An Edible Voyage

It was quite some time since I was in India but I felt I wanted to share some particular highlights.  It's the ultimate food paradise - a continuous heady mix of food sizzling street-side, the juiciest mangoes and papayas, tiny super sweet bananas, and of course copious little glasses of creamy, spicy chai with a samosa straight from the fryer as our obligatory daily breakfast.  It never ceased to amaze me how the Chaiwala could pour from such a height in a perfect arc without splashing it all over the floor. I remember the evening I arrived in Mumbai, my first night in India, lured to Chowpatty beach by the promise of a feast of food stalls and home of the vada pav, a battered potato ball served in bun with chutney.  In the end though, we were taken by the the masala dosas - paper thin rice and lentil pancakes overflowing from the plate, served with spiced potatoes and chutneys.   A fantastic place for people watching, Chowpatty boasts the most beautiful sunset...

June 2020 I can't say that I've ever had Tibetan food before and it seems I've been missing out! Yeshi grew up in rural Tibet and has brought over the flavours of his native cuisine to excite the taste buds of Oxford with Taste of Tibet.  Hearty and a little spicy, his dishes are real soul food.  The vegan feast is definitely not an understatement with 3 curries, rice and a momo jam packed in to the foil container - it seemed a never-ending meal of flavour.  A mild spinach and chickpea curry, and Tibetan dahl ss balanced by the spicy potato and pea curry, and people flock from miles around for their highly acclaimed momos - dumplings filled with vegetables and steamed to create 2-bite sized balls of deliciousness.   Bread is my weakness and generally one of my most enjoyed parts of any cuisine so I had to try a Tibetan flat bread.  I was expecting it to be similar to a naan bread but it was much denser, good for scooping up a mouthful of curry. Ta...