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ah, thai delight – there are few cuisines as delightful as the food from this eastern land, to us south asians anyway, and i’ve been meaning to drop by for…4 MIN READ
what kind of place would want their initials to be KKK? anyhow, that’s where i am with faathumaafulhu. we’ve just arrived at fort kochi, kerala, and faathuma is ravenous and…3 MIN READ
i’d heard from a friend that this place needs, and i do mean NEEDS, checking out so here i am with faathumaafulhu and our dear old dad sagarey. roastown global…4 MIN READ
it’s friday and the good folks at @zaiqamv are sending over a kukulhu dholangu. thanks zaiqa. today, i’m trying to impress my in-laws habeeb and his wife zuhura with my…3 MIN READ
the other night, when my friend umarube and his taiwanese wife fathimath chao said they wanted to go somewhere for lunch, fong hotpot and bbq immediately popped into my mind.…4 MIN READ
it’s midday and i’m in the mood for biriyani, as one often is, and being mostly unemployed, i’m still in bed. i text moosaalhu to see if he’d go to…3 MIN READ
ah, rainy fridays. they’re made for dhivehi keun. or our parents’ chicken curries or biriyani. today, tho, sampaafulhu shows me @food_bowl_9327417 and their gram looks interesting. they offer kukulhu garudhiya…2 MIN READ
despite the rain, or maybe because of it, the allure of noodles has made me prep for a trip to hulhumale to check out that noodle bar. initially, i’d thought…5 MIN READ
after the fall of the house of sushi, there’s only been one serious japanese contender in these parts – sushi zu. but they’re not exactly affordable (or consistent since chef…4 MIN READ
i’m here at white tern cafe in hulhumale with hasanfulhu and hasanbe’ – yes, i’m the jinni between these two hasans as people used to say back in the 90s.…2 MIN READ
alihokko and i reserved a table at maldive kitchen – he’s an old friend from primary school and we are catching up after a funeral. he’s never been to this…4 MIN READ
it’s a lazy friday. sampaafulhu and i are on the sofa watching ‘it’s always sunny’. ‘i wish we had a snack,’ she says. ‘savoury or sweet?’ i ask. ‘foni.’ i…4 MIN READ
‘did we HAVE to come up all the way here?’ asks hasanfulhu. i ignore him. we’re at the cloud restaurant at samann grand again, and as many of you who’ve…5 MIN READ
who doesn’t like dhivehi keun on a friday? show them to me and i will show you traitors to our country – even luthufee likes a good rihaakuru dhiya and…2 MIN READ
people are scarce in male at this time of the year and here near the ekuveni, the mood is snoozy, and there’s no one in sight. ‘it’s because all the…3 MIN READ
it’s mid afternoon and the day is a furnace. sweat runs down my neck as @shaari_ and i walk towards patio from the bus stop, passing by the scorching central…3 MIN READ
our taxi is on the bridge and sampaafulhu is sending her mother siththi a text. ‘i said ‘baiy thahteh modelamaa,” she tells me, maybe because i seem inquisitive. it strikes…5 MIN READ
‘i’ve heard good things about this lasagne,’ says @shaari_ as we park in the lot opposite bread matters urban near kaanivaa. ‘what have you heard?’ i ask. ‘well, full disclosure,…3 MIN READ
sampaafulhu is in a hurry to go to hulhumale – she tells me i might get free lunch from that korean place, ‘hi lemon’, that’s just opened up near the…5 MIN READ
ah, the chinese restaurant. so glad they didn’t call it feng shui, or the tao of something and stuck with this simple, catchy name. and here we are, me, sampaafulhu,…4 MIN READ
here i am at my mother’s tonight, at a hiyaa flat done up nicely. and it would be a nice enough space but for the ugly sofas my parents have…3 MIN READ
