INDIA TRAVEL EDITION: SEVILLA – DELHI

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Claridges Hotel

12 Aurangzeb Road

Delhi, India‎

011 41335133‎

Bottom Line: I mean, let’s face it: we would not have discovered this absolutely phenomenal place without the help of an au courant, totally hip and outrageously fun Delhi-born colleague to guide us.  Thanks SP!! Yes, it is Spanish food, which required a temporary departure from our all Indian-all the time rule, but to hell with rules.  We are on vacation.  This place has it all – amazing bartender, service, food, and atmosphere (breezy, candlelit, peaceful garden hideaway).   See pics and review.

INDIA TRAVEL EDITION: SWAGATH – DELHI

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14, Defence Colony Market

Delhi, India‎ 

011 24330930‎

Bottom Line:  From the first bite I could tell this was gonna be a good trip, even though I didn’t know how good.  This place is excellent and reasonably priced for a lunch and even more reasonably priced for a dinner, but not for beginners.  The menus refer to the dishes by their Indian names only with no accompanying descriptions.  The waiters, though friendly could not offer much assistance there.  So we wished we would have gone back on our last day in India, instead of wasting it on amateurs (that is, what we were at the beginning of the trip, but NOT after the trip).   See pics and review.

CRITIQUE GEEK HOLY WEEK: DELHI AND RAJASTHANI EATS

Your Critique Geek traveled to India to sample some culinary delights during the festivals of Eid el-Fitr (Muslim) and Navaratra (Hindu) for an India Special Travel Edition, aka Critique Geek Holy Week!  To catch up on posts in time for the next special travel edition, CGFD decided to truncate the India Edition by limiting subsequent posts to bullet point reviews (with photos of course).  Sorry to deprive you of the indepth reporting, but you should trust my bottom line.  If you don’t know me by now, you will never never never know me.