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

• A Lot of Fish and Some Vegetables at Chittaranjan Park Market (Delhi, March 2022) (3/20/2022)
• Bagundi (Delhi, December 2018) (3/15/2019)
• Bagundi 2 (Delhi, January 2020) (1/26/2020)
• Bhawan (Delhi, January 2023) (3/4/2023)
• Big Wong (Delhi , 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)
• Carnatic Cafe (Delhi, January 2014) (3/27/2014)
• Carnatic Cafe, Eight Years Later (Delhi, March 2022) (3/29/2022)
• 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)
• China Club (Delhi, February 2023) (4/2/2023)
• Chor Bizarre (Delhi, December 2018) (5/16/2019)
• Coast Cafe (Delhi, January 2016) (2/4/2016)
• Comorin (Delhi, March 2022) (3/22/2022)
• Dakshin (Delhi, January 2016) (1/26/2016)
• Delhi Food Teaser (January 2014) (2/4/2014)
• Desi Vibes (Delhi, Spring 2017) (10/5/2017)
• Dzükou (Delhi, January 2016) (1/14/2016)
• Golconda Bowl Express (Delhi, January 2014) (2/11/2014)
• Gung, Gurgaon (Delhi, February 2023) (4/9/2023)
• Handiwala (Delhi, 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)
• 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 (Delhi, December 2018) (3/22/2019)
• Kwality (Delhi, January 2023) (3/19/2023)
• Made in Punjab (Delhi, Jan 2020) (2/14/2020)
• Mahabelly (Delhi, January 2016) (2/2/2016)
• Mahabelly, Again (Delhi, December 2018) (5/10/2019)
• Mangal Bazar (Delhi, December 2018) (3/20/2019)
• Matamaal (Delhi, January 2023) (2/19/2023)
• Nimtho (Delhi, January 2020) (1/30/2020)
• Oh Calcutta (Delhi, January 2014) (2/5/2014)
• Oh! Assam (Delhi, January 2023) (2/11/2023)
• Punjabi by Nature (Delhi, January 2016) (1/27/2016)
• Punjabi By Nature II (Delhi, 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 (Delhi, January 2023) (2/16/2023)
• Samridhi (Delhi, December 2018) (3/31/2019)
• Sodabottleopenerwala (Delhi, 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)

Bombay/Mumbai

• Highway Gomantak (Bombay, December 2018) (2/8/2019)
• Jai Hind Lunch Home (Bombay, December 2018) (1/13/2019)
• Just Kerala (Bombay, December 2018) (1/20/2019)
• O Pedro (Bombay, December 2018) (3/3/2019)
• Soam (Bombay, December 2018) (2/14/2019)
• Swati Snacks (Bombay, December 2018) (1/9/2019)
• Taftoon (Bombay, December 2018) (3/13/2019)

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)