Aqua flows into Delhi

NEW DELHI, November 17: Barbie is crazy about barbecue. But it is Chef Mani8217;s walnut apple tart that has her begging for more. 8220;Can I have some, please?8221; is how Lene, the Aqua girl, is said to have implored the waiter not once, but all of three times last night! 8220;The girl8217;s just amazing,8221; gushes Famp;B Manager Kuldeep Bhartee of Taj Palace, where the chartbusting group checked in yesterday for the Channel V Music Awards on November 21.

It8217;s not just her eating habits that has Bhartee all starry-eyed. The baby-voiced singer gave him quite a complex when she spoke to him eyeball-to-eyeball, quite an experience for a six-foot model who has walked the ramps of Paris for the likes of Giorgio Armani and Hugo Boss. 8220;You have a good place here, but you must come to Norway,8221; she cooed to Bhartee in the course of their tandoori meal by the poolside last night.

Though Aqua8217;s stay at Taj Palace has been a closely-guarded affair, and no amount of coaxing on our part made the Travel Desk divulge a thing about the hotel8217;s star attraction, Bhartee was more than eager to share his secret. 8220;She put her hand around my waist like this and8230; what do I say?8221; He8217;s visibly at a loss of words. 8220;I kept talking to her for a long time without realising what a nut I8217;d been. Finally, I made my man run for a camera and got a picture with her,8221; he remembers.

Bhartee, however, is not sure whether he can allow us to print it. Not that it8217;s a polaroid picture and it won8217;t show well on paper, but he fears the dude who tails Dr Jones8217; Rene like a shadow. 8220;You must see the guy to believe it, oooff! He8217;s so big!8221; exclaims Bhartee. Who would like to be made mincemeat of in his own kitchen?