Dhaka, aka family, fuchka and flip flops. Packing our holiday bags on Christmas Eve 2017, we gleefully collected our skin baring, breathable footwear from the dark corners of negligence and went overboard packing one too many pair of shoes for a 2.5 week trip. It was time to treat our souls and soles to warmth and sunshine….
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Dhaka 2017: The Eid Edit
This Ramadan I decided to stop my busy UK life in its tracks and go home for Eid. Six years without Ammu’s Eid shemay was more than the legal limit of self-deprivation. My homesickness was so severe that even hearing a Bangla song was making me howl like someone had died. The cure? A milk…
Gasp, its a Smörgåsbord!
It started out as an ordinary Saturday. The Husband and I ate a big brunch, caught up with friends and fam on social media, took the garbage out and ignored the growing mountain of laundry. Then we wasted time deliberating on how to dress for the confused September weather. Jumper + jacket? Too hot. Sweatshirt + coat?…
Brunchelona
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And unfortunately the most elusive one as well. For perpetually late risers-and-shiners like yours truly who would rather sleep the extra five minutes than fry an egg, there is never enough time to indulge in this ‘important’ affair. The solution? BRUNCH! The existence of this part breakfast-part lunch…
London Food Diaries (I)
Feet don’t fail me now Take me to the finish line Oh my heart it breaks, every step that I take But I’m hoping at the gates, They’ll tell me that you’re mine Walking through the city streets Is it by mistake or design? I feel so alone on the Friday nights Can you make…
London: A love story
London, England. The most visited city of 2014. What is it about her? There is nothing she can do that other great cities in the world can’t do better. Bangkok has proven that by shoving it off the No. 1 spot this year as the most visited city of 2015. British Vs. Thai cuisine is…
Love and Snow
I scraped up the remains of that winter when it all began. Snow that fell in london as you and I fell in love in some other corner of the world. I wanted to hold onto that beginning somehow, store it in a jar, hang it on a wall, decorate it in a mantelpiece. But…
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