AJ: Mom, can we go out for lunch today? Me: Where do you want to go? AJ: You choose. Me: OK…. Let’s go to that place!! AJ: Which place? Me: That place….!!! AJ: WHICH Plaaacceeee…??? Me: THAAT Plaaaccee…. It is the name of a place!!! If you don’t know, AJ is my 8yr old cutie... Continue Reading →
A Walk Through the Italian Countryside at La Vigna
La Vigna, the only Italian restaurant at Century Village, takes you to a different place and time altogether. Without getting onto a plane, you’re transported to the Italian countryside with rustic brick walls, wooden windows and red and white table tops. The fiery built-in pizza oven adds to the ambience too. The restaurant is two-floored,... Continue Reading →
Dine the Sri Lankan Way at Ayubowan
U.A.E. is a melting pot of various cultures and cuisines. If you live in Dubai and want to try a cuisine from anywhere in the world, you don’t have to get on a plane. Just get in a car, drive around and your bound to find food from all over the world at your fingertips.... Continue Reading →
Once Upon A Bite
Growing up, I used to be fascinated with stories that started with ‘Once upon a time’. Utter those four words and I’d be transported into an imaginary world filled with many wonderful stories. But never did I imagine that as an adult, all the stories that I tell would begin with ‘Once upon a bite’!!!... Continue Reading →
Un Pezzo di Venezia a Dubai at Casa Da Venice
This literaly translates to ‘a piece of Venice in Dubai at Casa Da Venice’. Have you visited Venice? What if I tell you that you can visit Venice without getting on a flight…!!! Just hop into your car or the metro and get off at Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT). Situated in Cluster C, in full... Continue Reading →
Chocoholics go only to GF Ferre Chocolate Bar
“Eat, sleep, drink chocolate”, said someone once and that’s exactly what I did on my b’day, a few days back. I woke up on D-day to this yummy honey cake drowned in chocolate syrup and covered with Kit Kat pieces, all done by my AJ, my 7-year old kiddo (I love you, baby!!!) with a... Continue Reading →
Turn into a Chocolaterian at The Choco Monarch
Did you know that chocolate was originally used as a medicine for treating depression, weight gain etc.? Interesting..... Every time I feel upset, angry or lonely, I would just reach out to my secret stash of chocolates and before I knew it, it’d wiped out!!! OMG… I’ve been eating a lot of chocolates… Yes, I... Continue Reading →