honest, humble, and down-to-earth critic – bringing you the best and worst of food in the maldives.
i’m visiting my mother again, it’s been a week since i last saw her and i have brought a gift of green grapes that i hope won’t be like my…4 MIN READ
it’s the last friday of ramadan and so i’m headed to my mother’s all the way up in phase two. i think of taking something but my funds are rather…4 MIN READ
what is the point? life just happens. there may be reasons, causes, but what’s the purpose, really? when i look at the sky, my vision becomes blood-red, pulsing with a…2 MIN READ
there’s hardly anyone at blood orange tonight, it’s just after isha in the second week of roadha. i’m with moosaalhu who wanted to get a drink – but after seeing…3 MIN READ
‘are you free right now?’ texts idris. ‘let’s go for a sai.’ ‘hell yes,’ i reply. idris is just a few years older, an extremely busy man with a wife,…5 MIN READ
my childhood friend ahanma and i meet outside my in-law’s in phase one, right by the beach. nearby is a shabby cafe with outdoor seating, so, in an attempt to…4 MIN READ
bakurube and i are at kahika on a monday – his suggestion since he’s been going to the restaurant a lot lately with a friend ‘on business.’ ‘come on, quick,…3 MIN READ
after combing the area for a good, uncrowded place at tea time on a thursday, aisaadhi and i have settled on solite. greenzone was too packed, so was gloria jeans,…5 MIN READ
unlike most of you, i’m not too big on noodles and i admit i know nothing about ramen. but i’ve heard good things about ramen house in phase one and…5 MIN READ
i’m on my way to phase two on the bus on a tuesday afternoon. here at kaanivaa, queues for the buses are non-existent. people just crowd outside the door and…3 MIN READ
i’m in bed listening to deathmetal (by panchiko, not the genre) when i get a text. ‘kob u?’ aiminadhi just HAS to cutify everyday words! ‘lying about,’ i reply. ‘whaddap?’…5 MIN READ
when @shaari_ tells me i should check out ‘coffee and bagels’ in hulhumale i almost tell him i’ve had bagels from russ & daughters (look them up). but i am…5 MIN READ
bakurube and i are broke as fuck so we find ourselves at eazy cafe in the chse goalhi, just behind the school. ‘aiminadhi told me we’d get a tuna rice…3 MIN READ
we are at yummo, a tiny restaurant in the lane opposite the main gate of majeedhiyya school. it’s one of those little places that has cropped up serving nibbles and…3 MIN READ
zaatar restaurant is named after god knows what and what the hell are names anyway? do we even care? i wait for my brother to get back from his smoke,…2 MIN READ
it’s always there waiting, this big beige mutt that’s forever following me around, barking. i don’t care for dogs as most of you would know, they’re too big, too boisterous,…3 MIN READ
my old friend mohonaa suggests having a lager (non alcoholic) at the CR – the coffee republic to those who’re not in the know. and mohonaa, well, he is a…4 MIN READ
it’s not every day that i get a call from my old (and elderly) friend hamdhee to be treated to a sai. and on this warm, bright december afternoon, i…4 MIN READ
who the hell knew there are places serving food at the kaanivaa after midnight? not me, and i mention this to my man bakurube as he finds us a parking…4 MIN READ
sampaafulhu and i are at scoop after experiencing the art inspired, i think, by mental illness at the national art gallery. and what is scoop if not a place to…3 MIN READ
nami at riveli feels quiet and charming as i wait for samfa, nadheemadhi, and abdurrahman, sitting on a fancy cane backed chair. it is six thirty, and the three staff…4 MIN READ
