Desi Food

Adrak ka pani

It’s that time of year people when the sniffles attack!  So I thought I would provide my desi gup shup readers with a desi totka (remedy) for when you have a nasty cold/cough.
Take some fresh ginger (about a 3cm cube) and crush it slightly, so that it comes apart a little bit.  In about 6 [...]

Places to eat at in Karachi

If you’re travelling to Pakistan and you’ll be visiting Karachi, there is one place that has AMAZING Gol Gappay!  The restaurant is called Cool Inn and it’s at the Boat Basin in Clifton.  Special thanks to my cousin’s wife for introducing this place to me.  Oh my God, the Gol Gappay are so delicious and [...]

London and the famous Green Street

When I was visiting London, England this past June, my cousins took me to the famous ‘Green Street’. It is actually an entire street, which keeps going and going, that is full of desi shops. Indian, Pakistani, Bengali…there are so many stores that never end! It seemed much longer than Toronto’s Gerrard Street. We actually [...]