This year, Easter came and went in quite a flurry. Usually it’s a long weekend, and we go away, but Tapash ended up working on Good Friday, which left us in the city, with less traffic and that sudden spurts of rain. We were invited to an Easter Brunch at Latitude in Vivanta By Taj, …
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Nook is one of those unique restaurants that is constantly reinventing itself. From their Amritsari food fest last year, where they invited in chefs from the heart of Punjab, or the extravagant sea food fest they hosted in November, or even the food at Project Aloft Star by MTV, the food served here is unique, …
Park Plaza is a property in the Marathalli area that has some unique and hidden gems wrapped away in the many folds and facets of the hotel. They have 4 restaurants and 1 sports bar in the hotel premises. One of them is Melange, where I was invited for a meal during the holidays. Melange …
Contrary to what many people think, Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey. Ankara located in the Anatolia district is a recent capital, compared to Istanbul, which was the center of all activities, attractions and invasions up until Atatürk, the first president started bringing in his reforms. I recall a Turkish friend of mine explaining …
This post may be a few years late. But its best to start at the beginning, I say! My first travel was a short stint in August 2010 to Turkey. I was going to be in Istanbul for 5 days, a country where English is spoken less than minimal, and a culture that I was …