Directory

This Directory is a quick reference guide to all of my Shopping, Eating, Sightseeing and India Travel posts as well as the Expat Guides (a series which I am in the process of writing). 

Click on the links below which are in alphabetical order - the posts should open up in a new window. I will update the list every time I write a relevant post.

If there is anything you would like to see listed here, please leave suggestions in the comments section and I will review suitable recommendations for inclusion (with no guarantees!).

I hope you find my Directory useful and thanks for stopping by!

GUIDES

How to Spend 48 Hours in Mumbai
Mumbai Christmas Shopping Guide
Where to Buy Colonial Antiques in Mumbai
My Guide to Clothes Shopping
My A-Z Guide to Mumbai Places
My A-Z Guide to Mumbai Food
My A-Z Guide to Mumbai Shopping

EXPAT GUIDES (In Progress)

No. 1 - Being the 'Better Half' (advice for 'trailing spouses')
No. 2 - Having a Bombay Baby (advice and links for potential parents)
No. 3 - Maximum Shock (how to deal with Culture Shock)

SHOP

Anemos (Colonial antique furniture)
Anita Dongre - AND - Global Desi (Women's clothing)
Anokhi (Ethnic/Western Clothing & Soft Furnishings)
Ayesha Kumar (Bespoke clothes designs & dressmaker/tailor)
Baaya Design (Art & handicrafts)
Bandej (Designer Indian clothing, also in Ahmedabad)
Biba (Ethnic women's apparel)
Big Door, The (Interiors, art & jewellery)
BeanbagWala (Beanbags)
Bombay Paperie (Paper/crafting)
Camelot (Colonial antique furniture)
Camelot (Return visit)
Chimanlals (Stationery, fine papers)
Chor Bazaar (Antiques)
Chor Bazaar (Return to)
Contemporary Arts & Crafts (Textiles, furnishings & handicrafts)
Crocs (Monsoon proof shoes)
Eastern Treasure (Furniture/Furnishings, Bandra)
Freedom Tree (Bandra, Lower Parel - modern interiors)
Great Eastern Home, The (Antiques, furniture & accessories)
Hypercity (Western style supermarket)
IndoGlobe (Bespoke high quality furniture)
Jaipur Shopping
Joseph Cold Storage (Butchers - Bandra)
Kitab Khana (Traditional Bookshop - Fort)
Living Jewels (Harry - bespoke jeweller)
Magnolia Home Furnishings (Wood furniture & furnishings)
Moorthy's (Colonial antiques)
Oshiwara Furniture Market (Antiques, Art Deco, Repro - Jogeshwari)
Paramparik Karigar (Textiles Fair)
Philips Antiques (Wadala showroom)
Phoenix Mills/Palladium Shopping Mall
Pondicherry (Metro, re-purposed antiques & interiors)
Raj Company, The (Colonial antique furniture - restored and repro)
Regal Plus, Bandra (Festival sweets, mithai, Modak)
Ritu Kumar (Women's designer clothing)
Santacruz Garden Centre (Balcony pot plants)
Solli Concepts (Handmade Contemporary Furniture / Restoration)
Waitrose (at Hypercity)


EAT 

Anand Bhavan (Typical Indian Breakfast - Matunga)
Britannia (Parsi, Fort)
Traditional Festival Sweets (Modak, Mithai)
Finely Chopped Food Walk - Dadar
Finely Chopped Food Walk - Fort
FoodWhizz Cookery School
Indigo Deli (Western, Bandra)
Joseph Cold Storage (Butchers - Bandra)
Marie-Antoinette (French Patisserie - Bandra)
Nico Bombay (European - Kala Ghoda)
Ping Pong (Chinese/Dim Sum - BKC)
Prasad Lunch (during Ganesha Chaturthi)
Ramadan on Mohammed Ali Road
Rajdhani (Gujurati Thali, Palladium)
Royal China (Cantonese, Bandra)
Soam (Hygienic street food, Nr Chowpatty)
Sanchos (Mexican, Bandra/Khar)
Serafina (Italian/Pizza, Palladium)
Shiro (Pan-Asian including Japanese, Worli)
Swati Snacks (Hygienic street food, Tardeo)
The Breakfast Club (Weekend brunching, Carter Road Bandra)
The Good Juicery (Natural sparking beverages)
The Table (Haute cuisine, Colaba)

Recipes:

Chilli Con Carne
Lamb Rogan Josh
Chicken in a Sweet Red Pepper Sauce (a very easy curry)
Almond Pesto (as an alternative to expensive Sacla)
Pork Vindaloo (proper authentic Goan recipe)

SEE

Aarey Milk Colony
Babulnath Temple (Nr Chowpatty)
Bandra (Neighbourhood scenes)
Bandra - Carter Road
Bandra - Ranwar Village (Street Art)
Bandra Skywalk (Scenes from)
Bandra-Worli Sea Link
Banganga Tank (Serene & Spiritual)
Banganga Tank (Night scenes)
Chor Bazaar ("Thieves" Market)
Chowpatty (Beach, night scenes)
Dabbawalas
Dahi Handi (Human Pyramid Festival)
Dharavi Slum (Reality Tours)
Dhobi Ghat (World's Largest Outdoor Laundry)
Elephanta Island
Finely Chopped Food Walk - Dadar
Finely Chopped Food Walk - Fort
Flamingos of Sewri
Flora Fountain (Fort)
Ganpati Festival (Ganesh Chaturthi)
Gateway of India
Haji Ali Dargah (Mosque via causeway)
Handcart Men
Juhu Beach (Kite Festival)
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Kanheri Caves (Sanjay Gandhi National Park)
Karnala Bird Sanctuary
Marine Drive (at night)
Matheran (Verandah in the Forest)
Mount Mary Fair (Bandra Fair)
Mumbai by Night (Reality Tours)
Mumbai Marathon
Prince of Wales Museum 
Retro Barber Shops (Lower Parel)
Sassoon Docks (Koli Fisherfolk)
Tuk Tuks (About autorickshaws)
Victoria Terminus (CST Station, at night)
Wankhede Stadium (IPL Cricket)
Worli Fishing Village


TRAVEL

Agra - (Taj Mahal)
Agra - (Train Travel Experience)
Ahmedabad (24 hour trip)
Amber (Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing)
Amritsar (Golden Temple)
Auroville (Near Pondicherry)
Calcutta
Chennai (24 hour trip)
Goa - Taj Exotica (Hotel)
Goa - Old Goa (Historic)
Goa - Palolem (Beach)
Jaipur
Jodhpur
Kabini (Safari, Karnataka)
Kaziranga National Park (Safari, Assam)
Kerala - (Tour in an Ambassador Car)
Kerala - Lake Ashtamudi, Kollam
Matheran - (Verandah in the Forest)
New Delhi
Pondicherry
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (Safari, Photography)
Varanasi 
Velavadar National Park (Safari, Gujurat)
Velavadar - The Blackbuck Lodge (Luxury safari accommodation)