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Where exile meets flavour
Pooja stands silently in the corner of Matamaal, her fingers tracing the edge of a faded photograph on the wall. Her eyes glisten as the smell of saffron and walnuts drift through the air. “It feels like home,” she says. This is no ordinary restaurant. It has a portal—a place where food, memory, and identity intertwined. Matamaal—“House of Grandmother”—is the dream of Nalini Moti Sadhu and her husband Surender. What began as a small effort to serve authentic Kashmiri Pandit cuisine in Delhi has grown into something far deeper: a living archiv…
Simply Marièta: Gurugram’s new Euro-Asian kitchen that’s perfect for brunch
From the comfort of Indian cuisine to global delicacies, everything finds a home in this city. But with that abundance, it’s easy to get lost. Sometimes, all you want is a place where you can just relax—have a chill brunch with friends or family without feeling like picking a restaurant is a pre-brunch workout in itself. Freshly revamped, Marièta in Gurugram reopens as a Euro-Asian Kitchen & Bar—exactly the kind of space that’s laidback, unfussy, and effortlessly charming. According to Sukriti Chopra, the brand and strategy head of Nineca…
Matcha made in heaven
Matcha, a centuries old green powerhouse drink that once fuelled Zen monks, is finding its way from Instagram’s addictive algorithms to modern kitchen menus. Forget the basic tea. It’s more than just the ordinary tea and iced lattes—that your feed is pushing for. Chefs across the world are brewing this newly found ‘green gold’, into things which even that crazy viral Instagram reel won’t show up. It’s part of the soft serve ice creams, fudgy brownies, fluffy soufflé pancakes, chewy mochi doughnuts, and even the unimaginable velvety cheesecakes…
On a New Spice Route: Matram Dwarka
Delhi restaurateur Shubh Sharma—behind Mayfair, Barcode, and Pokerface—returns with Matram, Dwarka’s first chef-driven dining space. With a pan-Indian menu spanning Kashmir to Kanyakumari, the restaurant sets out to deliver India’s flavours on a single plate. Matram makes a striking impression with stone-carved elephants, wooden pillars, and a water fountain. Inside, warm lighting meets Kathakali murals, while the ceiling, designed to mimic the open sky, draws inspiration from the nadumuttam of Kerala’s Nalukettu homes. Chef Suresh Singh Fa…
How much for matcha? Prices for the popular powdered tea soar due to global demand
The world’s fondness for matcha is about to be tested by steep price increases. Global demand for the powdered tea has skyrocketed around the world, fueled by consumer interest in its health benefits and by the bright green matcha lattes bubbling up on social media. In the U.S., retail sales of matcha are up 86% from three years ago, according to NIQ, a market research firm. But the matcha market is troubled. In Japan, one of the biggest matcha producers, poor weather reduced this year’s harvest. Matcha is still plentiful in China, another m…
To drink a secret brewed in secret
Evening settles over Phobjikha Valley like a silk shawl, its rolling meadows bathed in the quiet glow of the fading sun. Inside her snug homestay kitchen, Kumbu Lhamo tips a shallow wooden bowl, grinning into its cloudy depths. The sip is warm, smoky, faintly chewy; the taste of Bhutan itself. This is ara, the country’s most guarded home-brew, as beloved and unmistakably Bhutanese as ema datshi. Ara is not found on supermarket shelves or glossy menus; it is born in kitchens and courtyards. Lhamo, like most Bhutanese women, distils hers in cop…
A Sindhi soul stuck in spain
If a plate could tell tales, Omny Kitchen would be its Scheherazade. Helmed by the celebrity Chef Vicky Ratnami, Omny Kitchen feels like a cruise ship docked on dry land. The food reflects Ratnani’s three decades of experience with cruise ships, and other global culinary escapades. Food: The menu isn’t just sweeping; it’s downright nomadic, gathering bits and pieces of inspiration from Spain, Sindh, Kerala, and beyond. Take the ceviche, for instance, a zesty convergence of seabass and tuna drenched in citric Leche de Tigre and a playful twis…
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