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Formerly Oindrila De
Travel Writer 🌍 Epicure 🍴 Marathoner 👣
📝 Latest post on my travel blog (Valentine's trip ideas)👇

"When I am down and oh, my soul, so weary When tro

"When I am down and oh, my soul, so weary
When troubles come and my heart burdened be,
Then I am still and wait here in the silence
Until You come and sit awhile with me."

The hardest part after watching a beautiful sunset is always having to get up and head back indoors.

Still, I'm fortunate that I get to spend such evenings with @martinrsoni who sits awhile with me (and then walks back home with me too 😊).

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🎵: @joshgroban
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We don't need a day to celebrate our love. But we

We don't need a day to celebrate our love. But we don't mind being each other's #Valentine.😉

So lucky to have you by my side, @martinrsoni! 😘

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For my husband @martinrsoni and me, #LoveIsCooking

For my husband @martinrsoni and me, #LoveIsCookingTogether. That is why we'll be celebrating #ValentinesDay by indulging in our favourite hobby and cooking up a storm in the kitchen! 😉

#FreshToHome @myfreshtohome

We got all the Friday feels on Thursday as we walk

We got all the Friday feels on Thursday as we walked into @esora_wineandbistro last evening.

It was Bollywood Night, and the peppy numbers sure worked up our appetite! @martinrsoni and I made our way through some coolers and avo salad before gearing up for the heavy zucchini fritters.

#Esora is Japanese for 'painting in the sky'. So, we had to try a vegan "sushi" roll! But there was no way we were leaving before a bite from my favourite cuisine (Italian, for the uninitiated). We called it a night with the lissome linguine aglio olio - truly a lipsmacking dish!

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You don't always have to travel to a place. Explor

You don't always have to travel to a place. Exploration is more intimate when it is through food.

Last night, @martinrsoni and I swung by @teapeacafe to shake off the work-loaded week we'd been having. Over a round of Jenga, we sipped on their cold coffee Bourn (a new drink on their menu) while waiting for our pizza to arrive.

My husband eats entire pizzas all by himself, and that's exactly what he did this time, leaving me hardly a couple of slices to savour. So, in came some pink sauce penne and a cheesy platter of Maggi noodles to fill yours truly.

We sealed the dinner date with a tall glass of decadent hot chocolate before scooting back home.

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On our recent family trip to Mulshi, we bumped int

On our recent family trip to Mulshi, we bumped into this lovely restaurant that doesn't even appear on most maps!

We entered through a red chequered gate affixed to a stonewalled enclosure, walked past Victorian lamps and crossed a wooden bridge into a different world...

This was Vegetton, a vegetarian café and pizzeria with interiors that were a melange of a myriad cultures. Both my hubby and I were happy to watch our parents delighted at the sight of swings in place of chairs. The tabletops themselves wore mosaic patterns, and no two designs were the same.

The wood-fired oven beckoned to us but we passed the pizza for North Indian cuisine. The food that came at long last was well worth the wait.

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The best experiences are never man-made. The mount

The best experiences are never man-made. The mountains, the mist, the verdant valleys and resplendent lakes...

With all the gardening and fancy furnishing that man busies himself with, he might foolishly think that beauty is his creation. But the truth is laid bare for all to see - everything is His creation.

Praise God for this beautiful world He has carefully designed for us! Words fall short when one tries to describe the magnificence of the work of His Hands.

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📷: @martinrsoni
📌: Mulshi, Maharashtra

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Dining out in the times of social distancing...

Dining out in the times of social distancing...

This seemingly paradoxical situation is actually quite possible, and safe at the same time.

Earlier this week, I took my husband out on a surprise lunch date (yea, we do these things for no reason at all 😉) to @gymkhana91 and we were in luck as we happened to be the only diners at the restaurant at that time!

As we tucked into baos, dimsums, sushi and a classic dessert, we realized how much we were missing this type of fine dining experience all of these lockdown months. It was great to be back out there, being served for a change (I still love to cook and serve though).

We're planning to explore all the cool new restaurants that are popping up all over Mumbai again. Join in our culinary explorations and tell us if you have any recommendations. ❤️

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Woke up to this gorgeous view on my birthday.🌅

Woke up to this gorgeous view on my birthday.🌅

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Thank you, my dearest husband @martinrsoni 😘for making this milestone birthday a memorable one and keeping it a surprise all the while.

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When we were dating 2 years ago, I remember sitting on that ledge one day, by the Gateway of India. We both looked up at the iconic structure of the Taj Mahal Palace and wondered if we'd ever stay there. Perhaps on our 50th wedding anniversary, we thought to ourselves... But I had no clue you'd make this happen so soon! ❤️

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