I only manage to go “home” to India once every two years now (it’s very expensive to fly as a family, and my wife would kill me if I went off by myself and left her with the boys). I put home in quotes there because while I was born and raised in India (all the way through college), and will never think of myself as anything but Indian in the first instance, I’ve now lived in the US longer than I did in India, and it’s hard to not think of home as where my own family is. Still, my parents and sister and the vast majority of my extended family live in Delhi and Calcutta and between them and the texture of Indian life, two years is the most I can go without going back for at least a few weeks.
New Delhi and Environs
- 6 Ballygunge Place (Delhi, March 2025) (4/19/2025)
- A Lot of Fish and Some Vegetables at Chittaranjan Park Market (Delhi, March 2022) (3/20/2022)
- Anardana (Gurgaon, March 2024) (4/4/2024)
- Arunachali Sajolang (Delhi, December 2024) (12/17/2024)
- Bagundi (Delhi, December 2018) (3/15/2019)
- Bagundi 2 (Delhi, January 2020) (1/26/2020)
- Bhansaghar (Delhi, December 2024) (12/22/2024)
- Bhawan (Gurgaon, January 2023) (3/4/2023)
- Big Wong (Gurgaon, December 2018) (4/24/2019)
- Biryani and Kababs (Delhi, March 2022) (4/10/2022)
- Bukhara (Delhi, March 2022) (4/24/2022)
- Café Lota (Delhi, January 2014) (2/25/2014)
- Café Lota, Two Years Later (Delhi, January 2016) (2/16/2016)
- Cafe Lota Again (Delhi, December 2018) (4/26/2019)
- Cafe Lota IV (Delhi, Jan 2020) (2/16/2020)
- Cafe Lota V (Delhi, March 2022) (4/3/2022)
- Cafe Lota VI (Delhi, January 2023) (3/17/2023)
- Cafe Lota VII (Delhi, March 2024) (4/13/2024)
- Cafe Lota VIII (Delhi, March 2025) (4/6/2025)
- Carnatic Cafe (Delhi, January 2014) (3/27/2014)
- Carnatic Cafe II, Eight Years Later (Delhi, March 2022) (3/29/2022)
- Carnatic Cafe III (Delhi, December 2024) (12/29/2024)
- Chaat etc. (3/8/2014)
- Chaat x 2 (Delhi, December 2018) (5/19/2019)
- Chaat, Puchka, Chaat (Delhi, Calcutta, Delhi, Jan-Feb 2020) (8/22/2020)
- Chaat, Thrice (Gurgaon, December 2024, March/July 2025) (8/30/2025)
- China Club (Gurgaon, February 2023) (4/2/2023)
- Chor Bizarre (Delhi, December 2018) (5/16/2019)
- Coast Cafe (Delhi, January 2016) (2/4/2016)
- Comorin (Gurgaon, March 2022) (3/22/2022)
- Dakshin (Delhi, January 2016) (1/26/2016)
- Daryaganj (Gurgaon, July 2025) (9/9/2025)
- Delhi Food Teaser (January 2014) (2/4/2014)
- Desi Vibes (Noida, April 2017) (10/5/2017)
- Dzükou (Delhi, January 2016) (1/14/2016)
- Dzükou, Eight Years Later (Delhi, December 2024) (12/27/2024)
- Fort City (Delhi, March 2025) (3/29/2025)
- Golconda Bowl Express (Noida, January 2014) (2/11/2014)
- Gung (Gurgaon, February 2023) (4/9/2023)
- Handiwala (Noida, December 2018) (3/28/2019)
- Hornbill (Delhi, January 2020) (1/23/2020)
- Indian Accent (Delhi, January 2014) (2/19/2014)
- Indian Accent II (Delhi, March 2022) (5/29/2022)
- Indian Accent III (Delhi, January 2023) (3/30/2023)
- Indian Accent IV (Delhi, March 2024) (4/30/2024)
- Inja (Delhi, July 2025) (9/26/2025)
- Jakoi (Delhi, January 2014) (3/11/2014)
- Jamun (Delhi, Jan 2020) (2/9/2020)
- Jamun, Again (Delhi, January 2023) (3/11/2023)
- Kababs etc.: Raas, Punjab Grill (Delhi, January 2014) (3/18/2014)
- Kerala Express (Delhi, January 2014) (2/13/2014)
- Khyen Chyen (Gurgaon, December 2018) (3/22/2019)
- Kwality (Delhi, January 2023) (3/19/2023)
- Made in Punjab (Noida, Jan 2020) (2/14/2020)
- Mahabelly (Delhi, January 2016) (2/2/2016)
- Mahabelly, Again (Delhi, December 2018) (5/10/2019)
- Mangal Bazar (Noida, December 2018) (3/20/2019)
- Matamaal (Gurgaon, January 2023) (2/19/2023)
- Matamaal II (Gurgaon, March 2024) (4/18/2024)
- Matamaal III & IV (Gurgaon, Dec ’24/Mar ’25) (3/19/2025)
- Mizo Diner (Delhi, March 2024) (3/30/2024)
- Mizo Diner 2 (Delhi, July 2025) (9/19/2025)
- Moti Mahal (Gurgaon, July 2025) (9/12/2025)
- My Best Restaurant Meals of 2023 (12/31/2023)
- My Best Restaurant Meals of 2024 (12/30/2024)
- NCC (Delhi, March 2025) (5/4/2025)
- Nimtho (Delhi, January 2020) (1/30/2020)
- Oh Calcutta (Delhi, January 2014) (2/5/2014)
- Oh! Assam (Delhi, January 2023) (2/11/2023)
- Ping’s Bia Hoi (Gurgaon, March 2025) (3/22/2025)
- Punjabi by Nature (Noida, January 2016) (1/27/2016)
- Punjabi By Nature II (Noida, Jan 2020) (2/20/2020)
- Rustom’s Parsi Bhonu (Delhi, January 2016) (1/28/2016)
- Sagar Ratna (Delhi, Spring 2017) (4/25/2017)
- Sagar Ratna, One Horizon Center (Gurgaon, January 2023) (2/16/2023)
- Samridhi (Delhi, December 2018) (3/31/2019)
- Sangeetha (Delhi, July 2025) (10/3/2025)
- Shilloi (Delhi, March 2025) (3/26/2025)
- Sodabottleopenerwala (Gurgaon, January 2016) (1/20/2016)
- Swagath (Delhi, January 2014) (2/17/2014)
- The Categorical Eat Pham (Delhi, January 2020) (1/19/2020)
- The Potbelly, Bihar Niwas (Delhi, December 2018) (5/5/2019)
- Varq (Delhi, January 2016) (2/9/2016)
- Viva O Viva (Delhi, December 2018) (4/12/2019)
- Zambar (Gurgaon, December 2024) (12/24/2024)
Bombay/Mumbai
- A Lagan nu Bhonu at the Ratan Tata Institute (Bombay, January 2024) (1/25/2024)
- An East Indian Feast in Uttan (Bombay, January 2024) (2/3/2024)
- At the Sassoon Dock Fish Market (Bombay, January-February 2024) (3/9/2024)
- Chaitanya (Bombay, January 2024) (2/4/2024)
- Delux Kerala (Bombay, January 2024) (1/20/2024)
- Gajalee, Andheri (Bombay, January 2024) (2/25/2024)
- Highway Gomantak (Bombay, December 2018) (2/8/2019)
- Highway Gomantak II (Bombay, January 2024) (1/28/2024)
- Jai Hind Lunch Home (Bombay, December 2018) (1/13/2019)
- Just Kerala (Bombay, December 2018) (1/20/2019)
- Mahesh Lunch Home (Bombay, January 2024) (2/17/2024)
- My Best Restaurant Meals of 2024 (12/30/2024)
- O Pedro (Bombay, December 2018) (3/3/2019)
- Shri Datta Boarding House (Bombay, January 2024) (1/18/2024)
- Slink & Bardot (Bombay, February 2024) (3/17/2024)
- Soam (Bombay, December 2018) (2/14/2019)
- Soam II (Bombay, January 2024) (1/13/2024)
- Some Casual/Street Food (Bombay, Jan-Feb 2024) (3/24/2024)
- Swati Snacks (Bombay, December 2018) (1/9/2019)
- Swati Snacks 2 (Bombay, January 2024) (2/18/2024)
- Taftoon (Bombay, December 2018) (3/13/2019)
- The Bombay Canteen (Bombay, January 2024) (2/22/2024)
Calcutta/Kolkata
- Chaat, Puchka, Chaat (Delhi, Calcutta, Delhi, Jan-Feb 2020) (8/22/2020)
- Eating at the Tollygunge Club (Calcutta, Jan 2020) (6/21/2020)
- Golden Joy (Calcutta, Jan 2020) (6/28/2020)
- Mocambo (Calcutta, Jan 2020) (8/2/2020)
- Peshawri (Calcutta, Jan 2020) (7/5/2020)
Goa
- Cota Cozinha (Goa, January 2023) (4/23/2023)
- Eating by the Water (Goa, Jan 2020) (6/7/2020)
- Eating by the Water, Again (Goa, January 2023) (5/6/2023)
- Fernando’s Nostalgia (Goa, Jan 2020) (3/8/2020)
- Fisherman’s Wharf (Goa, Jan 2020) (5/24/2020)
- Hog Worth (Goa, Jan 2020) (3/12/2020)
- Joe’s River Cove (Goa, January 2023) (4/15/2023)
- Margao Fish Market (Goa, January 2023) (1/31/2023)
- Martin’s Corner (Betalbatim, Goa, Jan 2020) (2/25/2020)
- Palácio Do Deão (Goa, Jan 2020) (3/6/2020)
- Pentagon (Goa, January 2023) (4/8/2023)
- Scenes from the Thursday Market in Assolna (Goa, January 2020) (2/5/2020)
- Star Light (Goa, Jan 2020) (5/2/2020)