Oct
05

Ganges, Princeton Junction, NJ

I recently joined a number of my work colleagues for lunch at nearby Ganges. Generally, I have a pretty poor opinion of Indian restaurants in the area. The food usually is pretty underwhelming, bland and appears to be put together by non chefs - cooks who know the ingredients but really can’t cook well, they [...]

Aug
11

Yuva, New York

Anyone who has been to Delhi and eaten at Bukhara at The Maurya Sheraton hotel realises how good Indian food can be. The food at Bukhara is referred to as northwest frontier cuisine (the border between Pakistan & Afghanistan) with lots of succulent, melt in your mouth kebabs cooked in a tandoor. These are quite [...]

Mar
30

A Week in London

I was in London recently for business. London is actually my home town so I end up going quite often. In the 14 years since I left London the food scene has changed quite a bit. Celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver have become household names, not just in England but here too. [...]

Jan
13

Ming, Edison, NJ

Ming is a popular restaurant owned by the same group that owns the excellent Moghul Indian restaurants in Edison and Morristown, Moghul Express, Moksha, Mithaas and Mehndi which is well reviewed by the New York Times.
Ming serves Indian-Chinese food. For the uninitiated, Indian-Chinese is nothing like chinese food and it isn’t even fusion. It’s not even like [...]