Thursday, September 27, 2012

AT-HOME SPECIAL...GOODIES AT YOUR DOORSTEP



IN HOUSE SPECIALS

From honey to jewellery, from wine classes to farming lessons, even laser tag. Mumbai is only too willing to bring the best goodies to your doorstep

AT YOUR DOORSTEP
Call your friends over for an evening of wine swirling or malt sipping. Nikhil Agarwal, master sommelier and director of All Things Nice, conducts single malt, whisky, beer, wine, cognac, tea and coffee tasting sessions right in your home. He’ll introduce you to new aromas, swirling, terms like aged, oaked, tannic – the whole shebang. “We also tie up with chefs from prominent restaurants who’ll prepare a four course meal to go with the wine,” he says. Cheers!
CONTACT: All Things Nice on info@ allthingsnice.in or call 9820704500
GET GRILLED
To add a fiery twist to your terrace party, get in touch with Grills And Tongs. They’ll come over, all grills blazing, to set up a live barbecue station and fill your tummy with yummy kebabs fresh off the grill. “If you’re planning to have more than 15 people over, just ring us a couple of weeks in advance. We’ll come with the equipment, ingredients, and even a bartender for the liquor,” says Sankul Ranade, the brainchild of Grills And Tongs.
CONTACT: Grills And Tongs on 7738360436
THINK AND DRINK ORGANIC
A hot cup of your favourite tea or coffee is a must on lazy days at home. Vedanta Organics home delivers organic coffee, tea and drinking chocolate, even the ones with exotic flavours. In case you’re in the mood to cook with organic produce, you can add their organic cereal, pasta, oil, chutneys, jam, herbs or spices to your cart, while you place your order online.
CONTACT: Vedanta Organics on order@vedantaorganics.com or
9167436190
SCORE SOME HONEY
Under The Mango Tree, which manufactures pure and organic honey ranging from Himalayan Flora to Desert Bloom from Rajasthan, will deliver a new kind of honey home every month. Vijaya Pastala of UTMT says that although they’ve set up a retail shop, their clients still prefer ordering the honey home. With services like these, why would you want to leave home?
CONTACT: UTMT at utmt.in@gmail.com or 65157953
PET PROJECT
Chaperoning your pet to the salon can be a pain. If your pet is friendly enough, the good people at Whiskers ‘N Tails, a pet grooming agency, will pick up your tabby or pooch, give them a proper grooming and drop them right back while you spare yourself the trouble of heading out.
CONTACT: Whiskers ‘N Tails on 9323089095
cheese with your How about some get up. The Gourmet wine? No, don’t the Board takes Company’s Cheese up the perfect guesswork feta or out of setting choice of brie, platter with your deliver which they home blue cheese, olives, kiwi and with sides chocolate of crackers, also deliver apricots. They fondues, yes, pot and all. and cheese on Gourmet Company CONTACT: The 9769132333

SET UP A GIG

If you’d rather have a more composed day at home, Priti Turakhia of The Kabir Community of Mumbai will tap in a network of folk musicians all over the country and help organise at-home satsangs and concerts at a week’s notice. Imagine Prahlad Singh Tipanya and Mukhtiar Ali performing Kabir and Sufi music in your living room as it rains outside. “Home concerts create a more intimate rapport between the musician and audience and makes for a great experience,” she says. CONTACT: Priti Turakhia on prititurakhia22@gmail.com

SWEET ENDINGS

You don’t even have to get off the couch for dessert. Pooja Dhingra of Le 15 Patisserie will bring over her dessert prowess and set up a dessert station. She did it for fashion entrepreneur Radhika Dhawan’s super hero-theme birthday party. “Dhingra came over and prepared a bunch of cookies with Superman and Batman logos, along with yummy cupcakes!” says Dhawan.
CONTACT: Le 15 Patisserie on le15patisserie@gmail.com or 9769286544/ 9820487727
Parties aren’t the only reason you should have lovely things ordered in. Brown Paper Bag has their own BPB Box, within which lie fancy desserts. Subscribe, and for a monthly fee, they’ll send it over Swiss rolls, macarons and more.
CONTACT: BPB on guide@bpbweekend.com or 9820228582/ 9867885533
Or you could go really fancy with a subscription to CVADO 1502 and get gourmet boutique chocolate from across Europe delivered regularly to your doorstep. Jyoti Gwalani, a CVADO member, says she and her family love exploring what’s inside every new box they get. “The best part is that the box temperature is maintained so that the treats inside don’t melt but render the chocolate as it is meant to be,” she says.
CONTACT: CVADO 1502 on JoinUs@CVADO1502.com or 65111502/ 65171502 But if all you want is a one-time treat, ring up Cake Walk at The Leela a couple of days before you’ll need the cupcakes or a big chocolate cake. They deliver all across the city, and not too many five-star hotels can match that claim.
CONTACT: Cake Walk on 66911234



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