I’m standing in my guestroom, having just checked in to the Lodhi Hotel New Delhi. My feet are firmly ensconced in a plush, high-pile carpet in watercolour tones, as I pause to take-in my surroundings. Chocolate brown panels are set…
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The Rambagh Palace might just be the smartest dining address in Jaipur. Originally built in 1835 as a garden residence for the queen’s favourite handmaiden, it’s had many reincarnations as a royal guesthouse and hunting lodge, the residence of the…
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Like most people who are time poor and struggle to fit in dedicated reading time, I find summer travel offers the perfect opportunity to decompress with a great book. My summer travel reading list is usually a combination of titles…
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There’s not a precise way to pin down the ‘pink’ in Jaipur’s ‘pink city’ moniker. It’s not a dusky pink, rose pink, or quartz pink. It’s sort of a salmon pink crossed with a damask pink, but more leaning towards…
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The northwest state of Rajasthan has an air of grandeur unlike anywhere else in India. Bursts of colour dazzle you at every turn, the pinks vivid and vibrant, the greens luxurious like peacock feathers. Displays of ancient handcrafts and fine…
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To truly discover the wonders within Indian cuisine, you have to approach it a bit like peeling back an onion. Just when you thought you’d figured it all out, you pull back another layer to reveal something unexpected, interesting—and if…
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I love me a St. Regis Hotel. I’ve stayed in many over the years, and they seem to have mastered that perfect balance between unadulterated luxury and discreet service excellence. The Parel district where the St Regis Mumbai is located,…
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I don’t care what anyone says. City hotels like the Sheraton Stockholm, that are primarily geared towards the business traveller will get my vote every time. Alongside the Nordic efficiency one gets, if you can overlook the eye-watering cost of…
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As any Londoner will attest, this is a city where you end up collecting a vast number of former residences. The speed and frequency in which you change address, only comes to a resolute stop once you sign your life…
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When I first moved to London many years ago, the ‘Seven Dials’ intersection at Covent Garden was my compass for navigating shortcuts from Charing Cross to Soho. While Covent Garden continues to be the increasingly sanitised tacky tourist magnet that…
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Familiar to many, the puerta cerrada or closed door culinary movement was practically invented in Buenos Aires. One could argue the concept of opening ones home to paying diners was pioneered by entrepreneurial Portenos, vanguards in their own right in promoting…
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