Category: Restaurant Reviews

October 2nd, 2014- We decided on a holiday to Phuket, Thailand; the direct flights to Bangkok departed from Chennai. Our flight from Hyderabad was at 10 AM in the morning and the flight to Bangkok (from Chennai) was at 11 PM in the night. With a layover of close to 12 hrs, now was also…

Frankly, I heard about TCF for the first time from the popular sitcom, ‘The Big Bang Theory‘- remember one of the protagonists named Penny used to work there.. Here I was on my way to San Francisco for the first time with my wife Herwin Abhilash Kandoth and her buddies Kanika and Poorva. We actually…

Waffle House I never knew what pancakes and waffles were until the day I visited IHOP- a restaurant chain that has around 1500 outlets over the US and specialized in breakfast food.. After the US trip, I couldn’t help myself from Google-ing if IHOP had an outlet in India- Alas! They didn’t; ever since I…

‘Delicious Thai food for $7.95’ I’ve made peace with the fact that my most favorite cuisine is indeed Thai– the subtle flavors of basil leaves, bamboo shoots, the rich aroma and flavor of lemon grass and the level of spice- all adds to this brilliant South-East Asian cuisine. Couple of weeks earlier, we (with Herwin…

Most of my childhood days- close to 17 years, was spent in Abu Dhabi, UAE. I grew up there and had this great affinity for Lebanese food (so, I thought it was called). Over time I learnt that Falafel, Shawarma and all the incredible dishes were prepared all over the Middle-East; in fact many have…

There are moments in a foodie’s life when he/she rethinks about which cuisine they best-love. I, always had an insatiable craving for Arabic food which was understandable since I grew up in Abu Dhabi, UAE. But all that changed after my trip to Thailand; their cuisine- strong aromatic components, the level of spice, the subtle…