Just like Pizza, Shepherd’s Pie also is one of those dishes that rose to stardom in the recent decades from a simple farmer’s food. Unlike the other fruit-based pies that you may have seen in the bakeries of our city of food, Shepherd’s Pie (or Cottage Pie) is a strictly meat based pie with a topping of mashed potatoes. Meat and Potato; two readily available […]
Restaurants in Hyderabad have one thing in common; a large menu. Thought it shows their capability of serving a wide variety of dishes, it could also raise a doubt about the authenticity and quality of these recipes. A small jog through the lists of some three-star restaurants would make the idea more straightforward to comprehend. But there are some restaurants that have a specialty menu; […]
Sunday has come. Let us wish you a happy one. And, for many of us, tomorrow is a holiday as well. So, happy Bonalu. Before the city of Hyderabad descends into the festival mood, Sunday mornings have to be taken care of. By morning, we mean the late morning. Inching towards lunch. So, let’s call it brunch, for those of you who have made it […]
Talking about Europen breakfasts in the previous article, a chain reaction seems to have started. We were wondering what could be the best brunch to put an excellent working day on full steam. We have the perfect answer; Lasagnas. You all know what they are. Considered as the oldest form of pasta, Lasagne are layered pasta with rich stuffing between the layers. Its origin is […]
Open any menu in any restaurant in Hyderabad, you’ll get surprised by the number of starter dishes that they offer. Most of the time they look like a ‘copy-paste’ from each other. Indian, Chinese or a combination of both… Of course, it is true some of these places make these items real good but then, what’s life if there’s no change once in a while… […]
Give us a dish that can make you feel divine at the end of a harsh day at work. Most will say Biryani. Of course, Biryani is fantastic, but you have an experiment if you are a real foodie. How about we suggest? And, for us, today is shrimp day. Remember that movie Forrest Gump in which Tom Hanks get a shrimp boat and earns […]
Sizzlers are a joy. The way they are brought to you, accompanying with smoke and flavourful scent of roasted meat and veggies in your favorite sauce. Don’t you just fall in love with the variety of taste in them instantly? Originated as a new food item in the 1950s, in the United States, Sizzlers joined the American food craze wagon of the time soon. The […]
Satays are a crazy thing. The more you eat them the more you want them. As much as prevalent they are in the rest of world, and an item fancied by many, Satays are called Sate in Indonesia and Thailand and are sold extensively as street food. Although anything can be Satayed, most popular Satays are Chicken and Tofu. There is a culinary theory that […]
It is time to forget the reputation that chicken breasts used to carry in the culinary arena for many areas. Forgetting the fat content issue (which is being dealt upon by many famous chefs across the world), they are an essential ingredient in many world famous recipes. The popularity of packed chicken breasts that are readily available in supermarkets these days indicate nothing but the […]
Most people consider barbecue as an American trait of cooking. But the fact is that, even before America in its present form came into existence, barbecue as a cooking form existed. In fact, when Christopher Columbus got himself lost in the sea and got ashore in the Americas, he and his crew found the local Haitians doing barbecues for the esteemed guests. Thus, the word […]