When Armando told me that guests who were interested in wellness would find the hotel’s innovations in the wellness area interesting, I had two thoughts. One: this made perfect sense. The vast ...

Indians like sharing. Even when we order dishes that are meant for one person — a hamburger, for instance — we will always share the French fries. All desserts are meant to be eaten communally. Have ...

Devangere is still a centre of the Benne Dosa tradition but the dosa is now, for all practical purposes, a Bangalore dish.

There is something so phoney, so staged and so totally unnecessary about the controversy over the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb who died in 1707 that it tells us something about India’s politicians and how ...

1. The Hindustan Times did the first major honest Restaurant awards in Indian history. We called them the Crystals. Some of the awards were voted for by the readers of HT City and some were an ...

Sometimes a simple snack/sandwich/street food becomes trendy. Great chefs get involved, prices shoot up and other restaurants begin imitating the variations the famous chefs have introduced. Something ...

At some stage we are going to ask ourselves: is MAGA turning into MIPA? Is the progress of Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again programme resulting in Make India Poor Again? It’s the kind of ...

Have you seen The White Lotus, the hit HBO streaming show about a group of wealthy Americans at a luxury resort? It may be the most influential TV series in the history of hotels and hotel marketing ...

It may have been the most unusual letter ever written by a chief minister in India. Firstly, it was an open letter addressed to all Indians. Secondly, it went out on X and received (when I last looked ...

My claim, made on these pages, that Mumbai is now the food capital of India has been strengthened after my visit to the city last week. We all know that Mumbai is the centre of inventive and creative ...

This Beer Biceps Guy saga gets worse and worse. I did a column about it last week and in any case, you probably know the story so far. But even so here is some background to refresh your memory.