Mumbai Diners Club Haymarket has been a site of furious hospitality change during my absence. As well as many new openings, a stir around of new and existing businesses saw Shebeen take over the Mumbai Mansion site on Morrison Street, La Casa move in where Shebeen was, and Chinatown on Atholl Place become the Mumbai …

Bravo I was wandering without too much of a direction, as is often my way, when I discovered that 2Nice, the Ukranian cafe on Dalry Road, was no more. In its place was a cafe called Bravo which looked to be ploughing a similar furrow but without the Ukranian specials. Little did I know that …

Nilgiri Spice It’s Friday night, everyone’s had a long week, and a beer or two has been taken. Time for a curry, right? Well, that was my thinking when, with regular guest questers Freya and Hayley along with first time quester Claudia, we found ourselves a few drinks in to a glorious evening at Brauhaus. …

Gaggan at Pujol “Sir, there’s a problem with your reservation for Thursday afternoon at our restaurant, Pujol.” It was not the phonecall I was looking for. Their definition of a problem was very far from my idea of a problem, though. The issue was that my visit clashed with a special event. “We have no …

Cassia I’ve been keeping a vague eye on Edinburgh restaurant openings in my absence with the arrival of the Mumbai Diners’ Club one I’m particularly keen to try upon my return. I’ve been missing Indian food so tried to seek out somewhere good to sample some in Auckland. Cassia had just been recognised as the …