When dessert brightens your night

Coconut custard is a real thing. With pieces of coconut in it. Served with pieces of fresh fruits, this custard was really really good.  Restaurant: abcV The dosa and the custard are among my top recommendations. Also, the green hummus. Delicious stuff.

Tapas in Bombay

Myxx in Bombay was a new restaurant while I was on my vacation. A fun dinner with family at Myxx had to happen. It was worth it.

Peas dumplings that’ll make you feel things

These pea paste dumplings will make your eyes open wide, your mouth stuck for a few seconds, and as you bite into dumpling your eyes close, you get to process the tangy sauce, you release a light moan. It’s the sauce, it’s all in the sauce. This expensive vegetarian restaurant deserves a visit just for…

3 Nights, 10 Southern Flavors pt. 1

(Part 1 of 2 parts: 3 Nights, 10 Southern Flavors pt. 2) Having heard nothing but good things about North Carolina, I was looking forward to my first trip to Southern US. I knew what I wanted to try and my team member had some recommendations too. We had our work cut out. We had our…

Only restaurant I revisit when in DC

I’ve been to DC 4 times, I’ve visited this restaurant 3 of those times. I found The Bombay Club through my normal web searches the first time & enjoyed the food. On my second trip a few years later, I searched for some restaurants, picked 1 (at random), went there, and realized I had been…

When a chef takes vegetarian lunch seriously

Restaurant: abcv NYC Chef: Jean-Georges Vongerichten Shallot and herb labneh, and sunchoke chips Labneh is always refreshing, hard not to get right, light, and the perfect appetizer. The chips had more oil than I’d like but with the cucumbers, it worked.

Bruschetta Tasting Bar

Maggiano’s Little Italy in Virginia is goof comfort food Italian. Glancing at their menu, the bruschetta tasting bar sounded like something that deserves a concept restaurant of its own. Ricotta, arugula, strawberry chutney – delicious.

Vegetarian Brunch For Every Saturday

Good tasting, repeatable vegetarian brunch is a challenge. Chefs are stumped to go beyond eggs and bacon when it comes to brunch. But not at The Smith. The Smith is probably one of the best brunch spots in NYC. So much so that there exists a list of brunch places that are like The Smith…

Mango Ice Cream with Tamarind & Chillies

Once I found about the combination in this colorful ice cream there was no way I wasn’t going to try it. The tamarind candy was hard to chewy, probably because of being dipped in ice. While the mango ice was giving me a brain freeze, the sour tamarind with chillies kept making my eye twitch. I was…