At the L’amour dessert studio in Rutland Gate, Chennai, The Bridgerton Story, a popular dessert is doing its rounds on social media. It is a chocolate and hazelnut pastry that is served with tricks straight out of the molecular gastronomy textbook. When the cloche filled with dry ice smoke is lifted, phones are pulled out … Read more
We first stumbled upon Francis on a searingly bright day in Fort Kochi, after hours of gallery hopping. (Well, gallery and boutique hopping, if I am being totally honest.) Thanks to the buzz created by the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, which ran from December 2022 to April this year, Fort Kochi was chaotic with tourists. In this frenzy of … 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