Shrikhand is a luscious saffron yogurt, scented with ground cardamom, pistachios, almonds, and nutmeg. Its mild sunshine color, creamy smoothness, and delicate saffron flavor create an ambrosial combination. Although shrikhand is a sweet dish, in Gujarati meals it is not eaten as dessert, but rather, as a part of the main course, and often [...]
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I feel like I’m eating fall! I paired my pumpkin flax seed granola bar with some whole milk, blueberry yogurt. SOO delicious, like I was on a farm instead of at my cubicle.
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After lunch we walked to the Toscanini’s, also in Central Square. My family loves ice cream (one of my grandmas runs a business making homemade ice cream in Bombay) and Toscanini’s has been a long time favorite, as I’m sure it is for many Massachusetts residents: exquisite flavors, and never too eggy, artificial, horrendously [...]
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Mary Chung’s is a Chinese restaurant my friend Maggie and her parents introduced me to back in high school. I think for a while, they drove into the city every Saturday for Dim Sum. Since I accompanied them frequently on these weekly visits, my tastebuds soon developed a yearning for the two vegetarian dishes they [...]
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Posted in *restaurants: new york, manhattan, new york, new york*: soho, new york: chinese, sizzlers, tagged lickable, tasty, spiced, yonion, gourmet, indian/paki, vegetarian on August 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Sizzlers is a special dish, a Bombay treat. Sizzlers, the Breach Candy sandwich, pav bhaaji, hot, soft paneer tikka- these are all the foods I crave on the 16 hour plane ride across the world. My desire to visit India is always doubled by the possibility of stuffing myself silly on Bombay’s khanna.
While there are [...]
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@ Rice’s house.
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At Alice’s Tea Cup, an Alice in Wonderland inspired tea shop, you can pretend you’re in a fairy-tale. Let’s say my tea-palette isn’t the most discerning- I don’t pretend to know teas well, and I generally like most that I’ve tried. But, I am well-acquainted with playing make-believe, and that, I believe, is what this [...]
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Posted in just hungry on August 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m going home for the weekend, and I’ll have some time to update on a few places, including Wild Ginger and Vegetarian Dim Sum. I also hope to do a special on home-cooked Indian food- including recipes and maybe even featuring Shrikhand! Have a good Friday.
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