Tonkotsu, ichiraku, miso…. Kochi’s growing appetite for ramen

Tonkotsu, ichiraku, miso…. Kochi’s growing appetite for ramen

Extremely curious about the buzz around ramen, we headed to Tony’s Kitchen at Kacheripady, in Kochi, where we were greeted with a visual treat and a surprise for the tastebuds. Miso ramen arrives in a white ramen bowl. Under the dark broth hides the noodles, placed on it were four slices of chicken and a […]

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What skydiving taught Jithin Vijayan, winner of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

What skydiving taught Jithin Vijayan, winner of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

Jithin Vijayan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “The first 20 to 30 seconds, you are certain you are going to die. Then the parachute opens, and you are so happy that you are alive!” says Jjithin Vijayan about the first time he tried Tandem Skydiving (skydiving where the student is attached to the instructor with […]

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Try handmade pizzas by Kochi couple Sanoop and Jithu George

Try handmade pizzas by Kochi couple Sanoop and Jithu George

From the outside, Adam’s Pizza does not look like a takeaway restaurant. One might easily pass it by without knowing it is a pizzeria. But the regulars know it, students and IT professionals, too, know of it. Adam’s Pizza is a slice of passion and love for Sanoop AK and Jithu George. Opened on March […]

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Try handmade pizzas by Kochi couple Sanoop and Jithu George

Try handmade pizzas by Kochi couple Sanoop and Jithu George

From the outside, Adam’s Pizza does not look like a takeaway restaurant. One might easily pass it by without knowing it is a pizzeria. But the regulars know it, students and IT professionals, too, know of it. Adam’s Pizza is a slice of passion and love for Sanoop AK and Jithu George. Opened on March […]

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Current and former students of St. Teresa’s College in Kochi to stage a musical inspired by the Russian ballet Swan Lake

Current and former students of St. Teresa’s College in Kochi to stage a musical inspired by the Russian ballet Swan Lake

Come January 11, the Platinum Jubilee Auditorium of St. Teresa’s College (STC) will be the stage for musical Hamsadhwani – Words in Motion, an adaptation of the 19th century Russian ballet Swan Lake. Presented in a fusion of classical Indian dance forms such as Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kathakali alongside contemporary, freestyle and folk dance, it will […]

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An electric boat that takes the sustainable tourism route in Kochi’s Kadamakkudy islands

An electric boat that takes the sustainable tourism route in Kochi’s Kadamakkudy islands

It is a calm day for a boat ride, the breeze is a gentle caress. Conditions are ideal on the almost-winter-like day. The waters of the Periyar around Kadamakkudy are still, glass-like. At a distance one can see poles that make up Chinese fishing nets as they mark the outline of the river. The silence […]

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This Christmas, experience the nostalgia of traditional borma-baked plum cakes in Kerala

This Christmas, experience the nostalgia of traditional borma-baked plum cakes in Kerala

A cake baked in a borma (a traditional coconut shell-fired oven) is the stuff of nostalgia. People from a generation or two ago, when cakes were not as widespread, fondly remember them. Bakeries were few and far between, and those primarily baked bread. Kochi-based baker Tsarina Abrao Vacha’s great-great-grandfather, Ignatius Rozario, is said to have […]

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