Call me a jaded old bore but these are the current trends/clichés that I hate the most. There has always been a distinction ...

The worst part of some of the responses to the crash is the lack of respect they demonstrate for the hard working people of ...

Bangalore is now the food capital of India. And Mumbai is the only other city where exciting things are happening. Part of Delhi’s problem has been a lack of space. That has eased somewhat with the ...

The lack of anonymity doesn’t necessarily mean they always eat well. Years ago I went with Maschler to Le Chabanais a much hyped London restaurant opened by trendy French chef Inaki Aziparte. The food ...

Though we don’t often admit it, most Indians are always a little annoyed by the global tendency to treat our food as a cheap and cheerful ethnic cuisine. That characterisation is probably the legacy ...

I don’t usually write very much about foreign policy because there are hundreds of writers (more, perhaps) who have dedicated their lives to studying Indian foreign policy and never hesitate to ...

Bukhara, which will begin celebrating its 45th anniversary this weekend, is now the most famous Indian restaurant in the world. Nearly every US President since Bill Clinton has eaten Bukhara’s food.

Like most good things in Dubai the creation of Dubai Chocolate comes from a marriage between East and West. It was created by Sara Hamouda a British-Egyptian woman who now lives in Dubai (she used to ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Sri Lankan chef, Gaushan De Silva, as part of my quest to find the next generation of South Asian chefs who will take over eventually from this generation’s masters, ...

A couple of months ago, Saurabh Udinia had an idea. As chef at Singapore’s super-hot Revolver, Udinia has introduced some of the street-smart flavours of India into his fire-cooked menu of high ...

You’ve probably been reading about the Indian Ambassador to Ireland who also functions as a part-time Twitter cheer-leader. In case you missed it, here is the story: A newspaper called The Irish Times ...

If you have eaten Thai food outside of Thailand, at a halfway decent restaurant (as distinct from a cheap takeaway) then the man you have to thank for how the food is selected, organised and served is ...