CARRY THE BREAKFAST ON

We’ve been reading in our textbooks, since forever, that breakfast is the most important meal of our day. But in the hustle and bustle of our daily life we give least importance to it, don’t we? Early mornings are the busiest parts of our days. Does the clock secretly gain speed in the early morning hours? Well, quite a theory to work on! But for now, we are to focus more on finding the time to eat the breakfast because admit it or not, breakfast does give us the energy to work during the entire day. It is more like a fuel that gives a kick start to the engine and makes us run efficiently. If we cannot find time at home to make and eat breakfasts, we can find breakfasts that are quite easy to make and carry, and can be eaten on way to work. Checkout this list:

 •Oats: Oats are healthy as well as easy to make. You can feel an empty jar (of butter or jam) with the overnight oats and carry it on way. You can eat this delicious as well as fulfilling breakfast and not worry about the morning rush.

•Omelets: Omelets take only around 5 minutes to get prepared. Although, I’m talking about the basic omelets here with salt and limited spices, but then omelets don’t require a lot of stuffs to taste good. A lot of breakfast places in delhi also serve omelet recipes which is portable enough.

•Vada: If you don’t find time, not even few minutes to make a recipe, carry a vada. This famous and portable dish is served at a number of breakfast places in mumbai, as it is a specialty there.


With so many easy-to-carry meals, why stay hungry!

A Treat for the Senses: Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta

If you’re looking for some smoked food in Bangalore, you’re going to be in for quite a pleasant surprise! There’s something about the city’s culinary offerings that has me completely enchanted. Whatever kind of cuisine you might be looking for, you will most definitely find a truly delectable specimen at Bangalore!

And let me tell you, I once had some of the best creamy smoked salmon pasta at the best restaurant in Bangalore. Ravenously devouring that dish the sole time wasn’t enough to satisfy my taste buds. I found myself just craving for more like a crazed glutton!

 So, folks, if I’ve got your mouth watering to the idea of this extraordinary creamy smoked salmon pasta (amongst the best smoked food in Bangalore), then let’s get to it and lay out the recipe for you.


1.In a large pot, fill water, add some salt, and bring to a boil. Add pasta, cook for 10-15 minutes, then drain.
2.Heat a pan on the stove, and melt 3 tbsp butter. Follow that up by sautéing some onions in the butter.
3.Next, what you’ve got to do is add 1 tbsp flour into the butter, and make sure it doesn’t lump (so stir constantly).
4.Simultaneously, also throw in 1 tbsp garlic powder for that garlic taste we all love in our pastas!
5.Now it’s time to get that pasta just the right amount of creamy! You’ve got to slowly stir in a cup of skimmed milk.
6.Grate some cheese, and throw in as much as you’d like, depending on how creamy and cheesy you want your pasta to be.
7.Now is the time to add some veggies, if you’d like. Make sure they look for about 5 minutes.
8.As always, the best is saved for the last! Add chunks of smoked salmon, and cook for a couple more minutes.

Voila! There you have it, creamy smoked salmon pasta like at the best restaurant in Bangalore!

A rainy day made perfect

A rainy day made perfect

Hanging out with my friends is the best stress-buster I know of, especially after a totally busted week at work. So, when the vagaries of a certain week turned out just too much for my sanity, I decided to rest my overworked mind by doing what I do best--watching a super-funny movie with my equally funny friends.

It was a Friday night and as I had expected, the world could not wait to party. With the roads jammed and zero probability of making it on time for the movie, I doubted there could have been a worse end to my week. Now remember, whenever you think this way, the universe would always surprise you with its evil plotting. Out of nowhere, it started raining cats and dogs marking the end of my patience level. I pulled out the keys from my moving-at-a-snail’s-speed car and put on the emergency lights. I realized that the best restaurant in Vasant Kunj was just a few blocks away and even though I dislike stepping outside of my comfort zone, I could not have cared less at the moment.

It was mostly empty when I entered and found myself a suitable corner. I ordered a chicken burger loaded with extra cheese along with a large glass of chocolate smoothie. The burger was absolute scrumptious and the smoothie more than perfect. Unaffected by the mayhem the weather caused outside, I took pleasure in each bite of the best burger I had ever had. That place undoubtedly serves the best burgers in Delhi. It is uncanny how a nice meal could give a horrible day a perfect ending. By the time I finished my dinner, the rain had turned into a soothing drizzle and the traffic too had been cleared out.

I reached home later than my usual time, and was pampered with a large cup of hot and tasty tea clubbed together with my mother’s love. You say, could my day have ended on a better note?

Burgers, Forever and For Always!

Burgers –got to love them, right? I can’t think of a single person I know who doesn’t enjoy biting into a big, juicy, succulent burger –home-cooked or at any brilliant restaurant in hauz khas. My crazed obsession with burgers began quite a long time back. At the time, my mother thought it was just a passing phase, and decided to cook me the best of burgers ever so often –thinking I would out-grow the obsession soon, and her cooking skills could take a nice, long vacation. But alas, it could never been just a passing phase –burgers and I, we’re meant for a lifetime of intense love and happiness!

Much to my disappointment, mother dear decided enough was enough, and put her foot down –I was to enjoy no more homemade burgers full of a mother’s love and compassion (or rather oozing with cheese!). And so I began my witch-hunt for Burgers in Delhi. Much to my delight, this glorious city with its countless eateries opened up a world of delightful burgers to me. It was almost like I had developed some form of OCD about burgers, I just couldn’t get enough of them!

But then came a time when I just couldn’t get around to sparing enough money to eat out ever so often… And so my days spent at one or the other restaurant in hauz khas or what have you became spaced out and rare occurrences. Alas. What was I to do? This craze just wasn’t dying out and I seemed to have run out of options!

Boy, was I wrong. I had just hit the tip of the iceberg… There was so much more to explore! Where, you ask? Not at restaurants or cafes across the city, the magic was to happen right in my very own kitchen! And so I began to delve deep into cookbooks and cooking blogs and what not –coming out with recipes that could really make it as some of the best Burgers in Delhi! And thus continued my tryst with burgers, in my very own home, forever in my heart –not to sound cheesy, but that’s just how I like my burgers!

My regular experiments with food

I love to make life more interesting by making my food more interesting. Be it cooking the same food in different ways, or experimenting with some unusual ingredients- I have done it all. But my favourite pastime comprises experimenting with instant noodles. On my yet another visit to my favourite restaurant in Vasant Kunj, I tried out regular noodles made with a twist. The flavour was absolutely heavenly. When I requested the staff to explain the recipe to me orally, they actually did. I guess the universe does respond to our innermost desires in the most unexpected of ways. I went back home and tried out the recipe the very same day. Guess what, it was a complete disaster.

Let me tell you more about my other experiments with my noodles, most of which have been quite successful. I love to add lots of butter to my noodles. Even though the taste of butter overpowers the taste of other spices, I don’t mind at all. I have also tried adding cheese and pepper/oregano and that tastes amazingly well too. You might not like to hear this but let me tell you anyway. I have also tried cooking noodles in milk instead of water. But trust me it wasn’t that bad. To make the taste of milk less prominent, I cooked noodles in the mixture of milk and water. That tasted much better. I also recently learnt to cook noodles in a microwave oven from an office friend of mine. But guess what happened when I tried the same thing at home. Sigh!

Let me also tell you about my latest discovery. Just yesterday only, I ordered Eggs Benedict at a new restaurant and I must appreciate the dish. I was a little hesitant at first, but all my doubts were laid to rest the moment I had the first byte. If you too are crazy about food, do try this dish out at a nearby restaurant. I am sure you would love it!

Food and Games

The perks of living in a thriving metropolitan city for a foodie like me are that there’s a new restaurant around the corner everyday. So of course, come every weekend, I’m out and about scouting for new places to eat at –and boy, do I find many. Each one better than the other, this city offers up some of the best culinary treats.

And while I would never really stop my relentless journey for food, every now and then, I take a pause. By pause I mean I then tend to visit one particular restaurant a few times before I move on to another –mind you, I only pause if it’s really worth it, so restaurants better get your A-game on!

That’s the story of my discovery of Smoke House Deli.

The target area was set: Vasant Kunj. Background checks had been conducted: bless Zomato and Google. The contenders were looking proud and poised: every restaurant in vasant kunj. Now all that remained was a little game of inky pink ponky…

And that’s how I walked into Smoke House Deli one fine Friday evening. With the quirky décor, I’d actually secretly been wishing the game of pinky pinky would really land me there. So there I was, wishes fulfilled, curious and excited. I carefully surveyed the lively crowd (a Friday night, so you can only imagine), and shamelessly peeped at all the food on their table –my way of telling what’s best (I’m all for judging a book by its cover, looks matter to a certain degree, especially when it comes to food!).

So I placed my food order, and sipped on my freshly squeezed juice… and I knew in that moment, even if the food didn’t turn out to be amazing, I’d definitely be back for the drinks! But as soon as the food arrived, I was completely sold. This was going to be the restaurant in vasant kunj where I’d take a good long pause!

From Buffalos to Gourmet –The Tale of HVK

When I was just a little girl, there was no ‘HKV’, it was just plain old Hauz Khas Village –just another little assortment of zigzagging roads and cramped buildings, with buffalos and the likes strolling about… You get the idea. I doubt you could have found a single restaurant in hauz khas back then. The only reason I knew the place existed was because I would go to ‘Deer Park’ to play!

The only attractions for me were the deer, wide open gardens and dense trees that proved to be excellent for a game of hide-and-seek across kilometres of sprawling lands. And of course, there’s the (infamous) Hauz Khas Fort. To be fair, the situation there hasn’t changed much at all over the years –there were and will always be snug couples hidden away; so I’ve developed quite the tolerance to ignore all that!

But gone are the days of climbing up Hauz Khas Fort and feeding deer, now it’s all about going out to eat or club or hang out at ‘HKV’ every few days. Of course, that was but natural considering the fact that I’ve grown up now –and it seems ‘HKV’ has grown up with me as well.

So all zigzagging roads have now been fashionably done up, and the cramped buildings are now home to the best eateries of the city. While a decade ago you couldn’t find even a single decent restaurant in hauz khas village, now you will be spoilt for choice! Whether you’re looking for Italian or North Indian food, or just some good ol’ Burgers in Delhi, you’re bound to find everything you could dream of at Hauz Khas Village.

Well, times they are a-changing, aren’t they? So let’s not wallow in the past, keep up with the times and go out to HKV and grab some of the best Burgers in Delhi and live in the moment!