by Anindya | Nov 23, 2018 | Bhutan, Travel |
On the last day of my Bhutan trip, courtesy Taj Tashi Thimpu Bhutan, we stepped out for a visit to a few local places. The first stop was at the Jungshi Paper factory. Jungshi paper factory Thimpu, was established in 1990 by the Government of Bhutan in order to...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 21, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
The first time I had baked a carrot cake was eons ago, sometime in the late 90s. It came up in the blog in December 2015. Tugga was almost 4 and wanted a Christmas party at home. We had 4 reindeers over for that Christmas party and Anindya had written all about it...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 16, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
Dulce de leche is often mistaken as caramel. It looks like caramel and is as sweet as caramel but the ingredients and the way of making is completely different. Dulce de leche, in Spanish mean ‘candy of milk’ and is used as a topping for ice creams, cakes,...
by Anindya | Nov 15, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
This is as recent as this year Kali Pujo. If you are from Kolkata, then you would remember how we woke up to a smoggy suffocating Kolkata the next morning and within no time, there was a spell of shower, which is uncharacteristic for this time of the year. As Sunita...
by Anindya | Nov 10, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
It is for the first time a recipe headline goes like this – A SEO friendly headline and why not. In my last post, I had written about how often the recipe writers are being looked down with a perception that writing a recipe is easier than writing an essay on...
by Anindya | Nov 8, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
I had to start this blogpost on this note from Andhadhun, the recent hit movie which is making news. – What is life? A character asks in the movie. – It all depends on the liver – he answers himself. The liver here may or may not have anything to do...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 6, 2018 | Eating Out, Food, Foodblog |
There is nothing permanent except change. Heraclitus So in true style, Vintage Asia completely changed their menu and brought in new flavours while adapting to the local taste buds. In came, expatriate Chef Alexsander Cheng, all the way from his last assignment as...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 4, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
As I sit and reminisce about the last year, I realise that how much small things, events or incidents in life give you so much happiness and a sense of satisfaction. There are the big life events, like having a baby or accepting a huge award for something or many...
by Anindya | Nov 1, 2018 | Food, Travel |
Yes, finally I tasted Bicerin in Turin and that too, in Caffe San Carlo. Bicerin (pronounced as bee- cheh- reen) is the national drink of Turin, made of 1/3 espresso, 1/3 hot chocolate and 1/3 cream. A little history about Bicerin During my visit to Turkey, I remember...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Oct 31, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
I had promised to make three Halloween treats for Tugga this year. The Halloween Witch Fingers are done. They were a superhit with him and his friends, a couple of days before Halloween. Poor thing is running a temperature. So he will be missing school on this...