April Rain multi-cuisine restaurant is tucked away in the Centriole Mall on ITI Road in Aundh. The area is bustling with a lot of new development with the real estate explosion in the Aundh/ Baner area, and this once quiet internal road now boasts many brand name stores like Crossword and Starbucks. Owner and Master…
Asian Express Pune: Restaurant Review
Sunday afternoon on June 1st turned out to be a blast. The only way to sum it up is ‘a good time was had by all’! I was invited to a food tasting at the newly opened Asian Express in Mariplex Mall, Kalyani Nagar. I have always personally referred to this building as ‘Gold Adlabs’….
Restaurant Review: Darios Pune – Hit or Miss!
Darios Pune is known for good Italian/ Sicilian food. I have held off writing a review of this restaurant for a long time. The main reason is my first experience three years ago wasn’t great. It was two years before I ventured there again, mostly because another Pune Blogger had a positive review. But the…
Infinity at Post 91 – Restaurant Review
Infinity at Post 91 exceeded my expectations and I had a great time here. The menu was impressive and so was the food. Barring one or two minor issues, we had a great time here. Although lunch buffets are all the rage in Pune, I am tired of the whole experience. You almost always end…
Restaurant Review: Oh!Calcutta for a taste of Bong food in Pune
‘Oh! Calcutta’ (OC) is an upscale Bong restaurant in Pune. I had read about this restaurant a while ago when fellow Pune blogger Shantanu Ghosh wrote about it. His vote meant a lot coming from a Bengali person. As a vegetarian, I had many concerns visiting this place. Firstly, would they have a good vegetarian…
Margaritas in martini glasses – at Salsa, Corinthian Hotel Pune
Much is said about the Corinthian(s) Club. One of the newer clubs to crop up on the Pune club scene, membership is at a premium and it’s a popular venue for concerts, weddings etc. in the east/south pune area. I am not sure if the Corinthians Club and the Corinthians Boutique hotel are part of…
Review: Indijoe’s Pune – Multi-cuisine buffet that ends with chocolate
I had heard about this restaurant, belonging to a big nationwide group(BJN), and had heard various accounts of the diverse cuisine that they offered. Their website calls it an American style diner, but the next paragraph touts it to have Mexican, Italian, Lebanese etc. type of food. http://www.bjngroup.in/restaurants/indijoe.html While I did not see any, or…
Review: Seasonal Tastes at the Westin Pune – an overall unremarkable experience
**this post was written over 4 years ago. I have since had the opportunity to attend a Master Class at Prego, the fine dining Italian restaurant at Westin, and it was awesome. You can read about it here – http://kamalkitchen.com/italian-cookoff-prego-westin-pune/ This blog has been mostly about posting recipes but many a times, I have thought…