Everything in life is inspiring
Everybody around me is inspiring
A true Taurean
A new mother
I am making an attempt to discover myself.
Turns out putting it all down helps me know me better.
This is for me and an ode to my life-long obsession with food
Updated on 20-01-2011 18-05-2013
I have been blogging since February 2010 and I never thought that, I would be able to keep up with it. Since I find myself still writing and enjoying the experience, I felt an update on my ABOUT section was needed. So the current situation goes like this:
I live in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This has been the single most life changing experience for me.
I am a stay at home mom working mom of a 3.5 year old, who loves to bake, cook, write, read and flip through fashion magazines and all things vain. I also write a blog that you can check out at –>www.dazzlersdiary.wordpress.com
This blog is my dedicated food journal, my experiments with cooking and baking for my family and friends. It is a written account of my experiences with the food that I have eaten at restaurants in Bahrain. Now a days I find that photography is becoming a passion as well.
The categories are as under:
1. Restaurant Reviews:- I have taken up a project where I have decided to visit a restaurant each week over the next 6 months. This would mean, I would visit 24 new restaurants all across Bahrain, and by the end of it I will have post 24 reviews. I was inspired to do this after I watched the movie : “Julie& Julia.”
2. Food Chronicles – As I moved from one cake adventure to another, I felt I was being consumed by this world of baking. The creative satisfaction it gave me made me want to jot down the experience on my blog. So under this category you’d read about my baking/cooking adventures and some experiments with photography.
So far so good..
Keep reading and thanks to all who stopped by.
You are a taurean too, now i know why we have so much in common !
I would recommend you try the below if you haven’t.
1.The Honey restaurant- thai food in Manama
2.Natnipura
3.Rice bowl
4.Foli in ummalhassam
5.Butchers shop for great Steaks !
6.Kontini- Diplomat Raddisson
7.Wasmiya for ultimate Biryanis- the original Dum pukht.
Many more but not worth the mention here.
Hi Abid,
Thanks for dropping by
Of the restaurants in your list, I have only tried Natinpuram ( ofcourse, becoz its mallu). REst I have got to try. Thanks a tonne for the list. We gotto to meet up for one of them atleast.
Hello Abid,
Could you please tell me where Wasmiya is located?
Wasmiya is one the road which connects the awal cinema to the American mission hospital. When you from the awal cinema side, it is on the left hand side, you wont miss it. They have good hyderabad dum biryanis.
Hi Anita
Thank you for dropping by and for your gracious compliments,the writing part of the blog is what is challenging for me as the closest I’ve got to good writing is reading someone else’s work! So I feel the struggles I have in stringing words together is worth it when someone says you are doing O K. Thanks indeed.
Good luck with your blog, I can tell you are a natural when it comes to writing and you are brave to talk about your life so honestly.
Thanks so much Sandhya for drotpping by. I enjoy spending time on your blog and learing about all the veggie cooking.
Hey Anita, I’m your neighbour from Qatar! Glad I stumbled into your blog through the Kerala Kitchen roundup. Just popped in to say hello. Happy blogging!
HI Nashira,
thanks a tonne for dropping by. Popping over to yours right now.
Hi Anita,
.Just grazed through your blog and thoroughly enjoyed.Thank you for stopping by in the neck of the woods
Anita is Bahrain your home country? love your blog
Thanks for dropping by the blog Anita and I really appreciate your kind words
. You have a lovely blog!
Hi Anita, just spent my afternoon coffee-time browsing your blog, while my little girl takes her nap. It really is a slice of your life, and I really enjoyed reading it! Thanks again for dropping by my blog!
You have a very inspiring Space here my friend,
and as there are plenty of yummy recipes on offer
I think that i will return and take a longer browse,
if that is alright I mean? Have a fun Thursday now
Androgoth
Dear Anita,
thank you for your kind words. You start your introduction here by seeing inspiration around you. It is a virtue. You are an inspiration.
Lakshmi
Hey Anita, Came across your blog through Nashira. She said that you guys met up and that you were from Bahrain ! I did all of my schooling over there and Bahrain always holds a special place in my heart. Infact, my parents are still there and I pop in once in a while. Loved your blog. Nice mixture of recipes, memoirs and musings. Keep up the great work !
Thank you so much Gayathri. Missed meeting up with you. Hope that we can , when you come to bahrain or if I visit Doha.
thankyou for the encouragement!! you were spot on in terms of my assessing my attitude, where i do not compromise on substitutions especially if the recipe calls for something!
hoping to keep in touch!!
We will Ally. I like you already, because I am like you too. No compromise on the ingredients
Hello, Anita! Thank you for stopping by my blog. Now I get to discover and follow yours
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Thank you Annapet. I love your blog. You are a fabulously talented baker.
i like to recieve e mail updates from your blog avery intresting one
Hey Anita! Stumbled across your blog via Nashira’s Plateful… I absolutely enjoy the way you write, girl! looking forward to browsing thru your posts at leisure
Hi – thanks for stopping by and leaving that lovely comment. You have a wonderful blog yourself! Will definitely be back for more. ps. your apple cake looks delicious!
Wow! It’s a privilege to know someone like you who is so competent in many diversified fields. (specially after studying Engg) Kudos!
thank you Bhavika..
Stumbled upon your blog from Ameena’s. Congratulations on being a new mum, cannot wait to read more!
nice to see some one from bahrain. was jus drifting and came across your profile..interstg articles.awesome pics..keep posting..gud lck
Hi Anita, I love your work and have added you to my ‘Blogs I Love’ list. I hope this is okay. Keep posting amazing articles!
Hi Anita,
I have awarded you a ‘Liebster Blog Award’. Please see my blog for more info. http://www.foodmyfriend.com
Have a great day!
Cass
Hi Anita, I’ve just stumbled across your blog and can’t believe I found a fellow Bahrain-based food blogger! I did a double take when I read the first couple of lines on this page
Looking forward to reading more especially the restaurant reviews!
Anita, I just stumbled on your blog..Can not believe I missed it for so long..! I am from Bahrain too. Loved your site.
Hi there, I just read on eat, little bird that vanilla pods are really expensive in Bahrain. I live in dxb and get mine at the spice souk in bur dubai/deira (always mix them up!) and they are really cheap – much cheaper than abroad.
Lovely blog.
Emma
Thanks Emma. I will check out the local souq here and see if they have vanilla pods that are cheaper than in the supermarkets.
I have a little award for you…
http://www.foodmyfriend.com/2012/03/versatile-blogger-award/
nice to meet you
David in Maine USA
keep sharing. bests.
Hi Anita, I have given you a little award… http://www.foodmyfriend.com/2012/06/the-versatile-blogger-award/
Loved the intro. will soon read your blog as it’s so difficult for me to manage time. Good Luck. Keep Writing.
Zunaira Afzal
I nominated you for the “Blog of the year 2012″! visit my blog and check it out!
Hey, I nominated you for “The Very Inspiring Blogger Award”. Visit this: http://zunairaafzal.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award/
Good Luck,
Zunaira