Alright, confession time. It’s been a couple of years since I made this ‘food walk’ video and it’s only now that I’ve mustered up the courage to post it. Why? See the video and you’ll know why. Completely impromptu, raw and candid! Believe it or not, but this was right after a very painful hospital visit and I was in tears when my friend was like ‘I know just the thing to cheer you up’. With that said (and only my friends who...

When it comes to the mountains, it’s true when they say you don’t plan to see a place but instead, the place calls you there. Magical as it may sound, I can’t tell you how much this is true. I still remember the days when I would lazily scroll down my Instagram feed, ogling at the picture feeds of various food, travel and fitness Instagrammers. But, the images that always made me pause for more than a second were ones posted b...

Once you’ve been bitten by the travel bug, you never need a reason to travel.  Just like that, we 3 friends footloose and fancy-free decided to pack our bags, picked a destination that allowed visa on arrival for Indian passport holders, offered plenty ‘me-time’ and on a budget. Our destination of choice: ZANZIBAR.

To be honest, I really didn’t have many expectations. After all what could an island offer apart from sun, sa...

I love the movies. They make me laugh, giggle, cry and believe every dream does come true. But then, there are those movies that have food as the central theme. These movies make me ecstatic like a kid on Christmas morning. I'm completely, unabashedly, totally consumed with every scene, every dialogue. I watch them over and over again. Frame by frame, rewind and forward scenes just to give me a happy hormone rush....

We stopped around the corner in a by-lane from the main Nevsky Prospect (one of the main streets in St. Petersburg), trying to orient the arrow on Google Maps towards our hotel when a random guy speaking relatively loud seemed to be coming our way. My friend was so freaked out she literally scurried into Cherdak, this little restaurant that was right behind us. And, just like that we found our way to what was supposed to be a...