Mungdi brings hill cuisine to Dhaka
2 August 2026
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Food & Recipes
Recipes that keep your gas cylinder going longer
29 July 2026
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Food & Recipes
The flavours of a rainy afternoon
26 July 2026
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Food & Recipes
The World Cup final match munchies guide
19 July 2026
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Food & Recipes
The dudh-cha versus rong-cha debate and how we hijacked a British tea party
11 July 2026
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Food & Recipes
An evening at Sumaya Khan’s Supper Club
29 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
Why Bangladesh must save its indigenous rice before it disappears
28 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
Why Sirajganj sweets taste different from anywhere else
21 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
The chef, the GenZ, the dreamer
20 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
Kishwar Chowdhury brings her book ‘Smoke Rice Water’ to Dhaka
20 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
ORIENTAL DUCK SALAD
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Rub the duck leg all over with five-spice and seasoning, place on a baking tray and roast for 25 minutes.
20 April 2015
Colour me happy
To start off, it is necessary to first consider the function of each room. Then starts the fun. Colour psychologists say some hues work better than others at encouraging certain activities. So one approach to colour home décor is to go room by room.
20 April 2015
Swim time!
Swimming is one of the best forms of exercise. It requires you to use many of the muscles in your body, for building strength and endurance and is beneficial for your metabolism and the cardiovascular system.
13 April 2015
CHOWZTER MAGIC-I
I am a proud Chowzter - a great group of passionate food bloggers who scout their home cities in search of the good and the authentic. Chowzter is not about fine dining. Chowzter is all about the connection between the place and its people.
13 April 2015
BOISHAKHI LUNCH
A typical Bengali new year lunch may comprise the following items. These are rice, fish curry, daal, shaak bhaji, chutney, meat, etc.
6 April 2015
Our home grown palate
The foundation of Bangla cooking depends not so much on special techniques or expensive ingredients, but on the flavourings, especially, locally grown herbs and spices.
6 April 2015
Boishabi Celebrations
The last two days of Chaitra (the last month of the Bengali calendar) and the first day of Boishaki (Bengali New Year's Day), makes the three day combined festivities of the Boishabi revelry by the aadibasi tribes of Chittagong Hill Tracts.
6 April 2015
Boishabi Celebrations
The newly married brides of the tribe serve the youths with homemade rice wine and encouragements.
6 April 2015
The dawn of a new year
People celebrate this cultural festival starting their day having breakfast with panta-ilish.
30 March 2015
Dining like an emperor
Who doesn't love spicy, filling and comfort food? Hakka Chinese offers all of that and much more.
30 March 2015
Be a lifesaver: Donate blood
Accidents never come with a warning. It can happen at any place, any time with anyone.
30 March 2015
Prickly heat
Along with summer come the much dreaded heat and humidity. And for those of us who sweat a lot, prickly heat or heat rash is a common problem.
23 March 2015
Dance courses in Dhaka
Traditionally, we are keen on indigenous forms like Manipuri, Kathak and Odissi, but these days people want to experience the cultural diversity and are also keen on taking up western, Latin, etc. dance forms.
23 March 2015
Banging the drum for the drumstick
Drumsticks are pods of plants called moringa oleifera, known as sajna in Bangladesh.
23 March 2015
Myriad benefits of acupuncture
People have believed in alternative medicine like unani, homeopathy, ayurveda and acupuncture for over millennia.
23 March 2015
AS REFRESHING AS COENTRO
Have you noticed that recently some new restaurant hubs are gradually coming into being? Alongside locations like Dhanmondi, Banani 11 and Baily Road, etc. new areas have become hotbeds for hanging out and eating out.
16 March 2015
Caring for your fish
HEXAMITA is a flagellated protozoa (Protozoon) that lives in the intestinal tract of fish. They are ever present in the intestinal tract of fish and are like a certain strain of E.
16 March 2015
Scents and Decor
After a long, tiring day at work, we only wish to return home to a peaceful ambience.
16 March 2015
DESHI VEG DELIGHTS
The neem tree has diverse use in the traditional medicine and thus earned its just designation - 'Sorvo Rog Nivaroni' (the one that can cure all ailments).
16 March 2015
New additions in the BBQ MENU
The Korean franchise in Bangladesh had recently celebrated its one-year anniversary in the country.
16 March 2015