When we go out of our house even for a few hours, the most common thing that we need first, is water. I generally carry a bottle of water with me but it is not always possible. This is more true if we are out to a different place or country.
Nevertheless, albeit small, daily we end up spending a few bucks on mineral water alone.
Like any other country, in Malaysia one can get a variety of mineral water starting from RM 2.20 upwards (Malaysian mineral water bought in a food …

Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi is famous for these deep fried snacks.  Sweet Thekua, namakparas, samosas, kachoris, besan kaju and what not, with at least 5 varieties of each.
They are equally rich in taste and oil. The containers have holes in bottom and are placed on top of canisters for draining off extra oil.
They always use paper bags to pack and within

The other day I was helping my friend plan an itinerary of his honeymoon in Switzerland. He had some constraints such as no. of days, budget and also, he had a friend in Switzerland with whom he wanted to spend sometime on the only weekend available. So after discussing quite a few things we finalized the places to be seen and also the route.
While doing that I promised him to write some more posts on Switzerland. Though I’ll not to, but if you find an overdose of Europe here in …

Visitors to Goa tend to think that food and drink in Goa means the famous fish, curry, rice and the feni package I have already written about and I was no different. Not wrong completely as for most Goans these are indeed the three basic food items – fish, curry and rice.
But like the land itself, Goan cuisine boasts of different flavours and tastes such as Konkani, Portuguese and the Bahamani Nawabi traditions of its culinary delicacies. The sea foods are used abundantly in preparing different types of fish, prawns, …

Feni or Fenny, as it is called, is a drink synonymous with Goa just as Scotch is synonymous with Scotland, Tequila with Mexico, or Champagne with France!
Feni, undoubtedly is Goa’s most famous triple or double distilled alcoholic drink.

There are two types of feni, both of which are made from local ingredients. Coconut or palm feni is made from the sap drawn from the severed shoots on a coconut tree. In Goa this is known as toddy, and the men who collect it are toddy tapers. One can see toddy tapers …

When we left Vipasana center at around 2 PM, we were quite excited to make it to Sula Vineyards. It was a matter of just a few minutes drive. Since next day being a working day, we didn’t want to waste any time. So, we raced in our cars to get a feel of nice intoxicating smells of wines.
My Belgian friend had heard the name of Sula Wines, had found it quite good and wanted to buy some [She bought three big cartons comprising of 12 bottles each ].
I …