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Garlic To Keep Those Vampires from Your Door

31st October 2012 By Urvashi Roe

It’s Halloween.  We cannot miss it in England   It’s almost as big as Christmas as a ‘festival’.  My children used to want to go trick or treating as witches but today, they’ve gone out as a Vampire Witch and a Vampire Cat.  If you say the word ‘vampire’ to their generation and anyone born after the […]

Filed Under: Preserves & Pickles Tagged With: chilli, Garlic, Halloween, indian food, Vampire

Dishoom – A Bombay Cafe in London

21st December 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Dishoom Logo

Dishoom describes itself as a Bombay Cafe in London but it sooooo much more than that. There is a very clear narrative behind the restaurant which exudes from Shamil who is one of the founders. ‘Dishoom’ is the old Bollywood sound effect produced when a hero lands a good punch, or when a bullet flies […]

Filed Under: Restaurants Tagged With: chai, Dishoom, indian food, london

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