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Packaging munchies
Mocha announces celebration on Sundays with their Sunday brunch and a flea market to begin from tomorrow. The celebration goes much beyond food — apart from special combo meals from the Mocha menu priced at Rs 199,Rs 249 and Rs 279,the event offers tarot corner,home made chocolates,handmade gift bags and candles,junk jewellery,funky and zany t-shirts – all under one roof. Portrait and caricature sketchers too will be there to add a lot of fun and henna tattoos and paintings.

Chinese Musings
As a part of their ongoing celebrations of the Chinese New Year the Radisson Hotel is hosting a Chinese New Year Festival. The festival that began from February 12 and will go on till February 26 will feature a variety of dumplings and dim sums on the buffet menu. Priced at Rs 599 excluding taxes the buffet will also include a pint of beer and Jasmine tea.

Happy New Year
Celebrating the Chinese New Year,the Mainland China restaurants are hosting a food festival that has a lot on offer from the Chinese kitchen. The festival is on from February 12 to 22. With starters like Pan Grilled Zucchini with Pickled Chillies and Wok Tossed Aniseed Flavored Fish the dining experience will turn into an aromatic journey. Soups Wintermelon and Chicken Velvet Soup or Sour and Peppery Tofu and Pakchoy Clear Soup along with starters Quick Tossed Haricot Beans with Chillies and Sesame are on offer along with main course,dishes like Exotic Winter Vegetables in Smoked Pepper Sauce and Wok Tossed Jumbo Prawns with Ginger and Scallions. A wide range of sumptuous rice and noodle dishes include the subtle Steamed Jasmine Rice,Whole Wheat Noodles with Shitake Mushroom and Leeks. The dessert menu includes Fruit Sushi with Ginger Vanilla Ice Cream and Cinnamon Ice Cream.

Hawaiian Happenings
The La Brasserie restaurant at Hotel Le Meridien is hosting the Hawaii food festival from February 15 to 23 with exotic dishes and fruits from Hawaii. While the drink menu includes tropical favorites like – Mai Tai,Pina Colada and Blue Hawaii,the food menu boasts of dishes like Char Siu,Chikken Adobo,Huli-huli Chiken and much more.

Paradise’s palate
Celebrating 125th year of Camp Education Society’s Institute of Hotel Management Campus at MIDC,Chinchwad is organsing Kashmir theme lunch – Wazwaan,on February 21 from 12.30 pm. The theme lunch will include mouth-watering dishes from the most beautiful state of the country. The event will start with the wleocme drink that will be apple juice,as Kashmir’s apples are famous. The food menu will have starters – Kabarga (fried mutton chops),Zafrani reshmi kabab (mined chicken) and Dahi ka shorba,Shaufia Tikka (paneer,flavoured with mint,saunf and apricot). Main menu includes Gushtaba,Murgh Dhaniwal Khorma,Kashmiri dum aloo,Vethchaman,Yakhni Pulao,Murgh keshri biryani,Kashmiri roti and paratha. And the meal will end with desserts like sewai and phirni.

Grill drill
Company or not,MoMo Alfresco at Courtyard by Marriott in HInjewadi,can be a good hangout destination for anyone,who wants to chitchat,relax or just enjoy good food. Combing a fine barbeque dining experience along with a sensuous evening setting and a live grill,the restaurant brings some of the better things in life,closer. While the natural outdoor setting,makes it a perfect place to relax,the live grill offers the customer a chance to improvise on their dishes thereby giving it a taste of their own choice. “One can also join the chef at the grill and choose the ingredients as well. We would just assist them and educate them about various ingredients and its use so that they can have the best,making their overall dining experience a memorable one,” says Subhash Sinha,executive chef at the place. With Murgh Malai Kebab at Rs 395,Champ-e-Kabuli at Rs 450,and the Ajwaini Machi Tikka at Rs 425 and much more,a non-vegetarian food lover can be spoilt for choices. Not to disappoint the vegetarian guests,they have a whole range of vegetarian barbeques as well. And keeping in mind the Indian as well as foreign guests,the restaurant offers a choice of spices and their quantities to be used,accordingly for the dishes. After MoMo Café and MoMo 2 Go,MoMo Alfresco is not aloof of its sister concerns as even the main course from the MoMo Café can be ordered and enjoyed there. Guests can choose from a wide selection of wines and classic,contemporary cocktails from the MoMo Bar,and enjoy their evenings at the cozy lounge,watching the chef grill fresh seafood,meats or vegetable to perfection. Desserts like Classic Tiramisu at Rs 295,completes the treat. The restaurant is open for dinner only from 7pm to 11.30 pm.