Food & Drink in India
Culinary experiences
Delhi: A Food and Drink Guide to the City That Invented Butter Chicken
A food critic's guide to Delhi's best parantha shops, Mughlai kebab houses, Tibetan refugee cafes, and the butter chicken origin story — with specific prices, metro stops, and honest warnings about summer heat.
Food & DrinkKolkata: A Food and Drink Guide to the City That Still Argues About Fish
Bengalis do not eat to live. They argue about hilsa season, compare mishti dairies across neighborhoods, and remember what they ate on specific afternoons twenty years ago. This is a guide to Kolkata's obsessive food culture — from street-side phuchkas to century-old colonial institutions.
Food & DrinkChennai: South India's Most Serious Food City
From Chettinad fire and filter coffee rituals to idli shops that open at dawn and close by mid-morning, Chennai does not perform for tourists. It feeds a city of 10 million, and the food is spectacular because it has to be.
Food & DrinkHyderabad: A Food and Drink Guide to the City of Pearls
Hyderabad's dual food cultures—Muslim biryani and Irani cafes in the Old City, Telugu breakfast and street chaat in the new city—decoded with specific venues, prices, and honest rankings.
Food & DrinkMumbai Street Food: The Complete Guide to Vada Pav, Irani Cafes, and the Midnight Kebab Circuit
From 20-rupee vada pav stalls under flyovers to 140-year-old Irani cafes and midnight kebab circuits — the complete guide to eating Mumbai like a local, with exact addresses, prices, hours, and the neighborhoods that matter.