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Waikiki: Contemporary Dining & Tiki Bar — a Taste of Hawaii in the heart of Mumbai

Waikiki: Contemporary Dining & Tiki Bar — a Taste of Hawaii in the heart of Mumbai

At this newly opened restaurant and tiki bar in Andheri East, you can immerse yourself in the flavours, ambiance, and aloha spirit of Hawaii

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CHO: Vietnamese Kitchen & Bar: Chef Vaibhav Bhargava takes Delhi on an unforgettable culinary trip

CHO: Vietnamese Kitchen & Bar: Chef Vaibhav Bhargava takes Delhi on an unforgettable culinary trip

Chef Vaibhav Bhargava, partner at CHO: Kitchen & Bar, talks about the new restaurant in Delhi, and his mission to establish Vietnamese cuisine on Delhi’s culinary map

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Melt Cocktail & Bar: A new dining hotspot that will leave you asking for more

Melt Cocktail & Bar: A new dining hotspot that will leave you asking for more

A chocoholic’s paradise, Melt offers a fusion of global flavours, interactive chocolate indulgence, and vibrant nightlife in the heart of Noida

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Celona: A modern, vibrant dining destination in Delhi that offers a symphony of flavours

Celona: A modern, vibrant dining destination in Delhi that offers a symphony of flavours

From wood-fired pizzas to Asian mains, handcrafted sushi to tacos, the eclectic menu at Celona offers something for everyone.

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Oudh 1590: Kolkata’s favourite period dining Awadhi cuisine restaurant comes to Delhi

Oudh 1590: Kolkata’s favourite period dining Awadhi cuisine restaurant comes to Delhi

Oudh 1590 started nine years back in Kolkata with one outlet. Today, it has ten outlets in the city. Its first outlet in Delhi NCR brings the cultural culinary experience to Delhiites

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Amaltas: Indian Tapas & Bar — The new destination for Indian food in innovative flavours

Amaltas: Indian Tapas & Bar — The new destination for Indian food in innovative flavours

Amaltas: Indian Tapas & Bar, a trendy and chic restaurant in the heart of South Delhi, seeks to Indianise the Spanish concept of tapas, using desi ingredients to rustle up delish fares, with twists on various dishes through tweaking ingredients

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Lake360: An Open-Air Restaurant Nestled in Karma Lakelands’ Green Expanse

Lake360: An Open-Air Restaurant Nestled in Karma Lakelands’ Green Expanse

Karma Lakelands is spread over 300 acres of lush landscapes and meadows. Lake360, the dining destination, is a quiet place to unwind and have a relaxed time with family and friends.

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The Art of Dumpling: A Pan-Asian Fine Dining Destination in the Heart of Delhi

The Art of Dumpling: A Pan-Asian Fine Dining Destination in the Heart of Delhi

The restaurant prides itself on being the only outlet in India that offers the largest variety of dumplings — 149 in all. It is planning to take that number to 201 soon.

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ChaoBella: Chinese-Italian Flavours and Fervours

ChaoBella: Chinese-Italian Flavours and Fervours

At ChaoBella at Crowne Plaza Today New Delhi Okhla, the rich taste and texture of Italian food co-exist with the staple dishes of the Chinese cuisine — steamed or simmered, boiled or baked

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Chef Sébastien Kardinal: A Vegetarian Hedonist

Chef Sébastien Kardinal: A Vegetarian Hedonist

French culinary author, "vegetable hedonist ” and a “food pornist" on why we must go Vegan

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The Kimono Club: Serves You Well

The Kimono Club: Serves You Well

A new destination to gorge on Chinese and Japanese food in Delhi. An interview with Chef Vikramjit Roy, Group Corporate Chef and Executive Chef of The Kimono Club, who is one of the best Japanese cuisine chefs in the country and brings a rich and diverse gastronomic experience with him

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Rooh: Platefuls of Soul

Rooh: Platefuls of Soul

After the success of its first outlet in San Francisco, Rooh, a restaurant and cocktail bar, arrives in Delhi, with a blend of the traditional and modern Indian cuisine

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Setting the Bar

Setting the Bar

A culinary cocktail hub, conceived as a travel bar at One Style Mile in Mehrauli, is the new offering from A D Singh’s Olive group

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Chef Vicky Ratnani: The Tastemaker

Chef Vicky Ratnani: The Tastemaker

Chef Vicky Ratnani brings to you the taste of food from around the world. He is redefining fine dining and setting trends by rustling up innovative dishes

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‘The sole focus for me is on great-tasting food’

‘The sole focus for me is on great-tasting food’

Italian Chef Adriano Baldassarre and Vikram Aditya Singh, vice-president and General Manager of The Lodhi and Head of Hospitality for DLF, organised an exclusive pop-up at the MKT at The Chanakya Mall in New Delhi to showcase some of the signature dishes of the upcoming Italian restaurant Perbacco at The Lodhi

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Comorin: The Sea of Exotica

Comorin: The Sea of Exotica

At the new retail-concept restaurant from the Old World Hospitality group in Gurugram, you can do more than just relish dishes

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Low calories in the high street

Low calories in the high street

The Runway Project in Delhi introduces its winter menu to help you winterize your diet, adding dishes that will pamper your tastebuds as well as keep you healthy

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Indonesian cuisine: A burst of flavour

Indonesian cuisine: A burst of flavour

Pullman New Delhi Aerocity organized “An Indonesian Food Affair” at its restaurant Honk in December. Chef Hary Haryadi was flown down from Pullman Jakarta Indonesia to whip up dishes that celebrate the diversity of the country.

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Tasting India Symposium: Food for thought

Tasting India Symposium: Food for thought

Tasting India, an annual symposium held in Delhi, aims to take the Indian palate to the world

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NicoCaara: A cafe for those with an island state of mind

NicoCaara: A cafe for those with an island state of mind

Nicobar, the refreshing clothing brand, and Caara, with expertise in running cafes, have come together to forge a new path in NicoCaara, which recently threw its doors open to the cognoscenti at the Nicobar’s newest and one of the most spacious stores in the newly opened The Chanakya mall at Chanakyapuri in New Delhi

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They have got designs on your palate

They have got designs on your palate

Café We blends design, food and art. A collaboration between Beyond Designs and Varun Gupta, it is the place where you can grab a cuppa as well as pick that favourite cushion you have taken fancy to on the very first glance

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Reinventing the vocabulary of eating out

Reinventing the vocabulary of eating out

The Grammar Room at One Style Mile, Mehrauli, in New Delhi dots the i’s and crosses the t’s to rejig the idiom of fine dining

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The Runway Project: Cuisine Meets Couture

The Runway Project: Cuisine Meets Couture

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A Treat of a Retreat

A Treat of a Retreat

It isn’t everyday that you get to cook your heart out next to a farm, share space with legendary Chef Manjit Singh Gill, and learn from the best in business. Healing Recipes: Back to Roots was that one retreat that let me do it all

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From the hills, with love

From the hills, with love

The Shepherd’s Table, organised by Radisson Blu at Indyaki, was curated by Madhulika Dash. It was conceived as an ode to the Himalayan cuisine.

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A Fare to Remember

A Fare to Remember

Baluchi, the pan-Indian signature restaurant of The LaliT Group, which specialises in authentic Indian food, offers a delectable spread

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