Cooking with Gaurav is my personal diary of vegetarian and vegan-friendly food stops, bakery visits, cafes, markets, family outings, day trips and travel notes from Melbourne, Victoria and India. Our full vegetarian, vegan and air fryer recipes are now shared on SecondRecipe.com.

Simple food reviews, bakery stops, cafes, markets, day trips and travel notes from Melbourne and beyond.
Latest Food & Travel Notes
- Laddu Gopal Truganina: Vegetarian Indian Restaurant Visit
- Gordon St Bakery Footscray: Simple Vegetarian Bakery Stop
- Is Guar Gum Vegan?
- In search of Good Food-Bhavnagar: Malai Gola…
- “Ganapati Bappa Morya, Pudhachya Varshi Laukar ya” (O lord Ganesha, come again early next year) -2012
- Melbourne Diaries-Part2-Beaches of Melbourne
Explore Food and Travel Notes
Browse vegetarian food reviews, Melbourne family outings, Victoria day trips, India food memories, and vegan-friendly notes.
- Melbourne & Victoria — vegetarian food stops, markets, beaches, family outings and short day trip notes.
- India Food Travel Archive — older food and travel memories from Amritsar, Benaras, Kutch, Rajasthan, Udupi, Lucknow and more.
- Vegan Notes — practical vegan-friendly food notes and ingredient checks.
- SecondRecipe — full vegetarian, vegan and air fryer recipes.
Melbourne & Victoria
Simple family and vegetarian food notes from Melbourne and nearby places in Victoria.
India Food Travel Archive
Food memories and travel notes from places visited in India, kept as a personal archive and gradually updated.
- Amritsar food travel archive
- Benaras food travel archive
- Udupi & Mangalore food travel archive
- Kutch food travel archive
- Rajasthan food travel archive
- Lucknow food travel archive
Vegan Notes
Short notes on vegan-friendly ingredients and food questions.
Looking for Recipes?
For full vegetarian, vegan and air fryer recipes, visit my main recipe blog, SecondRecipe.





