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What’s your excuse for not trying Filipino food?

What’s your excuse for not trying Filipino food?

Fact A: My parents moved to Sharjah in the mid 70’s, so pretty much all my soggy diaper years, and the subsequent nerdy high school …

 

Ever tried Anda Parotta from that tea stall around the corner?

Ever tried Anda Parotta from that tea stall around the corner?

How many times have you walked past those teeny cafeterias on the road and thought, ‘yech. I’d NEVER go in there.’ or ‘hmmm…could be good, …

 

What Went Down at Global Village.

What Went Down at Global Village.

When I’m stuffed to the point of delirium, a wire in my brain snaps and I come up with these freakish doodles in my head. …

 

Eating through a Gujarati feast at Rangoli…all in the name of foodie market research.

Eating through a Gujarati feast at Rangoli…all in the name of foodie market research.

Some of you may have got a whiff of my latest whimsical idea through this blog’s facebook page, but if you haven’t, let me tell …

 

What do you eat with a three-foot long Iranian bread?

What do you eat with a three-foot long Iranian bread?

When a wedding buffet pushes you into this spacey state of existence, making everyone in the buffet line vanish away and leaving one twisted thought …

 

Gotta do the customary ‘look back’ post of 2011. So here it is.

Gotta do the customary ‘look back’ post of 2011. So here it is.

Well whatdya know, it’s the end of the year. Time to dredge out my Best of 2011 list – remember the one I’d started compiling …

 

Shut for lunch on Mondays? Fine. I’m headed to Bundu Khan’s for kababs.

Shut for lunch on Mondays? Fine. I’m headed to Bundu Khan’s for kababs.

Restaurants in this country really do confound me. They’re open one day, and all boarded up the next. A press release might have announced a …