James Ramya Rajan

Chandelier in one of the restaurants in Beijing

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Ms. & Mr. Bunny !!

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The Asian Hawkers market is happening in Select City Walk and Baba Kharak Singh Marg. Check it out, there are many well known names.

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The Hyderabad House in Delhi

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The beautifully arranged ‘Grandpa Rabbit’ dolls. These dolls I was told were for the recent mid-autumn festival.

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Just had my first Kaya Toast and Kopi-C, and loving it. How did I miss this in Singapore previously!!

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Little Yunnan, Beijing

Day 6 lunch in Beijing was at this beautiful small restaurant called Little Yunnan.

Top to down : House brewed rice wine, was cool and sweet and much needed later; shredded chicken salad, which was simple looking but packed a punch with the chilli heat and citrus orange; roasted goat cheese served with sugar and chilli salt; beef stew, which was very good in taste and quantity;roasted mushrooms with chilli salt; sweet and sticky pineapple rice; fried chicken tossed in herbs and spices.

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So long Beijing. Hope to meet you again under better weather/environment conditions!!

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It’s Hot Pot time tonight at Donglaishun !!

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Day 4’s dinner was at Da Dong, which am told has the best Peking Duck here. Loved it. Pics to follow soon!

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Last night we headed out for a walk in the Olympic park area and this was the status. We rushed back immediately. Beijing definitely not for the weak lunged!!

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Day 3 dinner was a bit of a let down. We unwittingly ended up at this tourist trope which was supposed to be setup by the emperor’s cook. Hope to make it up today!

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Day 3’s lunch.

Top to bottom - Jasmine flavored egg scramble; bitter gourd with pork cheek; Kung Pao chicken; Fried tea leaves and shrimps; beef with carrots and tea tree mushrooms; greens with garlic; cold salad of beans and beef.

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Din Tai Fung, Beijing

Day 2’s dinner was the amazing Taiwanese cuisine.

From top to bottom - Drunken chicken, a cold appetizer that was flavorful and juicy; Spinach sautéed with garlic was fresh and stood tall among meat dishes; Tofu hot and sour soup; Crab meat & roe, pork dumplings; pork dumplings. These are soupy dumplings and completely delicious. Absolutely the highlight of our meal. So good that I may go in again one of these days!

Here is a better look of those soupy Taiwanese dumplings! @aisootti - I will envy you guys a little more from today!!

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That was basically the dinner of Day 1 in #Beijing. All meat and no rice or noodle at all! This was the cuisine of the Hunan region and was spicy. Needless to say loved it.

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Ni Hao from Beijing!!


Johnny Rockets, Delhi

Easily my favorite dish at @johnnyrockets_in - Chicken Club Sandwich.

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Not bad for an inflight meal eh!


Eau de Monsoon, Delhi

A week ago we had been to Eau de Monsoon in Le Meridien as part of the Restaurant Week offer. These were the beautiful cutlery. Loved the golden patterns on the black plate.

If I remember right, this was called Cauliflower Cappuccino. It was a palate cleanser before the meal began at Eau de Monsoon. Very earthy flavor of Cauliflower, cream and mushroom (I think!)

The starters we had from the Restaurant Week menu of Eau de Monsoon. Top is Chicken Tikka along with Olive Khasta and sundried tomatoes, garlic and pink peppercorn jelly. Bottom is Mushrooms stuffed with goat cheese and chili, served with banana wafers. All were super yummy!

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Burma Burma, Gurgaon

Been a while since I posted any food pics. Now opening the flood gates :)

Had this wonderful vegetarian meal at @burmaburmaindia a few weeks ago.

Throughly enjoyed the food. So much were we engrossed in the conversation and food that I totally missed taking picture of the main course :D

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Onam Sadhya

Another happy bellyful meal at @mahabelly !!

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Artwork on ceiling at the entrance of Ajmer Junction.

A while ago I read about an initiative to paint railway stations in Rajasthan with local art work. During my vacation a week ago, got to see it in person. You could easily hurt craning your neck to keep looking at this beautiful work of art on the ceiling.

Another angle of the artwork.


The beautiful ceiling at Nareli Jain temple

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Watched Thithi which was being screened as part of BRICS film festival.

The screening was followed by Q&A with the director Ram Reddy.

What a wonderful film. If you ever get a chance don’t miss it.

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La Pizzeria, Pushkar

Had one of the best pizza at Pushkar. Highly recommend La Pizzeria, if you are ever here.

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