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Posts Tagged ‘desert’

Hot Pineapple and Raisin Salad

By Sid • May 25th, 2008 • Category: Fusion Food, Posts, Salads, Vegetarian Food

Right, so all I’m writing about is Zainab’s food - I know.
I’ve tried cooking here and nearly always wind up with disastrous results. The problem is that when you’re not in your own kitchen, you almost never have the ‘right’ implements or spices and there are so many stuffed in various nooks and crannies of [...]



Review: Flluid Lounge, Mosaic Hotel, Sector 18, NOIDA

By Sid • Apr 4th, 2008 • Category: Restaurants In NOIDA, Reviews

Flluid is in the Mosaic Hotel and is probably one of the most interesting lounge bars in the area. They have an adequate selection of food and quite an array of liquors. In fact, Flluid probably has the best stocked bar in NOIDA!
On entering you feel you’ve stepped into some location in the Arctic or [...]



How to make a French Meringue

By Sid • Mar 13th, 2008 • Category: Desserts, French Food, Non Vegetarian Food

I’m not much into deserts - never have been and probably never will be. The attractions of a nice, juicy cut of meat and the things you can do with it are just too much for my cromagnon mentality.The day before however, was a revelation of how addictive deserts can be - I was introduced [...]



Rice with Sweetened Milk - Kheer

By Sid • Nov 30th, 2007 • Category: Desserts, Indian Food, Vegetarian Food

This thick, creamy and delicious Indian desert was made by cooking rice in milk (100gm/2L), then adding sugar and dried fruits and cooking till thick. Served hot or chilled. Remember not to add sugar till the rice is cooked.



Ice cream in pastry shells

By Sid • Nov 2nd, 2007 • Category: Desserts

Surprise guests dropped in for dinner recently. While I could rustle up an acceptable dinner quickly, I really didn’t know what to serve for desert - which isn’t my forte anyway. Using some crunchy pastry shells (bought from Goa on a recent trip), and some butterscotch ice cream, here’s what was served. Quite presentable, though [...]



Review: Never Ever Nirulas

By Sid • Jul 21st, 2007 • Category: American Food, Asian Food, Desserts, Fast Food, Indian Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Restaurants In NOIDA, Restaurants in Delhi, Reviews, Snacks, Starters, Vegetarian Food

I have always had a very deep personal attachment to Nirulas. This was where I tasted my first Banana Split and probably had my first taste of Indianised fast food. I say ‘had’, because over the last five years or so, the quality of the chain has been descending to never before depths in just [...]



Pasto - Second Visit

By Sid • Jul 16th, 2007 • Category: Desserts, Italian Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Posts, Restaurants In NOIDA, Reviews, Starters, Vegetarian Food

We paid a second visit to Pasto [sector 18, NOIDA] this past Friday. As with the previous visit, this one was worth the time and money spent.
We started with a Minestrone Soup [weak flavor] and a Velvety Prawn Bisque [good flavor, could be a bit thicker, slightly over cooked prawns, lots of prawns]. This was [...]



The Great Kabab Factory

By Sid • Mar 21st, 2007 • Category: Restaurants In NOIDA, Reviews

Ansals Fortune Arcade, Sector 18, NOIDA
The Great Kabab Factory was earlier the exclusive preserve of the Radisson near the international airport in Delhi. After deciding to show mercy to poor souls like me, it opened up a branch in sector 18, NOIDA.
Walk in and you are struck by the same decor that seems to be [...]