Leopold Café. Since 1871. Colaba Causeway. Must-see for the traveler in Mumbai. Over-crowded at all times. Hyped. Real. Yeah, all of the above runs through your mind as you are showed to your table here and you victoriously grab a chair. For how many can get into Leopold with having […]
I looked up in Wikipedia for the sake of this blogpost – Sanjay Gandhi National Park extends over 104 sq km in the suburbs of Mumbai. That’s massive massive real estate if you multiply it with the present going rate. Won’t be surprised if the notorious realtors of Mumbai have […]
Mumbaikars will swear that monsoons have ARRIVED!!! What with the near non-stop downpour, resulting traffic snarls, submerged roads, pedestrian woes, it’s almost as though it’s July. That’s when the rains are this incessant. But this year seems to be different… The rains that started Friday afternoon is continuing. Unabated. The […]
And it’s not only us who say this. Times Food Guide, Times Now, CNN-IBN and now, Trip Advisor too finds Café Madras to be the BEST. One that churns out Mumbai’s best Dosas and Idlis and Uppmas and Uttapams. And Sheera too. We love their Pineapple sheera! On our way […]
1. Take guided walks around the heritage buildings of South Mumbai 2. Simply sit in the promenades of Marine Drive or Worli Sea Face or Bandra Bandstand and see the city rush by 3. Catch a play at the National Center of Performing Arts (NCPA) at Nariman Point or […]
We are a family of biryani lovers. Even my 6-year old, who is otherwise notorious for her foot habits and eating-time, will slurp up her plate of biryani in a snap. We make them at home, but also greatly relish the ones that are available in restaurants outside. Here’s a […]
If you want to see the real India, you need to get out of the posh areas and Malls and head to the old part of Indian cities … Whether its Chandni Chowk in Delhi, Aminabad in Lucknow, Charminar and old part of Hyderabad etc. In Mumbai, it has to […]
January 2007. That was the year when we first stepped into Mumbai. Full of trepidation, cynicism, we had written off the city even before we arrived. At least I had. Having lived in the spic and span hills of Shillong a good part of my life, and then in the […]