Post the pandemic, a trend seems to have emerged in the city, where every neighbourhood has a kulambu kadai, selling competitively priced homemade gravies and side dishes. They cater to young couples who work from home, bachelors, and elders who prefer to cook minimally. The customers prefer these gravies, prepared in home-style kitchens, to ordering … Read more
Chef Doma Wang and her daughter Chef Sachiko Seth | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Doma Wang is considered Kolkata’s momo evangelist. Now find out why. She is in Chennai’s Hyatt Regency for a five-day food pop up featuring Nepali and Tibetan food. The pop up is curated by mother-daughter duo Doma Wang and Sachiko Seth, … Read more
An array of delectables spread out on the table | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chef Jaishanker is determined to revive your grandmother’s recipes. At newly launched Sangamithirai, set in the plush Feathers Hotel, Manapakkam, his menu is inspired by his travels to remote villages in Madurai, Pollachi, Karaikudi and other regions in Tamil Nadu. … Read more
M. Saravan Krishna, founder and CEO, Foodwall and Amogh Arunkumar, co-founder and Chief Customer Officer, Foodwall. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chennai has now got a home-grown social networking platform for food enthusiasts. Called Foodwall, the platform will help consumers to engage in anything and everything pertaining to food. “One big problem typically all of … Read more
Chat stalls at the venue were a major crowd puller | Photo Credit: Srinath M The Police Museum grounds at Egmore is embroidered with tall trees, an imposing red walled museum and an intriguing curio shop. Recently, a cultural food festival organised at the venue saw a flurry of sights, sounds and smells. Inaugurated by Chef … Read more
Shoyu Vegetable Ramen at Oji Ramen | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The posterboy of Japanese cuisine in Chennai has been sushi for a while. While ramen has been a strong contender globally, the city has had little luck with ramen restaurants. Almost a decade ago, Go Go Ramen opened in Alwarpet, letting people live their … Read more
In the evening when the breeze cools, plates at Asvah 24 are warm from lamb tajine. Bubbles rise up from glasses of rose wine seltzers and the sound of waves from the beach anoint the emerging night. Chef Andrea Rubio, former executive sous chef of Israeli-British food writer and chef Yotam Ottolenghi, is in Chennai … Read more
On TM Soundararajan Road in Mandaveli, there is a 70-year-old building with fading yellow paint and blue windows. On its facade, is a bright yellow signboard that says Verghese Bakery. Below, is a glass door and whenever it opens visitors are met with a gush of cold air swollen with the warm aroma of sugar. Displayed in … Read more
A view of Cafe Pramadham at Angson Centre, Greams Road, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R The butter bun is your first hint. In Chennai, a city of bun-butter-jam enthusiasts, thereis a reassuringly staid approach to the formula – white fluffy buns, a generous pat of butter and deep red mixed fruit jam. Here, the … Read more
A special thali meal | Photo Credit: Srinath M It is 11am and TS Kolkata Mess is waking up from a slumber that resembles the unhurried countenance of Kolkata. This, however, is Greams Road, Chennai – where a line of humble eateries serving home-style Bengali food dots the sidewalk opposite Apollo Hospital. Kailash Chandra Das, … Read more