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Tamil Nadu Police Museum grounds in Chennai hosts a cultural food festival

Tamil Nadu Police Museum grounds in Chennai hosts a cultural food festival

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Chat stalls at the venue were a major crowd puller | Photo Credit: Srinath M The Police Museum grounds at Egmore is embroidered with tall trees, an imposing red walled museum and an intriguing curio shop. Recently, a cultural food festival organised at the venue saw a flurry of sights, sounds and smells. Inaugurated by Chef […]

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Tamil Nadu Police Museum grounds in Chennai hosts a cultural food festival

Tamil Nadu Police Museum grounds in Chennai hosts a cultural food festival

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Chat stalls at the venue were a major crowd puller | Photo Credit: Srinath M The Police Museum grounds at Egmore is embroidered with tall trees, an imposing red walled museum and an intriguing curio shop. Recently, a cultural food festival organised at the venue saw a flurry of sights, sounds and smells. Inaugurated by Chef […]

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Chennai’s Asvah 24 introduces a new Italian menu including bubbly cocktails and delicate ice creams

Chennai’s Asvah 24 introduces a new Italian menu including bubbly cocktails and delicate ice creams

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Burrata cuor di latte e pesca | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In the evening when the breeze cools, plates at Asvah 24 are warm from lamb tajine. Bubbles rise up from glasses of rose wine seltzers and the sound of waves from the beach anoint the emerging night. Chef Andrea Rubio, former sous chef of […]

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Try bun butter jam from these Chennai bakeries that are more than 50-years-old

Try bun butter jam from these Chennai bakeries that are more than 50-years-old

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On TM Soundararajan Road in Mandaveli, there is a 70-year-old building with fading yellow paint and blue windows. On its facade, is a bright yellow signboard that says Verghese Bakery. Below, is a glass door and whenever it opens visitors are met with a gush of cold air swollen with the warm aroma of sugar. Displayed in […]

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Cafe Pramadam opens in Chennai with white butter dosas and fresh ground coffee

Cafe Pramadam opens in Chennai with white butter dosas and fresh ground coffee

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A view of Cafe Pramadham at Angson Centre, Greams Road, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R The butter bun is your first hint. In Chennai, a city of bun-butter-jam enthusiasts, thereis a reassuringly staid approach to the formula – white fluffy buns, a generous pat of butter and deep red mixed fruit jam. Here, the […]

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Try wholesome and pocket-friendly Bengali food at these messes in Chennai

Try wholesome and pocket-friendly Bengali food at these messes in Chennai

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A special thali meal | Photo Credit: Srinath M It is 11am and TS Kolkata Mess is waking up from a slumber that resembles the unhurried countenance of Kolkata. This, however, is Greams Road, Chennai – where a line of humble eateries serving home-style Bengali food dots the sidewalk opposite Apollo Hospital.   Kailash Chandra Das, […]

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Chennai’s Avartana in Asia’s top 50 restaurants list

Chennai’s Avartana in Asia’s top 50 restaurants list

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ITC Grand Chola’s Avartana, Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement ITC Grand Chola’s Avartana in Chennai along with Masque, Mumbai and Indian Accent, New Delhi have made it to the influential list of Asia’s top 50 restaurants, sponsored by San Pellegrino. Placed at number 30, Avartana was this year’s new entry from India and has […]

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Chennai-based restobar aims to tell the ‘Same old story’ with a pan-Asian plot twist

Chennai-based restobar aims to tell the ‘Same old story’ with a pan-Asian plot twist

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Dim lights, leather couches, shiny surfaces, thumping music, a well-lit bar and familiar faces — these are the markers of most of Chennai’s pubs. While some places strive to differentiate themselves from others, Same Old Story (SOS) on Greams road, which was launched late last year, sees merit in monotony. “When the days are good, […]

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‘In the food business, every day is a new day’: Five Chennai-based Sangeetha restaurants are now Geetham

‘In the food business, every day is a new day’: Five Chennai-based Sangeetha restaurants are now Geetham

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Five former Sangeetha outlets will now be rebranded Geetham. But will the ghee podi dosas be the same? We find out Five former Sangeetha outlets will now be rebranded Geetham. But will the ghee podi dosas be the same? We find out “Only the name has changed. Everything else remains the same,” Murali N Bhat […]

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