To every kind soul who prayed for my friend after reading my plea last week, I cannot thank you enough. It meant the world to me to see wishes flooding in from everywhere. Sadly, life doesn’t always turn out as … Continue reading
Tag Archives: breakfast
Deck the Hall with Melty Stroopwafels. Falalalala-la-la-la-LAAAA.
If there’s one place I’d love to huddle up PERMANENTLY this cool cloudy festive season, it’s Vinkers Waffles at DIP. Completely on the other end of the world compared to my usual Karamas and Deiras of the city, but since … Continue reading
I ate an Iraqi breakfast that touched my heart.
There are some meals that are so simple, yet they become so incredibly meaningful just because they spark off some long-lost memory that you didn’t even know you had. An Iraqi lamb and egg breakfast at Bait Al Baghdadi did … Continue reading
Finally. A place where you can have your Emirati breakfast and win a Vespa too.
I walked into Bikers Café with the selfless goal of unveiling one of those rare places in the city where you can enjoy an authentic Emirati breakfast. I walked out of Bikers Café with my goal having devolved into a … Continue reading
Ever tried Anda Parotta from that tea stall around the corner?
How many times have you walked past those teeny cafeterias on the road and thought, ‘yech. I’d NEVER go in there.’ or ‘hmmm…could be good, but not worth risking my tummy.’ or ‘a place of the workers, for the workers, … Continue reading
People, I present to you the TWO BEST FOODS I’ve eaten in 2011.
No, this isn’t a typo – I do mean my two best foods of 2011. So what if it’s only been 19 days since the start of the year? Why wait around till the end of the year to start … Continue reading
If I had only one morning left in Dubai, I would eat…
…a za’atar with cheese manosheeh. Not just any manoosheh of course, but one from the Lebanese chain called Breakfast To Breakfast. To me, the name ”Breakfast To Breakfast” reeks of something gimmicky, chainy, dull, totally mass produced, undifferentiated. Luckily, a … Continue reading
Blueberry Fridays.
I love waking up to Fridays like this past one. Peeking out from under the covers to a day that yawns out lazily, full of empty white hours where I don’t have to be anywhere doing anything. A day that’s … Continue reading
Breakfast under the rising sun in Hua Hin, Thailand
Ever woke up to a lavish breakfast spread at 6am, watching the sunrise, looking out into a glistening pool of water, swaying palm trees? I did last Monday. Except that there was no waking up to do – I’d been … Continue reading
Kicking off alumni reunion weekend with cookies and French toast, courtesy family chefs at Cornerstone Bed & Breakfast, Philly
Even though my last couple of posts have been totally NYC-centric, the real purpose behind my visit to the US is not, contrary to what most of you may think, excessive gorging at as many new places in NYC as … Continue reading