Kapil's Korner

Late last night, I picked up the news from my twitter timeline. And before I could confirm the bit on a news portal, it was more fun to check out the official twitter handle – Starbucks_India and the hashtag conversations – starbucksisfinaallyinindia It’s really interesting how this superb brand has once again used the social [...]

When your daily lives are super active and at times even stressful, I think gifting yourself a weekend getaway can add a lot of punch. Wife and me were keen that this time it will be a new place after the regulars like Mahableshwar, Matheran, Lonavala, Khandala or Pune. So Lavasa it was. Lavasa is [...]

If you’ve been an old timer on this blog, you will know that in April 2007, Nirav and me organised the Mumbai Photo Marathon. The event got featured in the April issue of Time Out Mumbai – Rachel explores the various amateur photography clubs in the city. The pace was manic at the Mumbai Photo [...]

A quick round-up of what’s happening at KhanaPeena – my foodie blog. Don’t miss the updates there. Subscribe to the email updates or RSS in your blog reader. Foodie Delights from Singapore and Thailand Recommended – Pastries at Samrat’s 210 degrees. Woodside Inn (a watering hole). Chatpata Khana at Punjabi Karachiwala & some more at [...]

A quick round-up of what’s happening at KhanaPeena – my foodie blog. Don’t miss the updates there. Subscribe to the email updates or RSS in your blog reader. (Click on image to read about the dish) Restaurant Review of Falafel’s Veg. Humus House – the new Lebanese joint at Colaba, Mumbai. Nitika takes advantage of [...]

Rude food – the collected food writings of Vir Sanghvi. Picked this one at the Oxford bookstore sale a few weeks back. It’s going to be a different read from the usual strategy, business management and marketing/advertising fundas. He is known to be a big foodie and I hope his writings helps me do better [...]

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Last weekend we had a family dinner at a restaurant called “Village”. This is a rather interesting and unique concept place located in Raghuleela mall at Kandivali (west). The idea is you pay Rs.300 per head and get an entry which gives you access to all the food that is available that evening at the [...]

Over the weekend I made my second trip to Kolkata. And this time it was a purely holiday trip – no work and no client meetings. And it was truly a memorable and fun trip. The biggest surprise was that we were staying at Taj Bengal and not Tollygunge Club as was informed by Nitika. [...]

A few days back we celebrated my sister’s birthday at Kebab Korner in Hotel Intercontinental on Marine Drive. This is an old-time favourite restaurant of Mumbai city when Intercontinental was called Hotel Natraj. The start itself was bad, we literally had to beg them for a table because it seems their most popular and busy [...]