Most restaurants only satisfy your hunger while a very few satisfy your hunger along with your soul. I will start by saying Le Plaisir falls in the latter category and the only regret I have is not visiting the place earlier. Le Plaisir originally started as a small patisserie on Bhandarkar road. I had seen it several…
I would never write an entire blog post for a restaurant/bar I’ve walked out of but Agent Jack’s Bar, unfortunately, deserves it. It’s very rare to see that a new bar that launches with 2 outlets has absolutely no focus on the customers. Here’s a summary of what’s wrong with this place – I visited the…
I’ve known how to drive a car for over 18 years now and have been driving (legally) for 15 years. I love driving cars and hence, prefer road trips over any other form of travel. Even though the road conditions in India have improved significantly over the last 10 years, the ratio of travel time…
Like it or not, mobile apps are an integral part of our daily lives. All major mobile platforms are in a rat race to have the most apps available for their users. But the big question is, how many of these apps are really useful? In this series, I will be featuring some really innovative…
I always like to review a restaurant few months after it opens as a full paying customer rather than reviewing it when it opens or when I’m invited for a food tasting. I’ve always found that the true quality of a restaurant can be best judged once it is in a business as usual mode….
Gone are the days when parents put children to sleep saying ”So jaa baccha, warna Gabbar Singh aa jayega”. Today, they probably say “So jaa baccha, warna tera favourite meat BAN ho jayega”. Sounds funny, but the meat lovers in the country are getting restless with news about certain meats being banned, meat shops being…
If you’ve never heard of Kaas Plateau or Kaas Pathar before, you’ve definitely missed something! Kaas Plateau is located approx 25 kms from Satara in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. It is a World Natural Heritage Site and has over 850 species of flowering plants that bloom for a few weeks during August-September every year. The flowers…
The Oxford of the East has a lot to offer to the world, but nothing better than a ‘Punekar’. A Punekar is not just a simple resident of Pune, it is a way of life. You can easily identify a typical Punekar if you know where to look. Here’s a list of traits to help…
Kheema is a quintessential part of an Indian meat lover’s palate. Although Kheema, or mincemeat, is typically a lamb/mutton based dish, hard core meat lovers will agree that Beef Kheema is the best variant! Pune has a lot of restaurants that offer street style Beef Kheema so here’s the lowdown for the Kheema-loving Punekars… Diamond…
Yes, I’m biased towards Google but there’s always a justification for it. And its the same case this time with Google Navigation. So when third party apps like Sygic (used by MapMyIndia) & Waze (free 3D navigation) have been around for Indian users, how has the introduction of Google Navigation for India changed things around?…
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