Chintan Pandya, chef and co-owner of New York City newcomer Dhamaka, usually starts his day at the butcher, bringing his haul — in today’s case, of goat neck, liver, kidneys, and testicles — back to ...

Chef Chintan Pandya is having a blast doing all the things he once thought he could never do at a restaurant. Dhamaka, the sensational hot spot that Pandya and Roni Mazumdar opened at Essex Market on ...

Chef Chintan Pandya and his business partner Roni Mazumdar, who already run the stellar Adda in Long Island City, and the equally excellent Rahi in the West Village, have given us another huge ...

A few of the regional Indian specialties at Dhamaka. Photo: Liz Clayman Searching out a fiery new iteration of Sichuan noodles, say, or a pot of dry curry cooked the way it’s cooked in the kitchens of ...