On Food & Taste

Best Meals I’ve Had

Bombay Canteen · Bukhara · Gavran Misal · Cassanoni, Goa · The Glass Onion (Sushi), Hyderabad · Just Loaf (Hot Chocolate) · Good Flippin, HSR · Naru Noodle Bar · Si Nonna’s Pizza, Mumbai · Comorin · Tunday Kababi · Pizza 4Ps

Favourite Desserts

Hot brownie with french vanilla ice cream · Cold soft cheesecake with Oreo base · Kunafa — only hot, and only from Maffei · Bannoffee Pie (maybe) · Cookies and cream ice cream · Kulfi · Paan · Shahi Tukda

Top Cocktails

• Rising Sun — Bombay Canteen
• Blueberry thingy, Yuzu Derby, and Walnut Smoked Old Fashioned — 10 Speakeasy
• Negroni, Phuket
• Singapore Sling, Phuket

Things I’ve Grown to Appreciate

Brewing coffee · Woody perfume fragrances · Chinese food · Sushi · Animated movies · Salad bowls · Sun-dried tomatoes · Aglio e olio · Ramen · Orange cakes · Peanut butter · Flip-top bottles · Sneakers · Burrata cheese · Pickle — nimbu and kairi specially · Podi

Things I Thought I’d Like But Didn’t

• Kahlua — it has coffee, it has alcohol, but why have them together? It’s such an afternoon drink, but why are you drinking in the afternoon if you’re not on vacation? And if you’re on vacation, why are you drinking Kahlua?
• Sourdough bread
• Honey desserts
• Baklavas
• Kombucha — mixed feelings, honestly.
• Affogato — this was a heartbreak.
• Tiramisu — I love the concept, but it can be too creamy. Generally not a fan of excessive cream and that fatty, oily, lingering aftertaste.
• Strawberry and coffee combo
• Fancy cheese — I only like Parmesan and Burrata.
• Gingerbread
• Irish coffee