About Me…

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” (George Bernard Shaw)… Love with food started very early in life as I was blessed with grandparents who were having great inclination towards food… I was lucky to spend a lot of time with them. While my maternal grandpa was a great foodie; paternal grandpa possessed excellent culinary skills. Accompanying and spending time with both of them… I learnt usage of mortar-pestle, cooking traditional food in rustic way, blending spices, preparing dips-pickles-chutneys and much more.

Love with food kept on growing over the years and honing of culinary skills is still in progress.

Frequent traveling around Asia-pacific, Europe and Americas brought the opportunity to get exposed to different food cultures, cuisines and brews.

Inspired by… “The secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” (Mark Twain)…Wherever I went; always preferred experimenting, tasting new things, trying local delicacies, cuisines and brews without bothering about end result (at times it was not very good for health). I have tried popular and not so popular places right from street carts to lavish places.

Just sharing my “food and drink journey” and experience using the blog.

Well!!! I am an Automobile Engineer by profession but a self-proclaimed Chef, Food Critique and Beer Enthusiast by passion without any formal Gyan… only what I have earned “hands-on”.

Normal person with abnormal appetite… living to cook, eat and drink.

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15 thoughts on “About Me…

  1. Hi Ashish,

    Greeting from ZaheeerKhans Hospitality.We are revising the menu @ TOSS Sports Lounge & would like to invite you to the food trials to help us decide on the likes & taste of puneites. Do let us know you availability 0n 18th or 25th May, also if possible could you share your contact details so that the concerned officials can get in touch with you.

    Looking forward to hear from you.

    Best,
    Team ZaheerKhans.
    contact@zaheerkhans.com

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  2. Hi Ashish,

    Pune’s favorite Little Italy is now in Chinchwad!

    We would love to have you over this Saturday, 29th Nov – 1pm onward for our foodie meetup at our Chinchwad outlet – D III/5, Trsala Crest, Next to World of Titan, Mumbai Pune Road, Chinchwad Pune.

    Time for some lip smacking, delicious Italian fare with an exclusive menu designed especially for the meetup!

    Looking forward to meeting you this Saturday. Please feel free to call us for directions / any queries you may have! Please RSVP to this email so that we are sure you can make it 🙂

    Regards,
    Pavitra Watwe| PR Manager | Little Italy
    M: +91 95 4555 9834 | E: feedback@littleitaly.com

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  3. Greetings from Cafe Peter Donuts.
    You are cordially invited for the Grand Re-opening of Cafe PeterDonuts on 9th January 2015.
    We would love to have you over for the food trials and help us deciding the taste of puneties.
    Also Launching The PeterStudio – Cooking Academy and CafeBarResto Advisors –Restaurant Consultants.
    It would be great if you share your contact details so that the concerned officials can get in touch with you.
    We are looking forward to hear from you. For further assistance feel free to contact 8875057799

    Regards,
    Cafe PeterDonuts
    1st Floor, HPCL Petrol Pump,
    Gaikwad Nagar, Aundh, Pune
    02065108709
    https://www.facebook.com/CafePeterDonuts?fref=ts

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  4. Hi Ashtiw,
    I work with a range of restaurants around the country and would love to talk to you about these food reviews you right. Great stuff! You can call me at +91-70830-61316 +91-84316-41957 or give me your number to call you. I’m based in Bangalore.

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  5. https://www.zomato.com/ahmedabad/chefrys-satellite

    I would like to invite great foodies like you to a new place. Newly established a small food joint CHEFRYS’,shyamal cross road

    We offer a variety of items ranging from authentic (must try) Chole Kulche,Chole Bhature ,Jalebis to amazing Chat and samosas, not forgetting everybody’s’ desires we also serve simply delicious pizzas..

    We would be glad to greet you at our place and get to know your point of view to help us get amazing…
    Looking forward to meeting you in person soon..

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  6. Hi Ashish

    Greetings from Hi on Tea.

    My name is Niki and i am the founder of Infinite Ideas Ventures LLP. We have started a tea lounge in Navrangpura, Ahmedabad by the name of ‘Hi on Tea’ and as an expert in this area, we would like to invite you for a cup of tea in our tea lounge. Just to give some brief about Hi on Tea,i would like to share with you that Hi on Tea is a theme cafe with stock market theme and along with this theme we have facilities for plenty of other activities which we would like to share with you once you visit. As we have just started the lounge in this area, we think that your reviews and suggestions would be very valuable for us in our journey to sustainable development.

    Looking forward to your reply.

    Regards,
    Niki V. Kiri
    Founder
    Hi on Tea
    Ph: 09819 189 648

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  7. Hi Ashish,

    Greetings from Namo Thali !

    In a country like India where every region cooks up an elaborate menu, the best way to explore any regional cuisine would be to settle for a ‘Thali’. It is an absolute delight to eat a little bit of everything from the best that a cuisine can offer.

    We take immense pleasure to introduce, ‘Namo Thali’ – Swaad Bhara Ahaar ! one of the best food joint for authentic taste from Rajasthan & Gujarat. The professionals team into restaurant management along with the experienced Desi Chefs, whom we all know as ‘Maharaj’ has successfully created a unique combination of authentic food taste & fine dining.

    We welcome you to try our preparations at #NamoThali and appreciate your valuable feedback .

    Also visit our Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/NamoThali/

    You can make reservations through by contacting –

    Mr. Siddhesh: +91 775 728 9999 or email at namothali@gmail.com

    Location:
    Namo Thali,
    302 Sai Apex, Parijat Sweets Bldg., Datta Mandir Chowk, Viman Nagar, Pune 411014

    Look forward to host you to Namo Thali, experience.

    Thanks & Regards,

    Namo Thali

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  8. Hello there, very interesting and informative blog. I am interested in setting up a new Micro Brewery in Pune. Regarding the same (challenges, scope, investment, risks, etc.) can you please guide regarding all the process? Please let me know next steps. Thanks in advance.

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    1. Hey thanks for interest. I am not a consultant yet I will share with you; what I know.

      Challenges:
      What I have learnt from majority of operating breweries as well as breweries with everything in place but awaiting license etc (waiting the file to clear 15 tables), what goes further which is not good in the system (I don’t want to write) …
      “If you are patient enough and with deep pockets to have invested in equipment, rented out a premises or your own, set up equipment, waiting for license to brew and further sell it…” you can go for it.
      Scope: Craft beer is picking up in Pune and I see a decent growth in coming years only if government policies which affect brewing and selling does not hamper the interest of consumers in bad way.
      Two business models: brewing and selling at premises or brewing and selling to restaurants. One can also brew for established breweries who have capacity issue.
      Nono brewery or Microbrewery are two options.
      Ballpark figure is about 1-3 cr to start with (liberal) which will be based on what you go for.
      Majority of people in nano/micro brewing business or related to it in Pune are very friendly, grounded and approachable. You may talk to Shailendra Bisht, Manu Gulati, Saurabh Patwardhan, Akxay Kirpekar, Nakul Bhosle, Rohan Hastak, Rohan Rehani and Sapan Maniyar. Connect with them; they will surely help. In fact I will not be needed further!!!
      Good luck…

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  9. Hi Ashish,

    I work with a food startup and would like to invite you to our sampling program. Do let us know if we could connect sometime.

    Thanks
    Sohom Dutta
    9664864061

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