The Sunday Guardian

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21.12.2014

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Inside FINER FOCUS: Rocky and Mayur dish it out 24 Tanul Thakur talks to the hosts of Highway on My Plate and FoodMad about combing the country for culinary marvels .

PHOTO ESSAY: Looks good enough to eat 30-31

Guardian20 assembles the most tempting, inventive, bizarre, lip-smacking food-related Instagrams, from Jamie Oliver to Bombay Bhukkad.

Channel your inner master chef 33 There are plenty of culinary tutorials to be found on YouTube: some earnest, some amusing and others downright demented. Akhil Sood shares some choice options.

Films that have great taste

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Uday Bhatia sets a drool-worthy cinematic table, with food scenes from movies ranging from The Godfather to In The Mood For Love.

TOP TABLES OF 2014 You are what you eat. And where you eat. Kalyani Prasher takes you on a culinary odyssey across the capital, awarding establishments both familiar (Gulati, The Big Chill) and off the beaten path (the chow mein guy at Adchini). So sit back and chow down.

heaven, thy name is bhavan

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Food never goes out of fashion

If you hated Lady Gaga’s meat dress or loved Katy Perry’s popcornfringed skirt, you’re not alone. Payel Majumdar gives you the lowdown on foodie couture.

3 totally Worth

Burger To beat

A Delhi Belly

ANDHRA BHAVAN

THE BLUE DOOR CAFÉ

SITARAM DIWAN CHAND

The one word descriptor for the old Delhi phrase “cheap and best” is bhavan, and among them Andhra Bhavan still wins, because mutton fry. And poori. Generations of Dilliwallas have been queuing up outside Andhra Bhavan just waiting to be snapped at by Anna, the high priest of this temple: a sign that their turn has come and the thali is within reach. Rice with ghee and pudi, poori, dal and two types of sabzi come with the thali, and you can order mutton, chicken or fish fry. Order all three.

It’s one of the many eateries in Khan Market that all look the same: small, with painted doors. But the burger menu here is truly delish. The Texas Burger that combines smoked bacon and burnt garlic will make you want to cry tears of joy, which will make you hungry all over again, and then you can eat the classic hamburger. Sit on the terrace for best effect.

Bouncy, textured and filled with paneer, the bhature of Sitaram Diwan Chand are so deeply fried — we mean loved — by Dilliwalas that people take the metro from Gurgaon to reach the shop at 8 a.m. for breakfast. Clearly a mystery ingredient (probably the Paharganj dust) in the chhole has kept this place popular for 100 years and most of the people you will see standing around and eating probably used to come here with their parents.

1, Ashoka Road, Connaught Place. Tel: (011) 2338 2031

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runners up: Viva O Viva: What a name, what a food! At Goa Niwas. And Assam Bhavan for the best tenga in town.

66, Middle Lane, Khan Market. Tel: (011) 2464 0013

2243, Rajguru Marg, Chuna Mandi, Paharganj. Tel: (011) 2358 7380

runners up: Fork You, which has an awe-inspiring total of 14 burgers on the menu. Sakley’s Old Elm Farm Lamb Burger for its name. And Amici has a great new pulled pork burger.

Runners up: The bhelpuri at Defence Colony Market and the deep fried paranthas at Paranthewaali Galli (there is a reason they are on every tourist brochure).

The Best of Your Week Ahead 21st Sunday

22nd Monday

23rd Tuesday

Drishtikon Gallerie Nvya, District Centre, Saket 11 A.M. This is a solo exhibition of paintings by Lal Bahadur Singh. His work, a blend of oils and acrylic on canvas, is influence, on the one hand, by the mythological legends, and on the other by the changing face of urban and rural India.

24th Wednesday

25TH Thursday

26th Friday

Prelude to a Kiss Alliance Francaise, Lodhi Road 7 P.M.

Chinese Coffee Shri Ram Centre, Delhi 6.30 P.M.

In this comedy written by Craig Lucas, an old man and a bride exchange bodies after he kisses her at her wedding. Presented by Koncoct Drama & Films Society.

Danish Husain directs and stars along with Vrajesh Hirjee in this play about two friends who are struggling artists and have unresolved tensions simmering between them.

Happily Never After India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road 7 P.M.

Antigone Shri Ram Centre, Delhi 6.30 P.M.

Rafi Sa Koi Nahi Siri fort Auditorium, Asian games village complex 6 P.M.

Delhi-based stand-up comics Amit Tandon and Neeti Palta poke fun at the differences between the sexes and the friction this causes.

This modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy is presented by the Shri Ram Centre Repertory. The play is directed by K. Madavane.

Anandji Shah and Bollywood singer Suresh Kumar Raheja pay tribute to music maestro Mohd. Rafi on his 90th birthday.

27th saturday

Farhan Akhtar Live In Concert Concert Lawn, Behind GIP, Noida 6 P.M. The actor, director and occasional singer Farhan Akhtar is gearing up to rock the capital with his band. The opening act is the popular playback and solo artist Papon.


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