Metro Food Hoppers

Bringing you our last episode of the MetroFoodHoppers podcast, your host SimonaTerron and producer JoshuaThomas chat about the experience of creating an entire season of the only food #podcast in the Indian Express stable. Join them as they joyfully reminisce, air certain regrets and celebrate all the food they’ve had the pleasure of eating, shooting, and most importantly, talking about on the podcast. Also, Listen in for details of our special contest where winners will get to have a free meal at some of the places we've visited over the course of this season. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook and Twitter @expresspodcasts, or send us an email at podcasts@indianexpress.com. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts so other people can find us. You can also find us on http://www.indianexpress.com/audio.

Today’s episode of the Metro Food Hoppers podcast has Simona Terron investigating, picking & chopsticking her way through the Asian Invasion of our palates. Hear about Chindian food or Indian-Chinese khaana, find out where to get authentic East Asian fare and get updated on restaurants doing their best to make exotic cuisines, more accessible to us all. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook and Twitter @expresspodcasts. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes so other people can find us. Our entire podcast catalogue is available on indianexpress.com/audio.

In this episode of the #Metrofoodhoppers podcast, we celebrate seafood and find out how what we eat, buy and order is affecting entire communities and the planet. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook and Twitter @expresspodcasts. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes so other people can find us. Our entire podcast catalogue is available on indianexpress.com/audio.

Ever tried Persian or genuine Iranian food? Eaten Bihari or Manipuri cuisine? Know where to get Konkani Muslim delicacies, Oriya fare, Bangladeshi delights or feast on Kashmiri meals? Listen in to hear about experts who craft culinary experiences revolving around their heritage and influences, and then find out where you can explore their regional food using your tastebuds, in this second part of our episode on regional cuisine experts on the #MetroFoodHoppers podcast. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook and Twitter @expresspodcasts. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes so other people can find us. Our entire podcast catalogue is available on indianexpress.com/audio.

We're talking to regional cuisine experts about food you’d be hard pressed to find outside of private homes and community kitchens. Listen to a Bengali home chef & author, and a Mangalorean home chef & culinary instructor talk about why they're spreading both, awareness of their regional cuisines and happiness through feeding people their authentic, delicious food, prepared with love. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook and Twitter @expresspodcasts. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes so other people can find us. Our entire podcast catalogue is available on indianexpress.com/audio.

In this episode of the Metro Food Hoppers podcast, we’re speaking to two incredible individuals who recount their experiences with exploitation and entrepreneurship in the food industry. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook and Twitter @expresspodcasts. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes so other people can find us. Our entire podcast catalogue is available on indianexpress.com/audio.

Meet Bombay's Delectable Dessert Divas in this episode of the Metro Food Hoppers podcast, where Simona Terron and Joshua Thomas chat with Chef Kainaz Messman, Pooja Dhingra and Neha Sethi about their bakery brands that are unique, pioneering and definitely, definitely popular. Listen in to find out why Theobroma, Le 15 Patisserie & Sweetish House Mafia got to and stayed at the top of their baking game. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook and Twitter @expresspodcasts. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes so other people can find us. Our entire podcast catalogue is available on indianexpress.com/audio.

Relics from the past that might soon be extinct, Bombay's Irani Cafes are havens of simple but good food, a hot chai and old world charm. They do not discriminate in our cosmopolitan city, and are equally beloved to all. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook and Twitter @expresspodcasts. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes so other people can find us. Our entire podcast catalogue is available on indianexpress.com/audio.

In the 7th episode of Metro Food Hoppers, we celebrate all things Pork covering delicacies from 3 Chicks and a Bear, Mav's Cakes and Bakes and also an extended interview with the man behind Swine Dine, Gresham Fernandes. Follow @expresspodcasts on Twitter or find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/expresspodcasts to keep up with our shows and episodes. Find all our podcasts at http://www.indianexpress.com/audio.

The sixth episode of Metro Food Hoppers introduces you to some talented chefs who craft many of their ingredients from scratch - Mayavi Khandelwal (the vegan superwoman behind 'My Pure Path'), Jahan Bloch (the weaver of ramen noodles and co-owner of 'The Omakase Kitchen') and Devansh Jhaveri (the sauce-man behind 'the Mafia Chef'). With great ingredients, comes great delectability. Follow @expresspodcasts on Twitter or find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/expresspodcasts to keep up with our shows and episodes. Find all our podcasts at http://www.indianexpress.com/audio.

The fifth episode of Metro Food Hoppers takes you on a trip to 3 of Matunga's oldest South Indian food joints in Bombay - Cafe Madras, Ram Ashraya and Mani's. Guiding us expertly is Parvinder (one of the owners of Mini Punjab), on a nostalgic journey where he helps us taste and see all that is special about this seemingly simple cuisine. Listen to why he and so many others love it so loyally. Follow @expresspodcasts on Twitter or find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/expresspodcasts to keep up with our shows and episodes. Find all our podcasts at http://www.indianexpress.com/audio.

In the fourth episode of Metro Food Hoppers, we invite you to take the plunge with us into what I call 'Bandra's Bermuda triangle of Punjabi food & North Indian cuisine' - Mini Punjab, Pal's Fish corner and Khane Khas. Join us on a journey down memory lane as the the owners of Mini Punjab (whose family invented Prawns/Fish Koliwada) and Khane Khas, reminisce about the history of their respective businesses.

Where would we Bombaywallahs be without our tea? In the third episode of Metro Food Hoppers, we take you on a tour of some of the city's fancy tea houses - Taj Mahal Tea House, XVII The Tea Room and (one of the oldest) Tea Centre. Join us as we visit them and chat with the owners of XVII The Tea Room as they talk about tea culture. Follow @expresspodcasts on Twitter or find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/expresspodcasts to keep up with our shows and episodes. Find all our podcasts at http://www.indianexpress.com/audio.

In the second episode of Metro Food Hoppers, we take you on a tour of Bandra's old skool Bakeries - A1, J. Hearsch & Co, American Express and Cafe Andora. These may be some of the oldest bakeries in the city but they still offer fresh goodies with unbeatable value for money. Join us as we visit them and listen in on a chat with the owner of Hearsch going down memory lane about the bakery's 'good old days'. [Photo credit - Simona Terron] Follow @expresspodcasts on Twitter or find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/expresspodcasts to keep up with our shows and episodes. Find all our podcasts at http://www.indianexpress.com/audio. You can tweet to Simona @simonaterron

In the opening episode, we take you on a tour of Bandra's iconic Pani Puri joints - Elco, Karachi and Punjab sweet House. They are some of the longest running Pani Puri sellers in the city, so join us as we visit them and talk you through what Pani Puri means to the maximum city.

This show is an oral history of food, showcasing eateries, cuisines and chefs in Indian metros. We begin in Mumbai and make our way to other cities, listening to the sounds of their streets as our hosts gorge on their food and tell us the stories of their habits and institutions.