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2 months ago | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj |Shivana Maharaj
Years ago, many people did not have a food processor. They were fairly uncommon, actually, and it was mainly TV chefs who used them. I was reminded of this recently when I saw a brand ambassador use a food processor to mince every one of her vegetables for a vegetarian lasagna recipe. It occurred to me that rather than relying on a machine to cut vegetables into juliennes or batonnets, many people of a certain generation had instead honed knife skills.
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Mar 29, 2025 | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj |Shivana Maharaj
Your book is based on comfort food ingredients. What’s the feeling that these ingredients evoke for you? A quick feel-good moment. A no-brain approach to food. Uncomplicated nurturing. The ingredients highlighted in your book also showcase Old World (bacon, butter) and New World (Bourbon, chocolate). Was that a deliberate choice? Not at all. Actually, bacon probably originated in ancient China and was brought to Europe by merchants. Those four ingredients are my go-to, feel-good foods.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj
Don’t pave the road?” the member of parliament, late for a speech in Grand Turk, asks incredulously. We’re in the domestic waiting area of South Caicos airport with planes to catch, but flight delays spur on the easy conversation. “You mean, the potholes should get bigger and bigger and people should go like this the entire way?” he motions with his hand bouncing up and down as if it were a head hitting the roof of a vehicle. His smile insinuates a knowing exaggeration.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj
The 9-acre resort, The Shore Club, sits on the south-eastern coast of Providenciales, opposite Grace Bay, on a shallow, and sheltered stretch of Long Bay Beach where the water shimmers and kiteboarders regularly lift off. Its white plastered exterior accented by turquoise wrought iron filigree mirrors sand and sea, while the established planting clearly roots it in the vernacular of the West Indies.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj
A common British pastime is complaining about the endless rain. It has its moments though. If there ever was a way to celebrate wet conditions, it is as I did, nestled inside an adorable cottage as classical music plays, listening to droplets tap on the roof of the garden room while snuggled up sipping tea. Never mind that across the street wild horses are frolicking in the forest, only to emerge days later with ferns wrapped up in their manes in a sort of fairy-like daydream.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj
Rhum Gouverneur 1648Go for a tour and tasting of this delicious sipping rum, a blend of molasses rum and rhum Agricole. The product name is a nod to the year St. Martin was divided between the French and the Dutch, and Robert de Lonvilliers de Poincy, avid agriculturalist, was Governor of French St. Martin. Master Blender Olivier Kleinhans mixes several aged rums, including molasses rum from the Dominican Republic and rum agricole from Guadeloupe to create the brand’s streamlined selection.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj
The LowdownFor respite with a touch of French je ne sais quoi. Overview Hotel L’Esplanade has honed its personality over decades and it shows. Set upon a cliff which slopes toward Grand Case Bay, its paved pathways are bordered by tamarind trees, oleander and Turk’s head cactus. Antillean crested hummingbirds flit from nearby neem trees to gorge on the nectar of Mexican petunia. Rather than the engineered sameness of big box names, the 24-unit hotel favours substance over trendiness.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj
Michelin-trained chef Bastian Schenk (stints with Anne-Sophie Pic and Joël Robuchon are among his credentials) has created an intimate restaurant that hearkens back to the South of France. A charming outdoor garden and simple white and beige palette are the backdrop to a delightful, ever-changing multi-course menu (available for lunch or dinner), prepared by the chef and his small team.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj |Shivana Maharaj
To those who continue to love despite the hurts, to those who refuse to give up hope, to those who always care, I am deeply grateful. They never ask what may become of them materially, mentally or financially, and instead rush to help others. When they see a problem or crisis, they never waver in their resolve to help. They understand and experience suffering and still give all their love. Especially today, where it’s trendy to say ‘I have no cares to give’, they do otherwise.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
citystyleandliving.com | Kailash Maharaj
For a fun, chill and musical vibe, ideal for couples or friend groups. Old school R&B on the playlist. Waiters serving rum punches and Mai Tais from the swim-up bar. Bellmen skipping to bring your luggage around. Valets promptly jumping into the complimentary airport shuttle. They may well be snapshots of a stay, any stay, but its the spirit with which they’re done that makes all the difference here. There’s something uplifting and delightful about this resort in Beacon Hill near Simpson Bay.
