Another day, another long drive, and another roadside stop. Today we are travelling from Ranthambore National Park (where the Tigers live) to Pushkar another couple of hundred miles and another 5-6hrs on the bus. I am not exactly sure where this stop was but it was quite a typical kind of place and while we…
Food on the Roadside in Rajastan- Mangalm Family Restaurant
Today we were driving from Agra to Ranthambore, we had spent a few hours visiting Agra Fort so we were going to be eating lunch somewhere on the road. Our driver decided to stop for his lunch at one of the many roadside restaurants, it looked OK, so we decided to eat here too. The Mangalm Family…
Lunch in Agra before we visit the Taj Mahal – A Pinch of Spice
Pinch of Spice was the chosen stop for lunch by our guide when we went to Agra. It had been a long day and a long drive from Delhi and to be honest food was the last thing on our minds. Our thoughts were on the upcoming visit to the Taj Mahal and where…
Chicken Inn – Pandara Road Market, New Delhi
After a mornings sightseeing around New Delhi we found ourselves at The Chicken Inn at Pandara Road Market in New Delhi. It is located in a small shopping square surrounded with other similar restaurants, we walked in, or were we guided in? with instruction to the owners that we needed to be in and out within 20 minutes….
Street Vendors we met while sightseeing in Delhi
Outside the Lotus Temple in South Delhi a bunch of street vendors had set up camp by the main viewing point all ready to grab the trade from the tourists stopping by to get a photograph. Perhaps it was a little wrong that I was more interested in looking at the food and drink on…
Old Silk Mill serving Tasty Burgers in Derby
The Silk Mill Ale and Cider House in Derby seems to be a pretty decent place to stop off for a pint of beer and a decent plate of pub food. They have a whole lot of tasty sounding stuff on the menu. The menu seems to get updated quite often so even since I…
Roasted lemon bay garlic cod – from Ainsley Harriotts’ Gourmet Express
Gourmet Express by Ainsley Harriott was one of the first cook books that I bought, and that I actually used, to cook food at home when I was entertaining. I dusted it off a couple of weeks ago and found inside some forgotten memories of meals that I had cooked for my flatmates when I…
Big Daddy’s Diner – Another Day, Another NYC Breakfast
Big Daddy’s Diner on the upper west side of Manhattan is one of those diners with a big shiny sign that is hard to avoid. I kind of knew that I was going to be selling myself out a little bit when we walked though the doors, but I chose to rise above that and just roll with…
Manhattan Diner – Time for breakfast?
The Manhattan Diner located on the upper west side in Manhattan at 95th St and Broadway pretty close to the subway station at 96th Street. This was one place that we eat at quite a lot when we are in New York as it is pretty close to our hotel of choice (The Belnord), it is very reasonable price…
Guy’s American Kitchen and Bar in New York – Burger with Mac ‘n’ Cheese, Oh yes
“I first came to Guys American Kitchen and Bar the weekend that it had first opened its doors and as a fan of Guy Fieri I was really kind of excited. Ok so I knew that it was a money making joint in the franchise, but we all have to make our cash somewhere so if Guy…
