The Weekend Eater: Interesting options in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru

Pamper your mom with Amande, Coffee and Prafeuille Chocolates from Royce. The Amande chocolate consists of a whole roasted almond nut covered in two distinct flavours — dark and milk. The Prafeuille Chocolate “Berry cube“ is a delicate strawberry scented milk chocolate stuffed with sweet and tart raspberry and blueberry sauce, and the Coffee Chocolate is a bite-sized wonder packed with ground Dominican Republic coffee beans.

Where: Ground Floor Palladium, High Street Phoenix, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai/Ambience Mall, Ground Floor, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
When: May 8
Phone:022-4295 1234/011-4087-0080

Craft Deli’s ‘Crafted For You’, a pre-Mother’s Day workshop, will be hosted by Rushina Munshaw Ghildayal. The idea is to get mothers and kids to cook stuff together: pasta, parfait and a no-carb spaghetti at the Craft Kitchen. The kids will get an opportunity to experiment with tastes and textures; and roll their own pasta and spiralise veggies.

Where: Craft Deli.Bistro.Bar, 1st Floor, Phoenix Market City, LBS Marg, Kurla West, Kurla, Mumbai
When: Saturday May 7
Timings: 4 pm to 6 pm
Phone: 022-61802073/74

Anjali Pathak will be putting together a high tea menu that will include homemade eggless scones, served with homemade jam and luscious cream. Fresh, crust-free eggless sandwiches and scrumptious fluffy cakes will round out the offerings.

Where: Flavour Diaries, 3rd floor, Rohan Plaza, 5th Road, Off S.V. Road,Khar (W), Mumbai
When: May 8
Timings: 3 pm to 5 pm
Price: Rs 1300 onwards per head
Phone: +91 98201 43404
Email: hello@flavourdiaries.com

Cress wants you to treat your mom to a special four-course meal that includes perennial faves as well as dishes specially made for Mother’s Day. Plus, there’s a lucky dip as well that could be your ticket to win vouchers worth Rs 500.

Where: Masjid Moth, Near Cafe Coffee Day, Greater Kailash 3, New Delhi
When: 12 pm to 1 am
Price: Rs 450 onwards
Phone: +91 90155 54455

Mumbai

Green Goblin Caipivodka at Shiro (L); the summer cocktail menu at the Woodside Inn (R), Andheri, includes Cucumber Lemonade.

Summer splashes at Shiro (Worli), Smaaash (Lower Parel), and Woodside Inn (Andheri): Shiro’s Summer Freeze menu features refreshing cocktails such as the Green Goblin Caipivodka, made of tangy mango and lemongrass topped with Ketel One. Gin lovers can go for Asian Vixen that includes fresh galangal, basil, kaffir lime, and jaggery syrup with Gordon’s Gin and ginger ale. The new cocktails will be available until May 31. Smaaash’s new range of mango drinks include Mango Pulse (vodka, pineapple juice and homemade aampanna syrup); Raw Mango-tini (gin, raw mango and chat masala); Konkan ice tea, which features, among others, mango and coke; and Barf ka Gola, an ice gola infused with mango and black currant vodka. If you are into mocktails, try the Mango Cream Delight, a frozen combination of mango pulp, vanilla ice cream and mint. And Woodside Inn’s Summer Concoctions include Cucumber Lemonade (fresh mango, mango syrup, and tangy orange rim); Alphonso Martini and Raw Mango Mojito.

New on the table at Café at the NCPA: Cool down with Chef Farrokh Khambata’s salads — Iceberg Lettuce Brie Dark Grapes with Almonds with Citrus Balsamic Dressing — and sample the Kesar Da Mini Dhaba (Bambaya Kheema served with Maska Pav) and the Paneer Jalapeno Khurchan. Other highlights of the new menu include the Edamame & Truffle Oil Dim Sum, Mini Chicken Farcha and the Mutton Dhansak Dal with Brown Rice. Desserts include an in-house Peach and Apricot ice-cream and Nutella Milkshake.

Where : NCPA, Gate No. 2, Dorabaji Tata Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai
Timings: 12 pm to 10 pm
Phone:022-6723 0110

Bengaluru

Nitro Icecream at Smoke house Deli, Bengaluru.

Get the nitro treatment at Smoke House Deli: Bengaluru’s searing heat getting to you? Fear not, Smoke House Deli is here. Freshly churned ice-creams get the Nitro treatment to become the perfect antidote to beat the heat. Head to SHD on weekends to sample their Choc-Chilli, Mango Basil or Salted Caramel, Tiramisu or Raspberry and Chocolate liquid nitrogen ice-cream flavours ultra smooth, ultra creamy and ultra cold. Toppings like Cranberry jelly, Hazelnut crumble, Cornflakes chikki, Roasted nuts and Crumbled cookies make the experience even more tasty.

Where: Smoke House Deli, Lavelle Road and Indiranagar
When: Every weekend
Time: 9 am to 11 pm
Price: Rs 190 (plus taxes)
Phone: 080-40515151 for reservations

There’s a grand dimsum fest on at the Oberoi, Bengaluru.

Dimsum time at the Oberoi: The Oberoi, Bengaluru, is celebrating the flavour and diversity of dimsums right through the month of May through their special ‘Touch the Heart’ promotion featuring their all-new dim sum lunch. Enjoy an unlimited selection of dumplings paired with the Chef’s choice soup and desert of the day. The vegetarian dim sums include radish cake, thai asparagus, tofu and Asian vegetables with nuts, steamed bao and glutinous rice and mushroom wrapped in lotus leaf. The non-vegetarian options include Prawn hargao, shrimp and asparagus, chicken and prawn sui mai, chicken and lotus root, pork barbecue puff and cahr sui bao. Enjoy these with soups like lemon coriander and sweet corn soup, fried wantons and shrimp toast and round off your meal with the chef’s choice dessert platter.

Where: Szechwan Court, The Oberoi, MG Road, Bengaluru
When: All through May
Timing: Lunch
Price: Rs 1200 to Rs 1500 per person (excluding taxes)
Phone: 080 – 2558 5858 for reservations

Delhi

A lunch for divas: If you are looking to lunch with a bunch of friends this weekend, pop into Diva. Their special menu includes starters such as Millet & Roasted Red Pepper salad with Mint and Pine nuts; Carrot, Beetroot and Green Apple salad with Grape & Poppy seed dressing and a special Asian Sesame Chicken Salad with Garlic Soy dressing. Patrons can order four starters for the table from the menu. Main course options include Bikaneri Pea Parotta with Sweet & Sour Papaya Curry and Deboned Chicken Thigh filled with Peanut rice and Penang Curry Sauce among others. The special ladies-only menu is applicable to a minimum booking of five guests for lunch.

Where: 1st floor, Sangam Courtyard, R.K., 780, Major Somnath Marg, Sector 9, R.K. Puram, New Delhi
When: 12 pm to 3.30 pm
Price: Rs 750 per head
Phone: 011-26180017

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