Disclaimer: This post is based on a fictitious premise of a potential first date. Unfortunately my Tinder success rate isn’t even 1/10th that of my friends. Based on what I learned through TV, the first few conversations end up defining you, if you’re funny and nice, or boring and dull. In such situations conversations would need to be…
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Custom Grilled Cheese
While a few friends usually say that I’m not ideal client for a brunch restaurant I usually believe brunch restaurants just suck with their menu. No creativity other than serving eggs on different sides and calling them different meals. To hell with them. Real restaurants offer interesting menu items and are open to playing with…
Montaditos – tapas made fun
While waiting for Dominique Ansels’ cookie milk shot me and my friends decided to get b something to eat 🍴 and since choosing the place is my job, good old foursquare recommended 100 Montaditos. With vegetarian options I decided to try it – and we were surprised. A nice little place with pseudo open seating…
Vegetales
Crispy tortilla at dos caminos filled with some stuff that tasted horrible.
Japanese Yam, in the sandwich
The one thing that really annoys me about sandwiches, burgers, wraps is that they fall apart. It’s a mess to eat them. But sometimes you overlook it if the sandwich is really good. Num Pang a sandwich shop has some good vegetarian options to try, and the Japanese yam – potato type – is really…
The Chocolate Cookie Milk Shot
While I was oblivious to the Cronut revolution started by Dominique Ansel, his latest creation made it to my reading list since, well, SXSW is where he unveiled it. A shot of milk in a chocolate cookie shot glass sounds so delicious that you’d instantly want one even though you’ll question the fact that you…
The Tikka Masala Pasty
My visit to a good friend in Tempe, AZ was long overdue. When it happened he knew the places we’d be going for food. We went to a place called Cornish Pasty, beautiful tshirt weather while New York faced the brutal winter winds; it was perfect. I was taken there to try one of their…
Hacking an amazing snack at 7 Eleven
On a fine cold winter afternoon, I ventured out for brunch with friends. Coordinating a meeting between friends is challenging but if you get out of a subway next to a 7-11, you walk in to beat the cold. As the wait grows, you tend to look around for a quick snack. I glanced around…
Indian restaurants in US & rice
Other than the faux mango-lassi, a bowl of rice with each entree at an Indian restaurant baffles me. These restaurants by themselves waste rice enough in a day that could help several under privileged Indians in India. I can say no to the rice but why do they serve rice with each entree as a…
A delicious Indian vegetarian sandwich
During my vacation in India I got to eat good vegetarian food. Food that’s actually cooked, has flavor and isn’t broccoli. At a small juice and snack chain called Pishu’s, their Big Grilled sandwich comes with sautéed cottage cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, green pepper, cheese in 2 layers of sandwich which is then grilled. Yes,…
Fussy Vegetarian 