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Village style Hookah Lounge We were invited to the launch of a new restobar, ‘La Cabana’ in sector 29 Gurgaon. With four main sections – a complete open sitting for over 200 guests, 2 small covered seating for love-birds or small group in the lawn, Hookah section done in a Village Nautanki style…
[Rated: 4/5] Calcutta’s streets have always bustled with people from all over the world including Jews, Armenians, Europeans, Chinese, and of course, Bengalis. This has created a cuisine unique to the city. And the one restaurant that succeeds in recreating the magic of Calcutta is Love and Musta…
Much has changed since I shifted to Gurgaon over five years ago. The high rises have multiplied, Offices are much swankier, Roads are much crowded and there is no dearth of good eating out places. Earlier, a good restaurant would have taken us on the roads to Delhi. Not anymore. Nor does anyone w…
[Rated: 3.5/5] Unpretentious in its décor and honest for its price, Route04 immediately strikes a chord with its guests. The prototype of cars hanging from the roof, huge airplane and car stickers of Mustang and Hummer, beside some old hip music gives it a retro effect. Music is loud enough to gi…
As summer races in, and we prepare for ‘those lazy hazy crazy days of summer’, it is time to bring out the Hawaii chappals and look for lickable icy treats. A great addition to the options available to us Gurgaonites is Cocoberry’s range of frozen yoghurts. Before you say ‘Dahi in ice cream? Are…
[Rated: 2.5/5] Buffets always appeal to the best and the worst in human nature – should one be a picky gourmand or an absolute glutton? Normally one starts with the first and then all goes haywire. Adding to the Gourmand Gluttony of the Gurgaon-scape is the newly opened Westin at the IFFCO chowk…
KFC Spicy Zinger Chicken Burger Life can become so complicated on simple things, especially if one has to compare two legends. McDonalds and KFC have both launched their spicy variant of burgers and we checked them out to give our verdict as to which one is better. Since it was a difficult decisi…
[Rated: 3.5/5] Life at the minipolis of DLF Cyber Park can be daunting. It is good to note that eateries like Brix at Building 10B do add some flavor to it. This resto-bar, which essentially serves the eager beavers of the offices in the vicinity, can dish out good food. The ambiance is inexplica…
[Rated: 3/5] You are likely to find LA Woman and lot more music from the eighties playing here. Mojo, the relaunched and revamped resto-pub at DLF City Centre is open again. This time, to cater to the older, less boisterous clientele with a higher propensity to spend. The décor has gone through s…
[Rated: 3.5/5] This café sounds straight out of a ‘Jat Yamla’ movie set, conjuring up images of large people with large moustaches gulping lassi from large peetal glasses. Tau’s Café at Ansal Plaza, Palam Vihar may not have the rustic setting, but it certainly has the food to make Dharam Bhaaji,…
[Rated: 4/5] Gurgaon took the lead and became the first city to have a micro-brewery in India, once the policy was introduced. Hops N Brew, spread over two floors, is one of the few such brewery-pub in the city. Offering four variants in beer – Lager, Strong, Wheat and Dark, and varieties of cuis…
Kosha Mangsho [Rated: 3.5/5] Tucked away in a cozy first floor nook of the Galleria market, the modest sized Love and Mustard promises and delivers fine Calcutta cuisine. The menu here is extensive and varied – doing justice to the sheer variety available in the City of Joy. Vintage photographs o…