Menu: Feb 14th & 15th

Onion Fritters
Caramelised whole roasted aubergine with pomegranate and saffron yogurt

Chilli Seabass
Mango & Chipotle Dahl
tofu and beansprout stir fry
Pilao Rice

Semolina Cake
Mint Tea

Book here: http://apesnap.com/org/khanacommune

Come be my anti-Valentine

Valentines Day is pretty annoying. All those cheesy couples. Come enjoy this evening without the faff of this silly ‘holiday’, without having to hear about how many roses and chocolates your mates got blah blah blah. Pfffft. You don’t need a Valentine, you have Khana Commune.

I’ll give you chocolates. Promise.

Book here: http://apesnap.com/event/feb14

(Singles and above 25 years of age only)

PS. This is not a ‘singles’ night persay. I am not going to be strict about numbers of men and women, it’s more about celebrating being single and doing something fun on an evening where everybody else is spending lots of money on a pretty meaningless occasion.

Celebrate the Arab Spring… in Singapore

Khana Commune Singapore has been on a long extended break but the cooking juices have returned to full flow since last weekend, when my sister, Fareena, and I threw our first commune of 2012 together in London: The Arab Spring Lunch commune

Held to commemorate Jan 25th and the start of the Egyptian revolution, the Arab Spring Lunch consisted of a 5-course culinary celebration of the countries caught up in the Arab Spring: Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain and Libya. It was a wonderful afternoon shared with friends old and new.

You can view our Facebook photo album HERE.

On February 9th and 10th, I will be holding a similar celebration, but this time in Singapore. The menu will be similar to the London version. (These dinners will start at 7.30pm)

Tickets are on sale here: http://www.apesnap.com/org/khanacommune

I am planning several more dates for the month of February so stay tuned if you can’t make it on these dates.

Looking forward to seeing some of you soon!

2011 for Khana Commune: One Year in Summary

2011 was an incredible year for Khana Commune. In May, we went ‘full-time’ and there’s been no looking back since. A few of the highlights:

JULY: I held my first ever Singles Night. 8 starter courses for 8 single men and 8 single women. It was one of my longest running evenings, where people only started going home at 12.30am! It was a night like any other Khana Commune night, where strangers get together over their love of food……except on this night, everyone happened to be single.

APRIL: I found inspiration in plenty of overseas supper clubs. I visited New York City where I tried a dumpster diving night and a vegan supper club in Brooklyn: “4-Course Vegan”

4-Course Vegan

AUGUST: I launched Khana Commune London with my sister, Fareena, in August (click here to see pictures of the first dinner), which has been receiving rave reviews and will be holding a very special event soon: The Arab Spring Lunch (where I will be attending!). We also launched a shared online platform: khanacommune.com

Our inaugural set of guests at the first ever London Commune

APRIL: I held my first all vegetarian dinner with a special performance from Mara Menzies, a professional story teller. I also threw a burger bbq commune and a salt block commune.

Mara Menzies telling stories of Africa at the Vegetarian Commune

scallops cooking on a salt block

FEBRUARY: I found inspiration in London’s supper club scene: from Saltoun Supper Club to Leluu’s Vietnamese to London’s first Singaporean supper club, plussixfive!

Leluu served up Vietnamese at her popular supper club

It has been an amazing year of press coverage, no less from The Business Times, TimeOut Singapore, Guardian UK, CnnGo.com, Shape magazine, J-plus magazine, The New Paper, FEMALE magazine, Savour magazine, Food & Travel magazine and most amazingly — a small mention in Ms Marmite’s inaugural book, “Supper Club”.

Khana Commune, featured in food+travel magazine

SEPTEMBER: I had an array of wonderful guests chefs, from Nithiya Laila’s beetroot soup to Mara Menzies’ Kenyan chicken curry “kuku nyanya” to my brother-in-law, Abders, visiting from the UK, with his fiery Rajasthani lamb curry. A huge thank you to these wonderful people for their contributions.

Guest Chef Nithiya Laila’s whipped beetroot soup

my brother-in-law, Abders, sharing his love of coffee with our guests at the Eid Commune

DECEMBER: I also visited some all-new supper clubs in Singapore from the Secret Cooks Club to Brunch & Co.

Me with Chef Louise, of Brunch & Co supper club

NOVEMBER: And finally, I celebrated the 1 year anniversary of Khana Commune with our 29th and 30th dinner in November. The Anniversary dinner saw a special performance from Ambarish Ghosh, a local Bengali singer.

jars of homemade tomato & chilli chutney prepared as take-home gifts for my guests

Thank you to everyone for your support and kindness and for making this an incredible, incredible year. Here’s to more brilliant food, company and adventures in 2012!

An Arab Spring Lunch

Dear friends,

We at khana commune London are super excited to announce our next date, 22nd January – a Sunday, when we’ll be serving five courses from the five main countries of the Arab Spring, with a special guest chef. 

More details here: http://khanacommunelondon.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/an-arab-spring-celebration-lunch-on-sunday-22nd-january/

Please join us and invite your friends for this special one-off event.

Look forward to seeing you!

Zina, Fareena and Abdul-Rehman

PS: Singapore friends – Dinners in Singapore will resume in February 2012! Watch this space.

Press: Going With My Gut reviews KC London

A wonderful review of Khana Commune London, written by Wen of Going with my Gut fame. Thank you Wen, my sister and brother-in-law really do have something special going on in that small corner of East London.

“The food, AND the vibe emitted by the hosts, AND — when the stars truly align — the guests, all have to be full of heart, and it has to shine through. This gold standard is what I aspire towards when helping out at Plusixfive and Wild Serai, and it requires ongoing effort. Indeed, the supperclubs I’ve attended so far in various countries usually manage 1 or 2 out of 3. But last week, I am delighted to say, Khana Commune London (blog and Twitter) nailed 3 out of 3 for me.”

http://www.goingwithmygut.com/going_with_my_gut/2011/12/khana-commune-supper-club-london-and-singapore.html

MENU: Communes Thirty One and Two (December 7 & 8)

to start

stuffed mushrooms

prawn & bean bhartha

to follow

beef tehari (and chicken korma for those who don’t eat beef)

potato rissoles

peanut & pineapple salad

mama’s homemade chutney

to sweeten

gulab jamun

to drink

mint tea

homemade lemonade