Eater New York
Kanyakumari named an Eater Award winner
Eater's 2024 New York awards. The restaurant is described in Eater's own guides as the Eater Award-winning Kanyakumari.
December 2024
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Eater New York
StarChefs
The New York Times
Time Out New York
Free Press Journal
Luxury Lifestyle Magazine
Times of India
Grub Street
Conde Nast Traveler
Bloomberg
The Infatuation
Business Insider
Grazia
The Hindu
NDTV Food
Vogue India
Conde Nast Traveller India
Architectural Digest India
Moneycontrol
Femina
Times Now
The Better India
ZEE Apna
NBC New York
PIX11 News
ABC7 New York
StarChefs
Rising Stars: Chef Dipesh Shinde
StarChefs profiles the chef and his plates. The Rising Stars Awards recognise professionals at the vanguard of contemporary American dining.
September 2024
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The New York Times
Kebabs From India, in So Many Shapes and Forms
Pete Wells reviews Kebab aur Sharab: flat yogurt kebabs, lamb chops on a long pole, and a kitchen with real range.
March 2023
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Eater New York
Kanyakumari, reviewed
Eater New York on the Union Square restaurant, its coastal South Indian menu and the kitchen behind it.
February 2024
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Time Out New York
Kanyakumari
Amber Sutherland-Namako on the Union Square room and the coastal South Indian cooking coming out of its kitchen.
February 2024
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Free Press Journal
+94 Bombay: Sri Lankan and Maharashtrian coastal cuisine
A review of the Lower Parel restaurant whose menu and concept he built as Brand Chef.
2021
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Luxury Lifestyle Magazine
Restaurant review: +94 Bombay, Mumbai
The Sri Lankan and Maharashtrian coastal concept, reviewed from London.
2021
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Times of India
Restaurant review: +94
Coverage of the newly launched Mumbai and Sri Lankan concept, which ran on the front page of Bombay Times in March 2021.
March 2021
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Grub Street
In NYC's Sea of 'Coastal Italian,' Kanyakumari Specializes in Coastal Indian
Tammie Teclemariam on the opening of Kanyakumari and the case for India's southern coastline in New York.
January 2024
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Conde Nast Traveler
How Indian restaurants became the hottest reservations in New York City
On the shift in how Indian cooking is read in New York, and the rooms driving it.
2024
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Bloomberg
NYC Indian restaurants are Wall Street's new deal celebration spot
Bobby Ghosh on the rise of ambitious Indian dining in New York, Kanyakumari among them.
June 2024
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The Infatuation
The best Indian restaurants in NYC
Kanyakumari included in the city guide: “this Union Square spot doesn’t hold back.”
January 2025
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Eater New York
The best restaurants and bars in Union Square
Kanyakumari on Eater's neighbourhood map for Union Square.
New York
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Eater New York
The best dishes we ate this week
Eater editors pick their favourite plates across the city.
June 2024
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Business Insider
10 tips for making the perfect Indian fried chicken at home
Chef Dipesh Shinde of Kanyakumari shares the double marination and rice-flour method behind his fried chicken.
February 2025
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StarChefs
Recipe: Amma Mess fish curry
The Kozhikode-inspired branzino curry with chile and tamarind, published as a full recipe.
Recipe
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Grazia
Down memory lane: where food meets culture
On building a menu out of memory and region, from his time as Brand Chef in Mumbai.
India
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The Hindu
A good sign
Coverage of ISHAARA, the Mumbai restaurant he ran as Head Chef, staffed by speech and hearing impaired teams.
2019
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NDTV Food
Vogue India
Zorawar Kalra on launching three new restaurants
The Mumbai openings he built menus for as Brand Chef.
India
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Conde Nast Traveller India
A new Mumbai restaurant on Sri Lankan and Maharashtrian food
The Lower Parel opening and the coastline its menu was drawn from.
India
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Architectural Digest India
Moneycontrol
Celebrity chefs are having a moment again
A restaurant and dining hot list from Moneycontrol.
India
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Femina
Times Now
From a farmer's son and a dishwasher to a MICHELIN Guide kitchen, with no formal education
Shireen Jamooji on the route from Mandad in Raigad to Kanyakumari in New York, and what Konkani cooking carries with it.
February 2025
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The Better India
Started as a dishwasher, now putting Konkani food on the global map
The route from a first kitchen job with no formal training to two recognised New York restaurants.
Feature
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ZEE Apna
NBC New York
Delight in flavourful southern Indian cuisine at Kanyakumari
A New York Live segment filmed in the Kanyakumari dining room, walking through the coastal southern menu.
New York Live
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NBC New York
Celebrate Diwali through food at these two NYC restaurants
A New York Live Diwali segment featuring both of his New York kitchens.
New York Live
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PIX11 News
Spotlighting Tamil cuisine with Kanyakumari
A morning news segment on the Union Square kitchen and the coastline its menu is named for.
Morning News
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ABC7 New York
Neighborhood Eats: Holi at Kebab aur Sharab
A television segment on the Upper West Side kitchen. “I use 35 types of spice. Spice mixes are very important in the Indian cuisine.”
March 2024
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