Eating Out in Delhi » paharganj

Sitaram Diwan Chand: Masterclass & Recipes

Pamela Timms — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:17:10 +0000

When conniving Mughal upstart Aurangzeb imprisoned his father, Emperor Shah Jehan, in Agra Fort in 1657, he told him he could choose just one thing to eat every day for the rest of his life. The old man chose chick peas because the prison cook told him he would be able to make something different [...]

Sitaram Dewan Chand

Hemanshu Kumar — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:09:34 +0000

It’s true. We men don’t ask for directions.

A couple months back, having heard one too many recommendations for Sitaram Dewan Chand’s Chhole Bhature, I googled their address, found the rough location on an online map, and went down to Paharganj. I reached the street I was looking for, but despite driving as slowly as [...]

The Metropolis

Hemanshu Kumar — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:58:19 +0000

I first read about The Metropolis in a rather eye-catchingly titled Rahul Verma article last year: “Manali in Paharganj”. And when the man himself recommended it as one of the best places for continental food, we wasted no time in organizing an EOiD community expedition to Paharganj.

I have taken several friends to [...]

Ashoks the Great

Hemanshu Kumar — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:51:09 +0000

Once upon a time there ruled over twentieth-century Indraprastha, not one but two Ashoks, whose empire stretched as far as the eye could see, and their fame even beyond.

Okay, granted that the eye couldn’t see very far at all in twentieth-century Indraprastha, but you get the gist.

Every day when the sun would set [...]