Vindaloo orginates from Goa and so there’s was no way I was going to miss trying it whilst here. When last in Goa I bottled it, opting for the lesser spicy dishes as I’d not even had Vindaloo in England, but now I can handle hotter dishes. I’d almost ordered it at the Leda restaurant […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Goa was nothing other than a convenient stopping place between Hampi and Mumbai and I wasn’t really looking forward to coming here, that’s why we were only due to stay for 2 nights which gave us only one full day. As we were due to only stay for such a short time we decided to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Didn’t get time to upload this short video in my previous post:
Today we visited the most talked about restaurant in the whole of Hampi, which to be fair doesn’t have many restaurants. We had no idea exactly where it was but Dad knew roughly the direction, so we just wandered off trying to see if we could find it. Walking along the riverside we noticed a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two years, when I last visited India, I discovered a drink, but it wasn’t just any drink, it was MIRINDA. Mirinda is a fizzy drink, similar to Orange Fanta or Tango, but much tastier. During that trip we travelled a lot by car and often zoomed past large adverts on the side of the road […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After checking out of the Hotel Grand Plaza we left our bags in their cloakroom and went exploring a little bit more of Hyderabad. Heading off in the direction of Big Bazaar(/Bizarre :-)) we decided to have a spot of lunch and went into the family restaurant by the entrance. Jane fancied a grilled sandwich […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Hotel Grand Plaza in Hyderabad sits opposite the public gardens to the north of Nampally railway station in Hyderabad and a short walk away from the shopping area of Abids Circle and its collection of shoe, sari and kurta shops, not forgetting the bizarre shopping experience that is Big Bazaar. Here’s a link to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If I had to answer a question on what’s been the best part of the trip so far then I’d have to say that spending time with people I’ve known online for a while, met through friends of theirs or the residents of the homestay would have to top the list. These are pretty strong […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…I’m travelling the land that created Britain’s favourite food and (for the second time) I’ve eaten at Domino’s Pizza. Okay, okay, I’m sorry. But in my defence I did have a Lamb Dupiaza pizza, so surely I’ve not been too bad!
Here’s a couple of short videos from our stay at the homestay in Orchha. scroll down… This first one is the breakfast served at Malti’s house: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pplpDsSP6ws This second one is some footage of the kids playing and having fun in Ganj, the little village near Orchha where all […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In a corner of the room, right next to the doorway, sat Malti, the wife of the family that Emilia and I were staying with. She was stirring some steaming potato curry in a pot which was resting over a fire powered by a single main log. The log didn’t fully fit […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Delhi disappears into the distance along the train tracks as we head off on our first sleeping class train – the previous two have been day time Shatabdi trains – to Gwalior, a city which certainly isn’t on the standard tourist path but could easily be if it promoted itself a little more. It’s got […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This place should need little introduction, I’ll assume everyone has heard of this place but broadly it is one of the key holy places for the Sikh religion and is a centre for devotion in the same way as Mecca is to Islam, Jerusalem is to Christianity and St Mary’s is to football. So many […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kesar da Dhaba is a low-key restaurant and a hidden gem in the dark, narrow backstreets of old Amritsar town. I don’t know the true meaning of ‘dhaba’ but in my view they seem to be places that are for the locals, have a fast turn around of food and generally offer food the way […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Sunday having had a wonderful lunch with Madhu we had loosely planned to meet another friend again with the intention of taking him, or his family too, out to dinner. The loose plans looked like collapsing due to my lack of Internet connectivity and the problems with my mobile but we sorted out a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
