Com’ere. I have to tell you about these magic meatballs.
I didn’t discover them. Which is pretty damning since Bento-Ya has probably been serving them on Sheikh Zayed road for
Continue readingCom’ere. I have to tell you about these magic meatballs.
…sizzling up hole-in-the-wall ethnic eats of old Dubai

I didn’t discover them. Which is pretty damning since Bento-Ya has probably been serving them on Sheikh Zayed road for
Continue readingCom’ere. I have to tell you about these magic meatballs.
It’s not easy being a foodie. Even less so if you’re a food blogger. Everyone and their uncle suddenly feels
Continue readingAfter years of eating kababs, I finally ate The Kabab.
This cocoon of chickeny goodness. An egg and chicken kathi roll from Shiraz. And I speak from experience. Second hand-experience.
Continue readingWhat to sneak over to the son-in-law that married your vegetarian daughter?
Anyone remember that warped idea of mine at the start of the year to create a Best Seven of 2011
Continue readingForkfuls of deep-fried sticky sweet salty peanutty goodness at Singapore Deli.
I was a wretched mess after my last trip to Delhi. And the trip before that one too. The best
Continue readingUsually I’m the joker. But Karim’s in Delhi made me a queen.
March 31, 2012 Update. Bad News Folks…Shikidim has shut down. Another one bites the dust. This was meant to be
Sometimes I think I’ve grown up in Dubai with my eyes closed. Or my mouth closed. Or some combination of
Continue readingAappa Kadai hits the spot. Many spots. Every spot.
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
Continue readingA sweet cheesy combo that would make for the Happiest of meals.
I’m back. And ready to lay out the rest of my chocolate wedding plan inspired by ChoCo’a’s edible designs at
Continue readingThe Big Fat Chocolate Wedding Plan. Episode 2
I saw something this past Saturday that made me rethink my wedding entirely. [Mom, and the two hundred Indian aunties
Continue readingI’ve decided, I’m having a chocolate wedding. Will you marry me?
No, this isn’t a typo – I do mean my two best foods of 2011. So what if it’s only
Continue readingPeople, I present to you the TWO BEST FOODS I’ve eaten in 2011.
A mournful note on 31.08.2013: Al Ammor – all three branches of it in Abu Hail – has shut its
Continue readingAl Ammor. Serving up Egyptian comfort foods that call out to the little girl in me.