiting to this lively land soon. first part

Dieting From A Foodie’s Journal

‘Eat healthy and eat well’- somehow this is a phrase I have difficulty to stomach in. ‘A foodie’s soul can never be chained by diet restrictions’- now this is something more refreshing and practical. It sounds good, isn’t it? 

However, before you dig into your favourite mound of cheese, inspired by the above notion, how about considering a mid-way out? Well, after I started getting worried about the rounding belly and the cringing foodie in me under the weight of a diet, a friend of mine came to my rescue. He helped me work out a reasonable diet that kept my doctor and senses happy. And now I am happily enjoying my burgerin Delhi without a hint of guilt.  

Well, if you are not planning up for some massive six pack crunchers, a moderation in your present insane consumption might be all you need. I do not say that you will have to live without your smoked lamb burger, but all I say is how about subtracting the mayonnaise and adding an extra lettuce leaf. Simple maths you see. And instead of indulging every second day, let’s just keep such treats for Saturday lunch. 

Another favorite part of mine in this lovely diet design is that I have the leverage to satiate my sweet tooth every second day. Desserts are the loveliest portion of a meal and the reason I used to wait for dinner to get over. But lately, after I feasted on my favorite extra cheese pizza I had to eventually sacrifice my dessert under the guilt. But not anymore, with carefully calculated calorie intake I can take a small healthy dessert every second day and a wholesome one once a week.

So, actually when worked out wisely, a diet doesn’t have to be all bad. Treat yourself with your favorite delicacies often enough but not regularly, so that your health allows you to enjoy them over a longer period of time.     

Delhi And Its Own Magnificent Charm-Part

I am a resident of Mumbai and an engineering student. Last week, I had to go to Delhi, as I had my entrance exam here. I was really excited to come to this place because I am a ‘bad-baaaad’ travel freak. Carrying with me loads of amazement and over-whelmed for exams, I came to Delhi. The moment I came-in, I could see that the nation’s capital is nothing short of anything and has its own charm. Each and every person here portrays a different story altogether, different and unique. I could see that Delhi is at par with Mumbai in terms of honking buses, cycles, bike, rickshaws and a slight negligence in any way, be it by a pedestrian or a bike rider can cost them heavy! If I talk about houses and space availability, okay…lets not go there. 

 

I was lucky enough to have my accommodation at my friend’s place. I reached late Saturday night and had my exam the very next morning. I thought that likewise best restaurants in Mumbai, I will get to savour best breakfast, but alas! Being a new-bie to Delhi traffic, I was late and had to rush to the exam centre. I would say that lady luck showered her blessings on me that day and I could reach there on-time. I was only a few minutes late, which otherwise I thought I would never be able to. Post exam, I was on verge of felling down…I was hungry and was struggling badly with every move. I haven’t had anything since morning and above all, I had to bear chest-congesting pollution. Now, in the follow up post, I will share what made me  come back well fed…

Stay hooked…to be continued…

Things-to-be-taken care of in a start-up restaurant business

There are a few restaurants that are really special and no matter even if they have averaged priced cuisine, these restaurants excel and top the priority list of each and every customer. See, those of you who are willing to open with your own eatery, but are a bit skeptical so as to where should you start from or what are the things that needs to be taken care of then, it is advised that you need not to worry. There are few things that operate as a guiding principle to attain success in every business genre so, you need to keep a few things in consideration and you’ll be all set to rule the monarchy that you are planning to get in.

On a foremost note, do not try to get into mess of all that fancy-fancy looks and interiors. Even if the place looks average, it will suffice the requirements as long as you’ll able to cater to the requirements of your customers. If it’s a restaurant and/or an eating joint, there has to be excellence in taste factors. Being an entrepreneur, if you compromise with interior a bit, it will still work for a moment, but the day, customers will lose charm of the feeling that while eating at your restaurant, they feel like savoring cuisines of best restaurants in Mumbai or your restaurant has one of the best burger in delhi taste that customers do not get to enjoy anywhere else, here comes the best compliment. So you need to take care of these things and prioritize things according to taste and preferences of your customers and this is something that you make you cover a long way ahead and will reward you with stability, which is the biggest sought-after stuff for entrepreneurs in every genre. 

What all it takes to set up a good eating joint?

In metropolitan cities, a few including Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore are badly space cringed and are also parching for some good eating joints. So, those who are planning to open up best restaurants in Mumbai, Delhi or any other location, it won’t be as simple to manage the entire affair as it sounds. Thus, prior to opening an eatery, do some ground work and once you feel that you are in the right frame, you can look forward to it in order to make a well informed decision. 

  Varying from burger in Delhi menu to ambience factors, each and everything ought to be considered well to avoid any sort of inflexibilities in long run. This way, you’ll be a happy call for cities which are parching badly for ‘good eateries’. Keep this fact in mind that no business can sustain for longer time span, without consistent cash flow.  Even if you have enough capital to make the preliminary investment in your business, it won’t sustain for a longer time, if you do not get apt ROI. Thus, keeping in mind these aforementioned things do not get deviated from your business in any way. To make things get-go on a macro scale, it’s advised that search through online and will have plenty of options to choose from. Once you will get to know about different things that can be used for restaurant, it will become easier for you to bring in variations and alterations, depending on customer’s preference and appropriateness of the place.  

How to find good restaurants in your city

Eating outside is a delight and I like to use it as my weekend getaway from cooking. Foodies like me love to experiment with food and visit best restaurants in Mumbai. For this reason I am constantly on a lookout for cool and new places that serve great food. However, in my search, often times I end up being disappointed with either the food, treatment or ambience. It seems to me as a waste of money and time whenever I end up at a place I don’t like. So, am now using a few funny ways of investing my money and time only in restaurants in Mumbai that I would like. It takes some time on the internet which I anyway spend. So it is not much of a pain actually.

Firstly, the foremost means of knowing about a place is the word of mouth and newspaper advertisement. I believe that first hand experiences and how a place presents itself to the intellectual public, tells a lot about its ambience. Being from the advertisement industry, I know the amount of hard work and thought goes behind a simple ad. So it is not hard to point out a well thought out creative ad. It tells how much they value public impression and often similar treatment is observed at the place as well.

Second, I look at their reviews on reputed websites such as zomato. I particularly take interest in negative ones and how they have responded to it. Positive ones are a time waste. I am not saying that a person complaining about a restaurant puts me off, instead there way of responding to that complain arouses my interest. If they are pleasant, apologetic and willing to make amends then you know that customer experience matters to them, otherwise no matter how many stars they have got it’s a waste of time.

Thirdly, I ask friends in different cities of their favourite places and check whether they have outlets in Mumbai as well. One of my friends recommended a particular eatery for having burger in Delhi, and I was lucky enough to find the store in my city. Since then I have stuck to this method.

Hope these work for you as well.    

Mumbai—a palate’s best friend

If you are a foodie, Mumbai is the place to be. With a cuisine culture hard to match, it is bound to leave you spoilt for choice. Mumbai’s cosmopolitan effect is hard to match, and the best restaurants in Mumbai make the most of it.

From local favourites’ vada and samosa paav’ served with a tangy dose of ‘chatni’ to indigenous South and North Indian cuisines, Mumbai is a place that keeps your palate in good spirits, always.

The city’s food culture, made distinct as much by the range of cuisines as how it is served across, is a mixed bag of the most relished flavours in the country—Gujarat, Punjab, Kerala, Rajasthan, and more. So, your daily fill can be anything from a tangy south Indian curry to something sweet-and-sour from Gujrat or anything picked out randomly from a cuisine known for its richness, Punjab to the simple and savoury Maharastrian cuisine.

And if you think getting a range of food that wide is going to be a drill of a kind, drop the thought. Mumbai is easy to find food and some of the best restaurants in mumbai are one-stop dining hubs housing multiple cuisines under one roof.

Another flavour very distinctly ‘Mumbai’ makes the most popular beverage of the country, tea. Mumbai tea is a whole lot different with a blend of raw garlic and strong open -face cooking. Served piping hot in lined glass tumblers, it is the perfect breakaway on a long working day.

Just like Mumbai, Delhi has made certain foods very much its own. A burger in delhi works anytime, what with different local spins to it. Between locations, a burger in Delhi can go from being delightfully cheesy and savoury to fiery hot and spicy, and everything in between.