Crispy Compass

A collection of immersive food travel stories, capturing the flavours, places, and people that linger long after the journey ends.

By Ankita Neotia

· Launched a year ago

The Barstool That Remembered Me

On rejection, persistence, and finding a home

The Woman Who Ordered Two Breakfasts

What years of solo travel taught me about hunger, courage, and my own company

May 31•Ankita Neotia

Thirty Seconds of Perfection in New York

What a ten-seater omakase counter taught me about presence

Nov 22, 2025•Ankita Neotia

The Art of Trusting an Onion

On control, surrender, and what cooking reveals about how we choose to move through the world

Apr 30•Ankita Neotia

Everyone's Italian at Midnight

On pizza, migration, and the complicated politics of a perfect crust

Mar 28•Ankita Neotia

Curry is Not a Flavour

On fine dining’s laziest shorthand, the gap between performance and pleasure, and a lobster that made everything clear

Feb 20•Ankita Neotia

Terminal Truths: What Airport Food Reveals About Us

A Year of Eating Between Departures

Jan 31•Ankita Neotia

Tracing Thai Street Food in Old Siam

Between water, wheels, and white pepper: eating through Bangkok's oldest food quarters

Dec 28, 2025•Ankita Neotia

A Love Letter to Capsaicin

My burning quest for heat, measured in memory and Scoville Units

Oct 30, 2025•Ankita Neotia

Around a Long Table in Sicily

On finding your voice in a place that teaches you how to listen

Oct 9, 2025•Ankita Neotia