Festival Feed: Coast to Coast – Amazing Coastal Cuisine at Amara, The Trident

The coastal areas of any country usually boast of a rich cuisine which is often replete with seafood. To celebrate the coastal cuisine, not just from India but other countries too, The Trident at Hitech City, Hyderabad is hosting a promotion “Coast to Coast”. On offer are a range of delicacies enjoyed at the seaside in different countries, including and not restricted to a lot of seafood.

The Thanksgiving Turkey

Festival Feed: Bong Appetite at Café Cilantro

Being a Bengali in Hyderabad, I am fortunate that we have quite a few restaurants serving this cuisine in the Pearl City. Apart from that established restaurants periodically hold Bengali Food Fests from time to time. The latest in that list is Café Cilantro, the new restaurant at Mindspace Hitech City – Bong Appetite their Bengali cuisine event is on for dinner from November 21st to 30th.

New Place in Town: Café Cilantro

I have known Chef Chandra Sekhar Pandey since the time he was the Executive Chef at Radisson Blu Plaza at Banjara Hills, where I had tried out many innovative preparations from him. Recently, Chef has taken the next logical step of entrepreneurship in opening his own restaurant. Café Cilantro, the all-day dining restaurant at Deccan Serai near Raheja Mindspace has opened its doors a few weeks back serving cuisine from all over the world.

The Showstopper Dim Sum Biryani

Understanding Blended Scotch Whisky: An Interactive Session from United Spirits-Diageo

Interest about premium whisky is on the rise among the fun loving Hyderabadis. Be it single malt or blended scotch, the urge is to try out the various top notch brands and understand the difference in taste and flavour. Recently we had written about The Highlands Whisky Club, a novel initiative to introduce the local population to a diverse range of premium whisky. Recently, USL-Diageo, the company behind Scotch brands like Johnnie Walker and Black Dog organised “The Art of Blending” – imparting knowledge on blending whisky and a tasting session of the premium brands of the company.