July 2012
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Chinese Cooking Workshop
This workshop was the last of its kind in an Oriental cooking theme organized by PoshVine in association with Ginseng, Royal Orchid. Chinese food is considered as comfort food for most Indians. The spices, rice, meat and vegetables are cooked in a non-complex technique. Getting the correct steps of preparing the dish is the trick! Chef Raj was very entertaining and patient, answering all the...
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Have a monstrous appetite?
Restaurant Review| Bakasur| Priya Bala
Bakasur, An Indian restaurant named after a demon from the Mahabharata, and one with an epic appetite at that. Is that a cool idea or what! That the mighty Bheema slew the monster in a less-than-menacing encounter adds to the enjoyment of the Bakasur story.
I went for the pre-launch dining experience organized by PoshVine last evening, had a fab time. ...
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Small and surprisingly good!
Restaurant review | Huckleberry, Bangalore | Priya Bala
Huckleberry on 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar, keeps a quiet profile, compared to its rather raucous neighbours. And that suits the style of this restaurant just fine. It’s small and cosy, but not cramped, thanks to the high tiled roof. It’s casual and a little bit kitschy – ladybirds painted on chair seats, garden furniture and ludo boards on...
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Thai Cooking Workshop
This workshop was the third of its kind in an Oriental cooking theme organized by PoshVine in association with Ginseng, Royal Orchid. Thai food will always interest Indians because of the similarities in flavours and spices. The lovely ladies came with an open mind and notepads on the ready to take on this workshop. Chef Neeraj was welcoming as always and began the demonstration with a delicious...
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All I want for Christmas is Willy Wonka’s...
by Revathi Kolagani
Growing up reading Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, how I wished that I could possess that television where an image of food on the screen, magically transformed into the actual food and you could reach in and grab it and relish! Well I’ve grown up and know that it’s not possible, but, secretly wish that scientists in an underground bunker somewhere are coming up with...
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Full Steam Ahead: Dimsum Masterclass
Most of the time when Chinese food is made in an Indian kitchen, it has, well let’s call it an “Indian Twist” to it. The Dimsum and Momo making workshop focused on the techniques, ingredients and right utensils to use to capture the best essence of the orient. It was held at Ginseng, Royal Orchid and conducted by Chef Neeraj. Steamed food has always appealed to women since one could relish the...
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Let’s Get Fresh. And Fabulous.
Weekly Restaurant Review | Red Fork, Indiranagar | Priya Bala
The restaurant critic’s life may seem like an enviable one. That’s only from the outside. On the job, it’s littered with mediocre or, worse, pretentious food, encounters with pushy restaurateurs and the struggle to find adjectives for dishes that refuse to rise above the ordinary.
But once in a rare while, along comes a restaurant that...
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Cheers to the weekend: I'll drink to that!
As yet another weekend rolled around in the city of pubs this event seemed apt as most people would want to try new kinds of drinks and learn basic bartending skills. Causing them to brag to their friends and have themselves (and the drinks of course) be a raging hit at future parties.
The Cocktails and Bar Bites Masterclass was aptly named so because of the stellar panel of chefs, Anuj, Manjit...
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Perfection is never a Full Stop: Welcome to the...
PoshVine has been at the forefront of transforming a plain vanilla dinner out to a memorable experience every time you reserve your table through poshvine.com. And now, in a few handpicked restaurants, you can not only get a preferred pricing and confirmed reservations, you would also be privy to a unique Reserve Experience, brought exclusively to you by Blenders Pride Magical Nights and...
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Take it Easy: Penne in Simple Cream Sauce
by Priya Bala
During the course of a recent conversation I happened to mention that I cook to beat stress and to lift my spirits when I’m feeling down. It’s not remarkable in the least. People do it all the time. But the young ladies I was chatting with were aghast. `Cooking is more, like, stress-inducing,’ one of them said. Yes, for every person who enjoys cooking and finds it calming and...
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Thank god for mall mercies
If you, like me, and some of my friends, suffer from mall-phobia, then Bangalore’s most popular recreation activity is not for you. For there they are, the teeming masses, riding the escalators, window-shopping at everything from Archies to Debenhams and crowding the food courts. And a Sunday evening is not a good time to go find out if Kailash Parbat is as good as its original in Mumbai. It took...
