When I’m stuffed to the point of delirium, a wire in my brain snaps and I come up with these freakish doodles in my head. Ideally, the doodle dies before I get around to writing a post. But sometimes, it … Continue reading

When I’m stuffed to the point of delirium, a wire in my brain snaps and I come up with these freakish doodles in my head. Ideally, the doodle dies before I get around to writing a post. But sometimes, it … Continue reading
This post is really not about mummy’s deep fried chillies stuffed with sesame paste that I bit into nearly two months ago. I wish it were in some ways, because those potent quivers of sesame throbbing chillies can hit right … Continue reading
It’s not unknown to you – unless this is the first time you’ve landed on my website, in which case you will either find out over the next few posts, OR do the wise thing for your general productivity and ALT … Continue reading
Nonsense. I think our group of fabulous foodies worked this Chinese hot pot broth with the skill you’d see in a troupe of synchronized swimmers. Maybe with a bit more of a splash around. Hot pot broth at Xiao Wei … Continue reading
Whoaaa! Horaaah! Fish and chips! Hooot! In London! Weeeeee! Land of The Fish and Chips! Yaaay! …Yay. Yeah. Ok I’m done with my hallucinations. I’m still right here, sweating it out in Dubai. That street photo up there is just … Continue reading
[Cake credits: Photographed this beauty at the Choco’a stall, at the 2011 Abu Dhabi wedding fair] Today is a very special day for me. It’s the day when, a year ago, google surfaced the blog of another fellow food blogger … Continue reading
Anyone heard the two-whole-beef-patties-special-sauce-lettuce-cheese-pickles-onions-on-a-sesame-seed-bun jingle that McDonalds Arabia has been obnoxiously chanting over the radio for the past month? I’ve heard it every work day of February, maybe even January, to the point where it makes me want to wave … Continue reading
A bunch of us sat around a table, digging into our plates from the different restaurant stations at Taste of Dubai, dissecting what could’ve made that deep-fried batter coating on Rivington Grill’s signature fish so light and poofy. It started … Continue reading
I ate this Thai salmon appetizer the other day that catapulted me into summer. Not Dubai summer – that’s plain brutal and should really be reclassified as a fifth season called HELL. I’m talking about the summery weather you experience … Continue reading
Dubai just doesn’t bring out the pizza lover in me. I can’t think of the last time that I actually went out for pizza. Flipping open a menu at Forgettable Café X and making an impulse pizza decision doesn’t count. … Continue reading
Sometimes being a foodie can be really painful. You (and by ‘you’ in the all the following statements, I obviously mean ‘I’) get into a fix when someone else decides to pick the dinner place – have they researched the … Continue reading
Sally Prosser is a real gem of a person. She’s one of those few local gurus who has her pulse on the latest happenings on the Dubai food scene as well as the online food blogging arena. It was only … Continue reading