Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Monday, 18 May 2020

Spinach Chaat @ThavaIndian Restaurant @MontecasinoZA #Jozi #SA

Hi Friends, 

Spinach Chaat is one of the snacks which is only introduced in the menu at Thava Restaurant at Montecasino, Johannesburg, South Africa. The first time I saw the same on the menu, I ordered it immediately and now whenever I go to the restaurant I generally order 2 plates for the family. 
Spinach Chaat at Thava Restaurant, Johannesburg, South Africa
Spinach Chaat at Thava Restaurant, Montecasino, Johannesburg, South Africa
Chaat in general terms is made by the Chutneys - be it mint or tamarind to add to the flavor and the sensation on the tongue. If their chutneys are not great, chaat won't be worthy of any mention wheresoever. Not only this chaat is healthy but yummy too. I am sure you won't stop at one plate ever. 
Spinach Chaat @ThavaIndian Restaurant @MontecasinoZA #Jozi #SA
Spinach or Paalak Chaat - Homemade
My family during lockdown tried to create the Spinach or Paalak Chaat at home and this is the version we could come up with. It was tasty but I didn't eat as much I could eat at the restaurant. It's all about the chutneys and the masala they add at the restaurant. If the same is not perfect, you don't want to spend your money on at the restaurant. 

What is your favorite amongst the two? The first photo is taken using Fujifilm X-T100 mirrorless camera and the second one at home using Samsung Note 8 mobile camera by Aashish Rai

Namaste!!!
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Sunday, 27 November 2016

#UberEats: Healthy Meals At The Palm of Your Hands #Johannesburg

Hi Guys,

With the summer holidays around the corner we all become more aware of what we eat, unfortunately with the hustle and bustle of Joburg, it is hard to find the time to cook healthy meals. This is no longer an issue as UberEats is here to help. UberEATS has partnered with only the best local restaurants in Johannesburg to get customers the healthy food options they want, delivered quickly.

Below are some of the many restaurants across Johannesburg that offers tasty and healthy meals that can be ordered by using the UberEats app:
 
Krunch, Sandton
Grilled Halloumi Salad - Quinoa, English Cucumber, Raw Corn, Oven Roasted Peppers, Chickpeas, Grilled Halloumi, Balsamic Onions, Balsamic Vinaigrette
#UberEats: Healthy Meals At The Palm of Your Hands #Johannesburg
Bellagio, Illovo
Avo filled with Salmon Trout and Prawn - Avocado filled with salmon trout and prawns with a dill and lime mayonnaise
#UberEats: Healthy Meals At The Palm of Your Hands #Johannesburg
Food Me*, Rosebank
Quinoa, tofu & shitake salad - Power protein quinoa with spiced, marinated-then-seared tofu triangles, shitake mushroom, carrot shaving, shredded red cabbage, cherry tomato, chives, cashew nuts & ginger jelly | Contains nuts.
#UberEats: Healthy Meals At The Palm of Your Hands #Johannesburg
Daily Dietitian, Sandton
All Day Breakfast Wrap with Poached Eggs (320kcal) - (With poached eggs, avocado, mozzarella, rocket, roasted rosa tomatoes, and balsamic glaze dressing.) #UberEats: Healthy Meals At The Palm of Your Hands #Johannesburg

BGR, Rosebank
Lettuce Bun Burger
#UberEats: Healthy Meals At The Palm of Your Hands #Johannesburg
JB's Corner, Melrose
Classic Salmon Salad - Smoked salmon, cottage cheese, boiled egg, avo (seasonal), capers, red onion, rosa tomato, cucumber, carrots, and mixed green leaves.
#UberEats: Healthy Meals At The Palm of Your Hands #Johannesburg
Kauai, across Johannesburg
Tuna Protein Salad - Tuna with lemon olive oil dressing, free range boiled egg, green beans, carrot, rosa tomato, coriander, spring onion, house greens, lemon caesar dressing (contains free range egg)
And to go with your healthy meal
Mango Berry Smoothie - Mango, raspberries, coconut milk, coconut-infused water, agave
NÜ Health Food Café, Rosebank
NÜ Health Food Café, Eastgate from end of November
Baked Tuna Fish Cakes (Gluten free) – Ricotta, feta, lentils, sweetcorn, broccoli, sesame seeds, sweet glaze and olive oil, served with a side salad
Matcha Smoothie Bowl – Banana, coconut milk, matcha green tea powder, kale, blueberries, raspberries, toasted flaked almonds, hemp seeds
 
UberEats is expanding soon to Fourways, Sunninghill, Norwood and the Joburg CBD and so if you are the first timer trying UberEATS? then Download the app and enter the promo code at checkout; TryEatsZA on checkout to enjoy up to R100 off your first order. Available for new UberEATS users only. 

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Friday, 12 August 2016

Mythos Launches Bespoke #Restaurant: #Nostimo Waterfall Estate #Johannesburg

Hi Guys,
Family-run eatery Mythos launches its brand new bespoke restaurant in Waterfall Estate, combining its popular contemporary Greek cuisine with a family-friendly focus, making it the ideal venue for a quick weekday bite or a leisurely Sunday lunch with the whole family.
Mythos Launches Bespoke #Restaurant: #Nostimo Waterfall Estate #Johannesburg

Nostimo, meaning “tasty” in Greek, has something for everyone - a strong family focus with features that include a pottery studio, nature-themed kids play area complete with an organic playground. In addition to its exclusive Mediterranean recipes, Nostimo will be serving freshly baked artisanal bread, piping hot pizza fresh from their new wood burning oven and a variety of luxury, homemade ice creams.
Mythos Launches Bespoke #Restaurant: #Nostimo #Johannesburg

The contemporary, barn-style structure overlooks the latest Keith Kirsten venture, the Waterfall Wilds Nursery. Quality is paramount, evidenced in the development of the children’s area. While visiting the restaurant, children can be entertained on the organic playground facility, which has been designed to solely incorporate natural materials.
Mythos Launches #Restaurant: #Nostimo Waterfall Estate #Johannesburg

“In conceiving Nostimo, we’ve taken the best of Mythos and added additional elements to create a unique dining experience in an exceptional contemporary setting. Design-wise it speaks to the sophisticated diner but is equally welcoming for families or a romantic interlude,” says George Kutra, owner of Mythos. “Uppermost for us is to ensure that the Greek passion for life, beauty and food, which is so central to our culture, is strongly reflected in the Mythos brand, and we know that customers will experience all this and more at Nostimo.”

Mythos #Restaurant: #Nostimo Waterfall Estate #Johannesburg

You can find Nostimo at Waterfall Wilds on the corner of Maxwell Drive and Country Estate Drive. For more information call 011 517 2349. 

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Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Mythos Arrives @TheMallOfAfrica #MyMallOfAfrica #Greek #Restaurant #Food

Hi Guys, 

Visitors to the Mall of Africa can now feast on authentic Greek cuisine thanks to the opening of family-run eatery Mythos. Offering a variety of meze, traditional cooked meals, meat, fish and seafood dishes, Mythos continues to be a popular dining destination for families, couples and business people seeking good Greek food and hospitality.
Mythos #Greek #Restaurant #thelifesway #photoyatra Mall of Africa
Launched in 2006 by founder George Kutra, Mythos is a contemporary Greek-run restaurant with traditional spirit. The menu, which was crafted by George’s mother, Irene Kutra, includes a variety of delicious Greek dishes, including the likes of moussaka, pastitsio, soudsoukakia and kleftiko. Each Mythos chef learns how to perfect the family’s favourites from Irene’s in-depth training sessions and decades of experience in the kitchen. 

“Our menu is all of our family’s favourite dishes rolled into one, giving our customers a contemporary Greek experience and a little piece of our heritage with every meal. I am proud to share my traditional family recipes and excited to be bringing them to the Mall of Africa,” said Irene Kutra. 
Mythos #Greek #Restaurant #thelifesway #photoyatra Staff
The interior of the new restaurant was designed by Gys Van Graan who ensured a bespoke atmosphere, as is the brand’s approach to each of its restaurants.

“We aimed to achieve a contemporary version of the typical Greek restaurant, without compromising the warmth of Greek culture and tradition - and we achieved this by including natural materials such as timber and leather, brass elements, green walls and macramé details to enrich the interior with a touch of sophistication,” said Van Graan.
Mythos #Greek #Restaurant #thelifesway #photoyatra
Housed in the Town Square area of the mall near Entrance 23, Mythos is open seven days a week and offers the ultimate Greek dining experience, by a passionate and hands-on Greek family. For more information visit http://www.mythos.co.za.

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Wednesday, 13 May 2015

How #MissionSamsung Spiced Up My Honeymoon in SA! @SamsungSA

Hi Guys,


Marriage is something which brings in a lot of change in your life. It takes away your bachelorhood and adds a ton of responsibilities on your shoulders. My journey with marriage was full of surprises and it was also a dream to marry my beloved from college. Just like all the journeys, the first thing that comes to mind is the packing the right stuff for this adventurous roller coaster. I started my travel to my parent’s house going through all the panoramic country side capturing it using NX300 camera which got hybrid autofocus to take crisp clear photographs at 20.3MP in a running bus. 

It was a hectic schedule of religious ceremonies and meeting relatives which traveled from all over to be a part of this festival called marriage. Just on the D- Day as I was getting ready to say the final good-bye to my bachelorhood, friends barged into my room with some surprise gift that they said will help me to stay connected always with them as well as others. Indian Marriages is full of music, dance, ceremonies and great food. I enjoyed it thoroughly to the point it started blowing my mind with all the excitement as I was going on my honeymoon to the amazing and wonderful Rainbow country called South Africa. I was waiting for everything to be over as soon as possible so that I can see the panoramic and famous Garden Route and related places of interest. 

After all the ceremonies was over and it was time to open the gifts, the very first on my list was to open what my best friends thought for me. I had an idea it will be a smartphone as they said but never thought that it will be the phablet called Samsung Galaxy Note 4 which I always dreamed to hold other than my girlfriend’s & now wife’s waist. I was so elated that I didn't even bother to open the rest of the gifts as I started clicking pictures and taking video with the same. S Pen was an amazing new tool to catch my attention the most.
Soon the day arrived as we boarded SA Airways from Delhi to Johannesburg on our trip to the country. We had our trip sorted with an initial evening in Johannesburg and then travelling to Kruger to stay inside the game reserves and watch all the big 5 live in jungle. The 3 Stars accommodation we chose in the heart of the city was featured with amazing Samsung LED Smart TV which got us connected to skype and internet to be aware of the happenings around back home and the country. As I learned to make nice tea in London using the creamer/tea/sugar and water kettle, I tried to impress my wife with my so called handmade tea without being cooked. To my wonder I could actually see a Samsung Smart Microwave Oven sitting right in the small kitchen area and I immediately warmed the tea for a min or so and I got the same taste as I get back in India. This oven is capable of cooking a nice meal all by yourself and you can save a lot of money. This one can do fried food without using any oil by using it's slim fry technology. 
We took a tour of the city and stopped at Rosebank to see the new Samsung store featuring all the amazing products on display and wife was immediately attracted towards the Samsung Galaxy A3 for its metallic design. I could see the love for the smartphone in her eyes. I thought of something and headed out to have a great dinner at Melrose Arch. As I came back to the hotel in the taxi with my wife head on my shoulder, I started browsing Samsung SA’s twitter page and came across various new products and most importantly Mission Samsung Blogger Challenge which immediately caught my attention. As my wife slept in the 3 stars bed, I continued to research about the same and slept to see a dream that I have become the Winner of this challenge. 

Kruger national park was amazing but my camera could only zoom out 3x-4x as I only had 18-55mm lens on my NX300 camera. I was feeling disappointed by being so close yet so far from all the wild animals but then my wife said that she can bring the Lion, Cheetah closer to us by using her Samsung Galaxy K Zoom which has 10x optical zoom. It also has 3G connectivity to upload the photographs on your social media instantly which was amazing as our families could also enjoy our trip. I never knew she has something like that in her big bag and I could see the animals which were so far coming so close to me and shoot them too with this camera. I instantly fell in love with my wife once all over again. 
It was time to go to the mother city of Cape Town and create more memories. We came to see the two oceans meeting at Cape Agulhas & Cape Point, I could feel that our marriage is very similar as two families came together to make us one. It’s the harmony that we both have to achieve to stay together and accept each other with full trust and sharing the joys and sorrows. As I was tired of the all the travel, I slept till late and wife ordered the Espresso coffee while she was watching a morning show named Expresso on the SABC 3 TV. “What a coincidence”, she said! I saw a Chef Reuben Riffel cooking nice food on the same too. 
It was the penultimate day of our honeymoon before heading back to India and I thought of just relaxing at the Victoria’s Wharf waterfront and seeing some of the shopping malls to buy some memorabilia for the new extended family back home. As we sat on the corner of signal hill watching the sunset, I immediately pulled out the gift which I have been carrying and hiding in my luggage all this time to my wife. As she quickly opened it there, her eyes were filled with tears of joy as it was the new Samsung Galaxy A3 in Gold along with Level Over Headphones in Gold/Brown combination which will go a long way as she simply adores music. The wireless headphones will not only make the return trip pleasurable as she browses through all the videos taken but also will help reduce aircraft’s engine noise. That was the best night of my life as we both were grateful for each other and for Samsung products.
It was an amazing trip to the rainbow country of South Africa as we built our marriage on the strong pillars of trust, respect and love for each other. Samsung did have a say in all of this as I could connect the dots looking backwards to see my travel before the start of married life in bus with NX300 camera and ending here today with a lot of latest devices making my honeymoon worth remembering. 

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Saturday, 9 May 2015

Jenda – the place to be seen @MontecasinoZA

Hi Guys, 

“A meal is the whole experience of getting together and sharing with friends. It is more than food”- that’s the quote by Jinny Fleishman that adorns the new Jenda Restaurant menu and the philosophy behind this fresh new experience on offer at Montecasino. 
“To stay relevant to our constant stream of visitors, we need to keep reinventing ourselves, offering new experiences that meet the needs and wants of our wide spectrum of customers. Jenda is a comfortable environment where people can stay for hours, relaxing and enjoying the light fare complemented by fine wine,” says Norman Wallace, Operations Director for Tsogo Sun.

Explains Glenn Joseph, General Manager of Montecasino, “Jenda brings a new dimension of comfort and relaxed dining to our mix at Montecasino. It’s a restaurant that is flexible enough for every dining requirement and for leisurely social evenings, but specifically attracts pre- and post-show theatre goers to complete a perfect evening out.”
Both the restaurant and the menu have been designed for sharing. The restaurant includes several unique spaces – couches and low tables in a screened off outside area with a pleasant Mediterranean feel and makes it the ideal place to relax; a restaurant section for more formal sit-down meals; a flaring bar; and an upstairs wine tasting room. The décor is fresh, slick and welcoming.

The menu includes ‘small plates for sharing’, offering a range of delectable snack foods for the South African palate; a selection of sliders – lamb, beef and chicken; seafood, including prawns with lime and chilli, deep-fried calamari with tartare sauce, grilled salmon and lemon mayonnaise; crisp chicken wings, larny potato fries with truffle oil; mini cheese fondue; grilled halloumi; and Jenda’s ‘famous tortilla sandwiches’ – lamb, thyme and tzatziki; beef, onion, mixed pepper; chicken, mushroom and bacon.
Although the menu is predominantly made up of small sharing portions, it also offers an a la carte menu which includes entrecote, beef fillet, parmesan-crusted chicken breast, pan-fried linefish, as well as the Jenda burger with slow-roasted tomato and onion relish, bacon, jalapenos, and cheddar cheese. Salads are equally appetising – grilled beef salad, goat’s cheese, rocket, and micro greens with honey soy dressing; and roasted pear salad with blue cheese, crispy bacon bits, croutons, greens and blueberry dressing.

Topping the dessert list is ‘our famous Lindt chocolate fondue with biscotti, marshmallows, strawberries and honeycomb’ for two.
Cocktails and champagne add to the festive feel of the menu, with Moët & Chandon ranging from Vintage to Brut Imperial, and cocktails to share, with a variety that will appeal to any palate or occasion. The comprehensive wine menu also ensures that there is always something for everyone and features wines procured at the Nederburg and Cape Winemakers Guild auctions last year, where Tsogo Sun spent just under R3,2 million and took top spot for total sales by a single bidder.

The menu carries the sage suggestion, ‘After dinner, sit awhile and enjoy the evening, for later on you might be hungry again, and so the circle of good food continues.’ That’s what it’s about. It's a nice concept when you want to have an awesome time with your family and friends and want to relax with all of them.
To book your table, contact Jenda on 011 510 7471. For more information go to www.montecasino.co.za, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/montecasino or on Twitter at @MontecasinoZA.

Tsogo Sun’s portfolio includes over 90 hotels and 14 casino and entertainment destinations throughout South Africa, Africa, the Seychelles and Abu Dhabi

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Wednesday, 29 October 2014

@Zomato - The delicious evening @WalnutGroveSA @SandtonCity Johannesburg

Hi Guys,

The festival of lights is the time when we find ourselves deep into the desserts and sweets. It's the time to celebrate the best things of life in terms of food, clothes and jewellery. For me it was the time to celebrate with Zomato in their Foodie Meetup at Walnut Grove in Sandton City, food court. The place is simply amazing and has an increasing fan following because of their commitment to quality and they simply make your time at the restaurant enjoyable.
Walnut Grove is being run by Elle Ruschioni and her brother Fotis Drakopoulos. It was started by their parents in 1975 and ever since the food has become more tastier and healthier year after year. Here is Elle with Zomato's Heino Gehle.
The setup and decor of the restaurant is awesomely beautiful and this is the chandelier representing their strong belief in great food brings great moments in your life which keeps shining throughout your life in your memories and that's what you cherish.
I never thought or saw the place in all my previous visits to Sandton City but now after spending some timer there and eating some of their vegetarian delicacies I want to go there again and again.
Walnut Grove specializes in cakes, cookies, coffee, tea, milk shakes, smoothies along with various other food items. 
Every item they make or bake is special. Once you have tasted their stuff, you will forget all the other bakeries in town. The first photograph shows variety of Micro Wraps with Hummus, grilled halloumi, polenta crumed feta, olives and avocado; Quinoa with crumbed feta, roast butternut, mixed greens and beetroot relish.
This is my vegetarian board containing Fried Vegetables Lemon Zest Basket, Rustic African Nachos, Paneer Cashew Saffron Curry, Herbed Mushroom Red Velvet Burger. Every food items that was served was extremely delicious and tasty to eat. By the time desserts came I was so full that I could not take more than a bite of each of them. 
Here is the Trip of Gourmet Milkshake Shots, Summer Macaroon selection and Red Velvet Cupcake. Desserts are so nice and tempting that I should have left main course and start from there only.A special Mascarpone Spoon with Coffee Caviar really was an experience of lifetime.
The departing gift from the Walnut Grove was this out of the world Rainbow Cake to keep your family and friends hooked to this restaurant. It not only looked awesome but tasted divine. Even if you don't have time to visit and sit at the place, go and buy a slice of this cake. This is the best I have ever eaten in my life till now. In all of my self obsession with vegetarian food, I completely forgot to take even a single snap of Non-vegetarian food that was served.

Check out this awesome place in Sandton City in your next trip and enjoy your best moments of life in Walnut Grove. Follow them on twitter and facebook. Check out Zomato at www.zomato.com/johannesburg

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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Movie Review - FED UP (2014)

Hi Guys,

Fed Up (2014) is a documentary type movie showcasing what is the reason behind getting obese in spite of spending thousands of hours in Gym and running in the parks. This phenomenon is global and the documentary showcases the concept of the same in USA markets. It’s businesses that runs the governments and it is shown how food cartels in USA governs the USA government and WHO also. No matter how hard you try to come over them, you won’t have that power and money to bypass them. But it lies in the hands of an individual to choose and then slowly and steadily, you can defeat the cartels. The movie is produced by Laurie David (Oscar winning producer of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) and Katie Couric. Fed Up is directed by Stephanie Soechtig.
The movie is an eye opener and gives a whole new perspective to think how and what impacts our daily habits that made us get fat. The movie shows that a normal human body can take 8-9 teaspoons of sugar and in reality we are consuming more than 40 teaspoons. The extra teaspoons everyday is causing the body to convert them into fat all across our body. This can also lead to Diabetes and various other diseases. 

The impact and rush of sugar and cocaine is same on the brain while sugar gives 8 times more powerful rush than cocaine. It is really a fact and I think of myself consuming packs of sugar as and when I need instant energy. Fat free products that the market is flooded with these days contains much more sugar than the regular products to make them taste better. I have started reducing my sugar intake but it's very difficult and not an easy journey. With right amount of motivation & awareness, I will definitely reduce my sugar intake slowly and steadily.
For people like me, they said, I am TOFI - Thin Outside and Fat Inside. I might also suffer from the same types of problems that an obese person will. Whatever happens the movie will spread awareness to eat healthy food and will bring in a lot of change in the mindset of individuals.

The movie also shows the efforts undertaken by various government and individual initiatives and what happens to them. The movie will definitely leave you to think a lot about your dietary habits. It's a journey that will help you and astonish you to think beyond and create a life which you want.

This movie is definitely worth a watch and if possible follow their advice too. The movie has launched a website to create awareness and to take a challenge to leave sugar for 10 days initially.

Check out - Fed Up website - http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/home This movie will also bring a lot of sale of books to amazon.com with the list of resources/material/books mentioned on their website.

Movie is releasing in Ster Kinekor on 31st Oct 2014. Book your tickets now. More info on twitter and facebook. 

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Sunday, 6 July 2014

Indiblogger & Borosil - My Beautiful Attempt at Aaloo Chaat

Hi Guys,

Cooking is an art and a skill which some has and some not. I find myself in the latter category but my mind has the innovation to try unique things at times. In all my life, the best I have been in kitchen is only for making tea or maggi sometimes. I can stay hungry for days and survive on chips and cold drink but never I will enter the kitchen. I only eat food to survive and have unique taste buds which only wants what they like. I can't eat just to eat sake, rather I savor every bit of thing I love to eat. I am never greedy to eat also or jump in friend's lunchboxes if I see some food I wanted to eat. That's my love for food but as Life has it's own ways, I am forced to enter the kitchen and make something for myself using the raw material and resources I have. 

I always loved the Aloo chaat at Nathu Sweets in New Friends Colony, New Delhi with its fried potatoes along with the mint chuntey and masalas all over it. It was the taste I really loved and wanted to create the same for myself. I didn't had all the resources to make the same but I tried it using whatever I had here in my kitchen.

I didn't knew how to boil the potatoes myself and was confused for a while because I saw my wife doing it in microwave and my mom used to boil it in cooker. I asked many of my friends and they told several ways till the time I found the easy way to do the same. I am the laziest fellow ever and will take the shortest route to everything. I boiled the potatoes with fully covering them in water in the pressure cooker till three - four whistles. When the fourth whistle came I was sure I am a winner as potatoes will be ready. 

I let the potatoes cool down and then started the process of peeling and cutting them. I warmed the oil in a fry pan and put some zeera into the same. The potatoes were then fried for some 15-20 minutes in the oil. I thought of putting masalas in the fry pan but thought it would be better if I use Borosil's glassware to mix the masalas with the fried potatoes. I added salt, red chillies, chaat masala, pani puri masala, amchoor along with tangy tamarind sauce and sweet chilli sauce. Tamarind gives a unique taste to chaat and is the main ingredient because of which I eat chaat a lot. Borosil Glassware helped to evenly distribute masalas to each and every piece of potato slice. I really love the feeling when my tongue feels the magic of the tamarind. 

Though I forgot to purchase the mint and dhaniya leaves to make the green chutney otherwise the taste would have been same as Nathu Sweets's Aaloo chaat. I felt successful after the end results was in my mouth and I loved the delicacy which I just made by myself. I am no good cook but I loved the food which I made with my own hands.This was something I have been missing for a while as I am in this foreign country which is unknown to Indian tastes. It was a perfect tea time snack and really filled me up so as to miss dinner. I had atleast two to three plates of what Nathu Sweets serve so there was no scope I could have dinner. 

It was remarkable at what I wanted to achieve and what I did to do the same was amazingly great (#BeatifulFood). I felt great after eating every single slice of potato and thought of even going to Masterchef in 3-4 years of time.

More info can be found out at - http://www.myborosil.com/

Cheers!!!

Monday, 25 February 2013

Paan - Indian Mouth-Freshener #TheLifesWay

Paan - Indian Savory #TheLifesWay
Our India is a land of varieties in terms of food and desserts. Paan is one of the most sought after mouth-freshener. The one shown in the photograph is featured in Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon. The green aura simply calls you to eat one! Can't resist guys! Go for it! Enjoy

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