This is a Guest post by Camellia.artisanal (A home chef who organises lunch home tables at Gurgaon, where guests dine with strangers, are served homemade Bengali food on traditional kansa ware, followed by home made mishti & darjeeling tea ceremony. The lunches are interspersed with stories from Bengal & kolkata) Trip organised by – Samir Kher, founder of Deep Dive India (+919454272174). We paid to … Continue reading A Mango trip to Malihabad, UP & 3 fabulous home meals
In a nutshell: Meeting & eating outstanding home cooked marwadi food with strangers at the Chef’s home, stories of good food, customs & culture – a memorable Sunday spent Address & other details: Instagram – Jeeman by Surbhi Bhandari Facebook – 365 kitchen tales Meal for 2: ₹4800 Cuisine type : vegetarian only Disclaimer: All restaurants / eateries reviewed by YUMMRAJ were visited by YUMMRAJ … Continue reading Jeeman by Surabhi Bhandari (Marwadi home table, Gurgaon)
In a nutshell: Unforgettable Modern & traditional Malayali food in western plating, meeting & dining with some strangers & some friends, fabulous food & travel conversations with Co-diners, beautiful ambience, ultra warm hosts, professional full service dinner with stories of food by chef Prima Kurien. In short, a memorable evening. Address & other details: Instagram – Prima Kurien We the chefs Facebook – Prima Kurien … Continue reading Malayali food Chef’s table by Prima Kurien at We the Chefs experiential center)
In a nutshell: A retro lavish concept Bar with daily live performance, loads of surprises, great ambience, YUMM food & some YUMM cocktails (yes, cocktails r real tasty here). The full story: As all of u know by now, all restaurants / eateries reviewed by YUMMRAJ are visited by YUMMRAJ himself & he has pays for the full Bill & tips also. YUMMRAJ also believes … Continue reading A memorable evening spent at the Dirty Martini (The Olive Kitchen & bar, Mehrauli), Delhi
Unlike my usual anonymous ‘walk-in’s to eateries all around where I consciously avoid meeting the chefs & owners (so that my views do not get biased in case I get into a friendly chat), this was a unique experience for me – I walked into an event where there was not one or two or three but six hundred chefs under one roof!!!! I was at the 9th award ceremony of Indian Culinary Forum that happens to be a body of Chefs all over India on invitation by a friend who happens to be a Chef himself.
The chef awards in progress
The first thing that I noticed when I received the invite was that it was chaired by ‘Dr K Chiranjeevi’, Union Minister. The only Chiranjeevi I happened to know was the South Indian actor turned politician. So Google came to my rescue – Wiki confirmed that Chiranjeevi the actor was awarded honorary Doctorate by Andhra Pradesh University & what a coincidence – I was about to see the only Chiranjeevi I know:)
As we reached the venue, we realized that the evening program had just started & someone on the dais was delivering a speech in nice English but in a very monotonous voice. I started looking for the action hero Chiranjeevi on the stage only to realize that this gentleman in suit was a transformed ‘gentleman’ version of the onscreen ‘angry street fighter’ that I knew – Chiranjeevi.
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