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	Vietnamese delights in Bombay! Sidewok, Bombay, hosts Vietnamese Wonders till September 17. The starters include vegetable spring rolls, grilled beef in piper leaves, shrimp paste on sugarcane, mushroom dumplings, prawn dumplings and rice cake in banana leaf with shrimp cake. The main course includes fish in clay pot, chicken curry, grilled pork with rice and noodles, grilled chicken with Kaffar lime, grilled pork ribs with lemon grass, salad rolls with peanut drip, river fried fish Hanoi style, Wok fried crabs with tamarind and lotus rice. Desserts include steamed banana and coconut milk cake, husband and wife cake and sweet and sticky rice cake. The starters are priced at Rs 175 onwards, the main course is priced at Rs 235 onwards and the desserts are priced at Rs 125 onwards. Taxes extra. Lunch is served from 1200 hours to 1500 hours and dinner is served from 1930 hours to 2345 hours. Camellia Traditional band, a Vietnamese music group, will perform from 1230 hours to 1530 hours and 1930 hours to 2330 hours. Sidewok, The Taj Mahal Hotels, opposite The Gateway of India, Apollo Bunder. Phones: 022-2023366, 2818132. Unlimited buffet meals Hotel KR, Madras, offers buffet lunches and dinners every weekend priced at Rs 100, per head for a vegetarian meal and Rs 125 per head for a non-vegetarian meal. Taxes extra. The spread includes cream of chicken soup, golden chicken, butter chicken masala, aloo gobi, tandoori papad, fried chilly and gulab jamun. Lunch is served from 1130 hours to 1600 hours and dinner is served from 1900 hours to 2300 hours. Hotel KR, 124/4, LB road, opposite Pizza corner, Adyar. Phones: 044-4451691, 4453581, 4902827. Chinese delights! Wang's Kitchen, Madras, offers daily Chinese buffet lunches and dinners priced at Rs 137 per head, inclusive of taxes. The spread includes chilly chicken, chicken Manchurian, cauliflower Manchurian, sweet and sour chicken, Singapore chilly crabs and garlic fried rice. Lunch is served from 1230 hours to 1500 hours and dinner is served from 1930 hours to 2330 hours. Wang's Kitchen, Prince Plaza, Pantheon road, Egmore. Phones: 044-8554928, 8419868. Unwind at Rewind Bombay has a new restaurant. Rewind, located in Fort, offers continental, Mexican, Chinese and Thai cuisine. The lunch buffet includes of a soup, salad, main course and dessert and is priced at Rs 200, per head, including taxes. For the non-vegetarians there is chicken stroganoff, chicken steak peppernota, roast tenderloin and fish and chips. For the vegetarians, there is pastas, cottage cheese and dry fruit and nuts steak, lasagne Florentine and rosti pizza. The restaurant also has a bar, offering cocktails, mocktails and the regular alcoholic drinks, priced at Rs 105 onwards. The restaurant has 10 tables. It has an old Hollywood look, with pictures of Hollywood stars, old cameras, antiques and old Hollywood melodies. Lunch will be served from 1230 hours to 1500 hours and dinner will be served from 1800 hours to midnight. Rewind, near Sterling Cinema, opposite Fashion Bistro, Fort. Phones: 022-2075427, 2076779. Paneer tak-a-tak, tawa subz banjara... Bombay Brasserie, Bombay, hosts The Tawa and Paratha festival till September 14. The menu includes chicken khurchan, tawa patialashahi chaampen, paneer tak-a-tak, tawa subz banjara, samudri khazana, chicken kali mirch keema paratha, masaaledar chicken paratha, paneer bhurji paratha, navabi tarkari paratha, achari aloo gobi paratha. The non-vegetarian dishes are priced at Rs 160 onwards and the vegetarian dishes are priced at Rs 130 onwards. The non-vegetarian parathas are priced at Rs 75 and the vegetarian parathas are priced at Rs 55. Special offer: Buy a pepsi and get unlimited refills free. Dinner is served between 1900 hours to midnight. Bombay Brasserie, Lotus Court, 12 A, Dr AB road, Worli. Phones: 022-4920505, 4925353. Dosa Diner in Andheri Dosa Diner has now opened in Andheri. Along with the regular dosas, the menu also includes a buffet of vegetarian and non-vegetarian salads, priced at Rs 75, a bowl, inclusive of taxes. The restaurant has 22 tables. Dosa Diner is open from 1130 hours to 2330 hours. Dosa Diner, Link Palace, next to Kamat's Club, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri. Phone: 022-6351078. Sing your blues away! Merlins, Bombay, hosts Karaoke Nights daily. The evening offers an opportunity for the audience to sing on the mike, karaoke style. On Friday nights, host Laura will lead everyone in the singing. The pub offers alcohol, cocktails, mocktails and fruit juices. It also offers snacks like burgers, sandwiches, french fries, mushroom fitters and cocktail samosas. The alcohol is priced at Rs 143 onwards, cocktails are priced at Rs 225 onwards, mocktails are priced at Rs 100 onwards and fruit juices are priced at Rs 50 onwards. The snacks are priced at Rs 125 onwards. Taxes extra. Karaoke nights are open from 2200 hours to 0300 hours. Merlins, The Orchid, near the domestic airport, Santa Cruz. Phone: 022-6164040. Kebab galore! Great Kebab Factory, New Delhi, offers buffet lunches on Sundays and daily dinner buffets. The meal includes starters, main course and dessert. The starters are sheikh kebabs, chicken tikka kebabs, nalli kebabs, tandoori fish kebabs, aloo kebabs and paneer kebabs. The main course includes biryani, nan, roomali rotis, sabzi and dal. Dessert includes gulab jamun, kulfi and rasgullas. Special offer: A complimentary beer with every meal. The non-vegetarian buffet is priced at Rs 625 per head and the vegetarian buffet is priced at Rs 525 per head. There will be an 18 per cent tax. Sunday lunch buffets are open from 1230 hours to 1530 hours. Dinner buffets are open daily from 1900 hours to 0030 hours. Great Kabab Factory, Hotel Radisson, Jaipur highway. Phone: 011-6129191. Happy hours on weekdays Thai me up, Bombay, hosts Ek Pe Ek, happy hours on weekdays. The restaurant offers a complimentary drink and vegetarian starters with every drink. The starters are mixed vegetables with sesame seeds, vegetable spring rolls, vegetable tartlets and Thai moneybags. Happy hours are from 1830 hours to 2030 hours, on weekdays only. Thai Me Up, 203-A, Lamington road, near Apsara Cinema. Phones: 022-3077980, 3093388. China Garden's new avtar China Garden has reopened in Bombay at south Bombay shopping centre, Crossroads, where Biscotti was (Biscotti has closed down). Piano Bar has also reopened at Crossroads too, in place of Cafe Ole, across the Crossroads atrium from China Garden. China Garden, in its second avatar, looks somewhat like the restaurant that was housed at Om Chambers, Kemps Corner, with an accent again on red, green and white. Unlike the old restaurant, which occupied several floors, the new China Garden is spread over one level and has a spacious look, with expanses of black marble and a prominent bar. The restaurant is decorated with Chinese artefacts and the view into the Crossroads atrium is framed with delicate white lace Chinese curtains. It will accommodate 300 covers. China Garden@Crossroads will have the original China Garden menu, with a few new dishes added. China Garden hot favourites are prawns wrapped in bacon, crispy Peking chicken, crispy beans, Shantung prawns, gin chicken, hakka fish. Lunch will be served from 1200 hours to 1500 hours and dinner from 1930 hours to 2400 hours. Alcohol will be served. All major credit cards accepted. China Garden, Crossroads, Pt MM Malviya road, near Haji Ali. Phones: 022-4955588, 4955589, 4955590. *Ever tried a chicken dosa? Or a prawn dosa?* Dosa Diner located in Bandra, Bombay, offers a variety of dosas. The menu includes vegetarian, chicken, prawns and chinese filling with the dosas. Masala dosa, mysore dosa, sada dosa, rava dosa, neer dosa, paper dosa, idlis and upma are also available. The dosas are priced at Rs 25 and the fillings are priced at Rs 35 onwards. A 12 per cent tax is also charged. The menu also includes fish thali, crab thali and chicken thali, priced at Rs 120. The restaurant has 40 tables. It will remain open from 1130 hours to midnight. Dosa Diner, Turner road, opposite Popley Plaza, Bandra. Phone: 022-6404488. *Mexican mazaa* throughout the week Casa Mexicana, Oberoi Towers, Bombay,** offers exciting menus throughout the week: On weekends, it offers a lunch buffet, priced at Rs 375 per head, taxes included. The spread includes fajitas which is chicken or mixed sea food sizzlers, torta vegiduras which includes seasonal vegetables, Mexican rice and salads and finish off with cheese cake, fruit salad, chocolate mousse and bread pudding. Lunch will be served from 1230 hours to 1445 hours. On Mondays and Tuesdays, the chef will make your choice of tacos at the Taco Bar with chopped tomatoes, vegetable salsas, tenderloins, cabbage, mushrooms, sour cream and fried beans. It is priced at Rs 225 per head, taxes included. Lunch will be served from 1230 hours to 1445 hours and dinner will be served from 1945 hours to 2345 hours. On Wednesdays and Thursdays evenings, a complimentary Margarita is offered with every Margarita, priced at Rs 375, taxes included. Served between 1945 hours to 2345 hours. On Fridays, the lucky person will win a complimentary tequila slammer, brought the hosts. The slammer is a traditional, boisterous way of drinking Kalhua liqueur topped with coke. Casa Mexicana, Oberoi Towers, Nariman Point. Phone: 022-2324343. Exotic Thai buffet Sanuk Thai, Bombay, offers Sunday buffet lunches for Rs 299 per head, taxes included. The spread includes Plaraad Prik, which is fried Bhakti fish with sweet and spicy red chilly sauce, Phad Thai Je, which is stir fried noodles with vegetables, Phad Thai Gai which is noodles with chicken and cream curry with vegetables and finish with fresh friuts, water chestnuts in coconut water, steam custard and a complimentary pint of Fosters beer, or a glass of wine or Pepsi. Lunch will be served from 1200 hours to 1500 hours. Sanuk Thai, opposite Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda. Phones: 022-2044233, 2044239. Crabs, lobster, squid, oyster... A new seafood restaurant has opened near Metro. Bay of Bombay offers seafood prepared in a variety of sauces. Starters: Crevete basket which includes king prawns served with lemon tartar sauce and home fries, raw oysters, Bali satey which is chicken served with peanut sauce. Menu specials: You can choose from prawns, salmon, lobster, oyster, crab and squid with either garlic butter sauce, lemon butter sauce, oriental with hot and spicy sauce, poached wheat buerre blanc sauce and steamed sweet and sour sauce. For the vegetarians, there is vegetable pasta, whole-wheat crepes with mushrooms and vegetable ghssi. Desserts: Byculla souffl�, duo of chocolate mousse, fresh fruit sabayon, peach gateau and triple sundaes. The starters are priced between Rs 95 and Rs 165. A main course dish is priced between Rs 195 and Rs 750. Deserts are priced between Rs 95 to Rs 115. The restaurant has two floors. Major credit cards will be accepted. Alcohol served. Lunch is served from 1230 hours to 1500 hours and dinner from 1900 hours to 2330 hours. Bay of Bombay, next to Edward Theatre, near Metro Cinema. Phones: 022-2056173, 2058397. New food at old haunt.... Soul Kadi, Bombay, has revamped its menu. It includes fish thali, which includes fish curry, rice, dal and chapatis for Rs 70 and a special thali, which includes Bombay duck fry, clam masala, fish curry, rice, dal and chapatis for Rs 90. Taxes extra. A la carte, it offers Pomfret Maharani, Kori Roti, Mutton Masala Wada and Chicken Xacuti. Lunch will be served from 1230 hours to 1530 hours and dinner will be served from 1930 hours to midnight. Soul Kadi, 17 E, Phoenix Mills complex, 462 Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel. Phone: 022-4953484. Happy hours... Golden Dragon, New Delhi, offers a discount on alcoholic drinks and snacks during its happy hours. The spread includes spring rolls, cottage cheese, fried wantons and chicken drumsticks along with any alcoholic drink of your choice. They also have a one plus one scheme where you can order one alcoholic drink and get another one free. Happy hours daily from 1200 hours to 1900 hours. Golden Dragon, opposite Panchshila Club. Phone: 011-6560582. Domino's pizza? Dial 1600-111-123. Domino's Pizza can now be ordered by dialing a single phone number at any city in India with Domino's outlets. Unlimited Sunday lunches Sea Princess, Bombay hosts the Sunday Fiesta, offering unlimited buffet lunches with entertainment programmes including a magic show, water games and lots of prizes. The spread includes Indian and Chinese food and is priced at Rs 300 per head, taxes included, for adults and Rs 275 per head, taxes included, for children between three and 12. Timings: 1130 hours to 1500 hours. Hotel Sea Princess, Juhu Beach. Phone: 022-6611111. More fish. Not only fish A new seafood restaurant has opened in Bombay. Koliwada, located at Worli, offers seafood prepared in whichever manner you choose -- Chinese, Thai, Mangalorean, Punjabi, tandoori. Menu specials -- prawn gassi, prawn dum biryani, tandoori crab, tandoori prawns, garlic butter crab, neer dosa, veg korma. Desserts: ice cream, fresh mangoes. Standard Punjabi, tandoori and vegetarian dishes are available as well. A main course dish is priced between Rs 75 and Rs 100. The focus of the decor at Koliwada is a giant picture window created from a fish tank. The restaurant offers 14 tables. Credit cards will be accepted shortly (April 15). Alcohol served. Lunch is served from 1130 hours to 1600 hours and dinner from 1800 hours to 2330 hours. Koliwada, next to Sunville hall, Dr Annie Besant road. Phone: 022-4969076, 4900738, 4900737 Kebabs, shashlik and lots more... The Fourth Floor, Le Meridian, New Delhi offers unlimited vegetarian and non-vegetarian buffet dinners priced at Rs. 550 per head with a special discount of 50 per cent for children below 12 years. The spread includes chicken malai kebab, tangri haryali and seekh kebab for the non-vegetarians. The vegetarian spread includes tandoori ghobi, aloo bharwan, bhaji tak-a-tak and paneer ka sulas. The Continental menu has grilled chicken, tenderloin shashlik and fish steak in non-vegetarian section and cottage cheese shashlik, baked potato and buttered vegetables in the vegetarian section. Open from 1930 hours to 0000 hours, daily, except Tuesdays. The Fourth Floor, Le Meridien Hotel, 1, Windsor Place. Phone: 011-3710101. Chinese in your belly Chopsticks, Bombay, is offering a Chinese buffet lunch for Rs 175 per head, taxes included. You may start with sliced lamb, chicken cabbage, tofu with ginger chilly and oyster sauce, fish cooked in Szechwan sauce, vegetable ball Manchurian and sign off with ice cream. The buffet includes a free glass of Pepsi. Chopsticks, Veer Nariman road, near Hotel Ambassador, Churchgate. Phone: 2049284, 2832308. *Garam gulab jamuns? Or sizzling green pasta* Matchpoint, Madras offers an international cuisine lunch buffet , priced at Rs 325, plus taxes. It will be served from 1230 hours to 1530 hours. Dinner, a la carte, will be served from 1900 hours onwards. The buffet will include some of these specials: green pasta, roast chicken, saut�ed string beans, cottage cheese crepes, and pommes parsley, apple pie, chocolate or strawberry mousse and gulab jamuns. The restaurant offers tours of its unique 'open kitchen' and live performances by some of the finest bands. Matchpoint, Taj Coromandal, 17, M G road, Madras. Phone: 044-8272827. Fries by the lake McDonald's has opened yet another outlet in Bombay. Its 10th outlet in Bombay is located in Thane. McDonald's, near the Masunda Lake, near Thane railway station,Thane. Phones: 022-5393482, 5393483. Madrasi fare A new vegetarian restaurant, Akshara, has opened in Madras. The menu: asli South Indian cuisine 'prepared by masters in the hotel trade'. Akshara, 78, Lattice Bridge road, Adyar. New restaurants Busa Bong has opened at Calangute in north Goa. The 1,500 sq foot restaurant, operated by Nikhil Chib, offers Thai, Burmese and east Asian food. Busa Bong, near Tito's, Calangute, Goa. A new continental eatery has opened in Bombay near Churchgate station. Starters and More offers a variety of Mediterranean and continental food -- soups, salads, pastas, starters, snacks, dim sum, desserts. A meal for two may set one back by about Rs 500 to Rs 700. They offer a set lunch of a soup, a salad, a main course, dessert, a cold drink, a coffee, for Rs 250 per head taxes included. The restaurant has a cafe ambience. A portion of the restaurant is sectioned off as a bar where a juke box plays. The chef invites diners in to view the kitchen. Credit cards are accepted. Alcohol is served. Lunch is served 1200 hours to 1530 hours and dinner from 1900 hours to 2400 hours. Snacks and starters are available in the late afternoon. Starters and More, Cambata building, Eros Theatre, 1st floor, east Wing, M K road, Churchgate. Phones: 022-2814124, 2814134. Food news A new Hyderabadi and Awadhi cuisine restaurant has opened in Vasant Vihar, New Delhi at Vasant Continental hotel. Andaaz, a roof top restaurant with a pleasing bird's eye view of the city, offers exotic Hyderabadi dishes like dhaniya murg, murg kundan, kakori kebab, nizami murgh chaat, paneer and chicken tikka, paneer pasanda Husn-e-Ara, Gucchi subz masala, shahi tukra. Prices for the main course range from Rs 200 to Rs 350. Alcohol served. Credit cards accepted. Andaaz, Vasant Continental, Vasant Vihar. Phone: 011-6148800. Copa Cabaana has opened a Salsa Lounge, adjoining its pub. The lounge serves tex mex snacks and tapas. Copa Cabaana, Chowpatty seaface, Marine Drive. Phone; 022-3680274 Thai Me Up offers special lunch rates to groups of women of four and above. Vegetarian lunch Rs 249 per head and non-veg lunch Rs 299 per head, taxes included. This price covers one soup, a curry or stir fry, one rice, one dessert and one Coke. Lunch is served from 1230 hours to 1445 hours. Thai Me Up, 203-A, Lamington road, near Apsara Cinema. Phone: 022-3077980. Hot picks Bombay has a number of new restaurants: Thai Me Up, run by film biggie Sunil Shetty, has opened at Lamington road. The three storied restaurant serves up Thai curries and a variety of starters. The ground floor is a cocktail lounge. The story goes that Shetty's father started life on these premises, which was once the Ramanjanya Udipi 'hotel', as a cleaner and went on to own the place. Hot items on their menu -- chicken satay, fish cutlets, chicken served on sugarcane sticks, chicken wrapped in banana leaves, tofu on sticks, vegetable souffles, Thai moneybags, Thai spring rolls. They also offer soups, noodles, dessert of the day and set meals. The vegetarian set meal is priced at Rs 175 and the non vegetarian set meal is priced at Rs 210-250, taxes included. Lunch is served from 1230 hours to 1445 hours and dinner is served in two sittings -- 2000 hours and 2200 hours. Alcohol served. Credit cards accepted. Covers: 55. Thai Me Up, 203-A, Lamington road, near Apsara Cinema. Phone: 022-3077980. Trim with Taste at Khar, run by the Narangs in partnership with Chunky Pandey's wife, is Bombay's newest health food eatery. T w/ T offers lower calorie meals, quick bites, sandwiches, soups, desserts, juices and salads. The calorie total of each combo meal has been calculated not to exceed a certain limit. The cafe is open from 0800 hours to 2300 hours daily. Alcohol is not served. Credit cards not accepted. Trim with Taste, Sant Kutir, near KBN department store, Linking road, Khar. Phone: 022-6058844. Sanuk Thai -- run by Sarovar Park Plaza Hotels and Resorts -- has opened on Rampart Row at Kala Ghoda in south Bombay. This restaurant, that accommodates 120 covers offers, a wide range of Thai food -- som tam or green papaya salad, tom yum soup, prawn garlic and pepper, hot basil chicken, green Thai curries. Vegetarian dishes include Thai preparations of eggplant, corn and bean sprouts. Desserts are limited at the moment -- banana fritters, fresh fruit salad, lychies with ice cream. Starters are priced at about Rs 140 and the main courses at about Rs 300. A meal for two can set you back by Rs 500-600. Interiors: two storeyed, elegant with an accent on Thai murals and orchids. The exterior sports a temple facade. The kitchen is run by Thing Daeng La Ong Sri from Royal Benja, Bangkok. Credit cards accepted. Alcohol not served yet. Lunch is served from 1230 hours to 1500 hours and dinner from 1900 hours to 2330 hours. Sanuk Thai, 30 K Dubash marg, Kala Ghoda. Phones: 022-2044233, 2044239. Pick up sticks Chopsticks, New Delhi, offers weekend buffet lunches for Rs 300, plus taxes per adult and Rs 250, plus taxes per child. The spread includes soup, chicken black pepper, vegetable fortune rice, spinach bean, onion pancake and desserts. Open from 1230 hours to 1500 hours. Chopsticks, Asian Games Village, Siri Fort road. Phones: 011- 6492348, 6493945. Burritos, tortillas and more... El Mexicano at the President Hotel, Bombay, offers buffet lunches for Rs 300 per head, inclusive of taxes. The spread includes a variety of Mexican soups, salads and desserts. Open from 1200 hours to 1530 hours. El Mexicano, President Hotel, Cuffe Parade. Phone: 022-2150808. A wagon load of food The Taj West End, Bangalore, hosts Curry Wagon at the poolside, offering buffet lunches for Rs 225, plus taxes, per head for vegetarians and Rs 250, plus taxes, per head for non-vegetarians. The spread includes dishes like sarson di machli, makai hara pyaz and bharwa aloo. Open from 1230 hours to 1500 hours. Taj West End, Race Course road. Phone: 080-2255055. Bottoms up, ladies The Harbour Bar, Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay offers unlimited drinks free -- rum, whiskey, gin and tequila -- for women every Friday from 1930 hours to 2130 hours. The men accompanying the women will be charged. Harbour Bar, Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Colaba. Phone: 022-2023366. Champagne lunches The Esplanade, Taj Bengal, Calcutta offers weekend buffet lunches for Rs 395, plus taxes, per head from 1230 hours to 1500 hours. The menu includes South Indian, North Indian, Chinese and continental food and a complimentary glass of wine. Taj Bengal, 34 B, Belvedere road, Alipore. Phone: 033-2233939. A Parsi daavat Jimmy Boy Cafe is probably one of Bombay's rare and newest upmarket Parsi restaurants. Hop over here for some traditional Parsi cuisine -- kid ghost (Rs 75), patra ni machi , prawn curry, dhansak (Rs 100), kheema pao (Rs 45), marghi na farcha, sali botee. The menu changes daily and at least one Parsi special is on the lunch menu. A three course banana leaf lagan-nu-bhonu is available daily for dinner for Rs 200 (non-vegetarian) and Rs 150 (vegetarian). An a la carte lunch and brunch is also served which includes pizzas, pastas and sandwiches too. Dessert: custard, mousee, their special brownies, lagan-nu-custard. Decor: A modern Irani style. Jimmy Boy Cafe was once Cafe India and is still under the same Parsi management. Open 1100 hours to 2300 hours. No alcohol served. No smoking. Credit cards not accepted. The restaurant also delivers to offices and homes nearby. Jimmy Boy Cafe, Vikas building, 11 Bank street, Fort, near Horniman Circle. Phone: 022-2662503, 2700880. **Lolis, gulab jamuns and lassi** Kailash Parbat, the popular Sindhi joint in Colaba has opened a new outlet at Bandra. The restuarant is famous for its vegetarian Sindhi and Punjabi food, as well as their pani-puris, ragda patties, jalebis, falooda kulfi and delicious mithais. Kailash Parbat, Jaldev Apartment, shop no 3, 33rd road, near Linking road. Phone: 022-6480360. Neer dosa or lobster bisque? Bombay has two new restaurants: Wall Street, near Dalal street, offers a variety of South Indian seafood from the southern states. Piping hot idiappams, appams, neer dosa served with chicken curry (Rs 120), fish curry (Rs 120), shell fish curry (Rs 120) is the back bone of the menu. However standard Chinese and Punjabi dishes are also available. Dessert: ice creams, chocolate mousse, caramel custard. Decor: Spacious. 46 tables. Lunch is served from 1200 hours to 1530 hours. Dinner is served from 1800 hours to 2400 hours. On Sundays dinner is served from 1830 hours to 2400 hours. Alcohol is served. Credit cards are accepted. Wall Street, Hamam street, opposite the stock exchange. Phone: 022-2650020. Indigo in Colaba serves Italian and French cuisine. Dig into pastas, fillet mignon, tuna, rawas fry, grilled vegetables, lobster bisque, carrot soup, orange soup, lamb, gnocchi, mushroom flan, raviolo, lobster salad. Desserts: Tiramisu, almond torte, sorbet, crepes. Decor: Very simple but elegant. Appetizers are priced at Rs 150 or so. Main courses are priced at Rs 260 or so. Indigo, Mandalik road, near Cotton World, Colaba. Phones: 022-2856316, 2023592. Midnight feast La Brasserie, Le Meridien, Pune offers a midnight buffet for Rs 195, plus taxes, per head from 0000 hours to 0300 hours. The spread will include pizzas, pastas, soups and biryanis. Le Meridien, Rai Bahadur Mill road, near the main railway station. Phone: 020-6050505. Excellent Kashmiri takeaway For genuine and tasty Kashmiri food try Ahad Sons, New Delhi. This tiny outfit supplies gently simmered and accurately spiced ristas, gushtabas, kebabs and much more prepared by a family of Kashmiri cooks. Ahad Sons, Masjid Moth village, behind Uday Park market. Phone: 011-6253642, 6256017. Asli nawabi food The Promenade at Hotel Abu Palace, Madras, offers authentic Nawabi food, prepared by Abu Mir Hussain at special prices. Mini meals: A four course meal for Rs 121 for two. Mega meal: A six course meal for Rs 242 for four. Family meal: An eight course meal fro Rs 363 for six. Promenade, Hotel Abu Palace, 926, Poonamallee High road. Phone: 044-6412222. Do lunch at Geoffrey's Geoffrey's at Hotel Marine Plaza, Bombay offers pub lunches for Rs 225 per head, taxes included. This consists of a mug of draft beer, a soup and the main course. Geoffrey's,Lunch is served from 1200 hours to 1500 hours. Geoffrey's, Hotel Marine Plaza, 29 Marine Drive. Phone: 022-2851212. Lazy Sunday afternoon lunches Kandahar at The Oberoi, Bombay offers unlimited weekend lunches of kebabs, biryani and beer from 1230 hours to 1500 hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Rs 625 plus taxes per head for non-vegetarians and Rs 495 plus taxes per head for vegetarians. Kandahar, The Oberoi, Nariman Point. Phone: 2025757, 2857240. Fast lunches and dinner Woodlands Garden Cafe, Juhu, Bombay offers express mini lunches and dinners at Rs 60 per head from 1200 hours to 1800 hours from Monday to Saturday. Students are offered a 25 per cent discounts. The meal will consist ofrasam, a sweet dish, puris, two sabzis or vegetables, curd rice, wafers and a salad. Woodlands Garden Cafe, Juhu Scheme, Vaikuntlal Mehta road, Vile Parle West. Phone: 022-6119119. EMail: Woodlands Garden Cafe. A good thali Shagun, near Marathi Mandir in Bombay offers Gujarati thalis at Rs 75 per head. On Sundays this thali restaurant offers a special thali for Rs 100. On Thursdays the specialty is puran poli. On Saturday it is dahi wada and on Monday it is dahi pakoda. Bon appetit! Shagun, M61, Shivlal Motilal Mansion, D B road, Bombay Central. Phones: 022-3084444, 3071816, 3091515. The 'in' place Have you been to Just Around the Corner? This cafeteria-style eatery seems to be a new stunt being attempted to attract 'avant garde' Bombay diners. Or whomever. A variety of light, healthy, continental foods are available. Tasty salads, soup, bread, pasta, sandwiches, desserts. Very Veggie sandwich (Rs 60), King Just Us Special sandwich (Rs 60), Cottage in the Woods burger (Rs 50), Hot Dogs (Rs 75) (An expensive dog). Rs 100 per head for a salad lunch. As well as some standard Hindustani curry and rice too (Rs 125). Good breakfasts. Very very American decor and food; cooool ambience. Watch the price. JUTC's system of pricing is often difficult to fathom. Just Around the Corner, Junction of 24th and 30th road, TPS III, Bandra. Phone: 022-6413666. Undiscovered gem Short of cash and looking for a good meal in Delhi? Try Mirch Masala at Darya Ganj, opposite Golcha Cinema. Simple, tasty, almost home-made vegetarian food, carefully spiced, is available at this modest eatery. Try its cheese sizzler, paneer singapuri, dum aloo Kashmiri, mushroom masala, stuffed tomatoes served with butter naan or stuffed paratha. Open till midnight. Mirch Masala, opposite Golcha Cinema, Darya Ganj. Andhra dynamite Amaravathi has now opened a branch on J C road, Bangalore. Traditional Andhra meals -- chicken Amaravathi, ginger chicken, mutton pepper fry -- are available from 1100 hours to 1500 hours and from 1900 hours to 2300 hours for about Rs 100 or less per head. Amaravathi, 5/2 H Siddaiah road, behind old Bharat Talkies, off J C road. 45/3 Residency Cross road. Phone: 080-5585140. Homesick for Guju food? Mumbai's mirch masala comes north. Farsaan at Saket, New Delhi offers pure vegetarian Gujarati 'Bollywood' thalis for Rs 138 per head. They also offer bhel puri, pani puri and pao bhaji. Open daily from 1100 hours to 2300 hours. Farsaan, near Anupam Cinema, K H 30, Saidula Jab, M B road, opposite D blcok, Saket. Phones: 011-6838827, 6845861. Sparkling brunch Taj Bengal, Calcutta offers a Sunday buffet lunch at its poolside from 1200 hours to 1500 hours. Menu: continental food, Indian favourites, a chaat counter and a complimentary glass of champagne. Adults will be charged Rs 505, including taxes and children Rs 405, including taxes. Taj Bengal, 34B Belvedere road, Alipore, Phone 033-2233939. Fax: 033-2231766. For the foodie Have you eaten at any of these restaurants that opened in 1998? Red Snapper: This new seafood restaurant in New Delhi offers all varieties of Oriental seafood. You may have your prawns or pomfret cooked the Thai way or in Szechwan sauce. The decor is a bit over the top, but the aquarium will be a runaway hit with the kids. Red Snapper, Hotel Sartaj, Aurobindo marg, A-3 Green Park, New Delhi. Phone: 011-663277, 6857660. Art Junction Cafe: Have you been to a restaurant in an art gallery? No? Well then you have not visited Art Junction in New Delhi. A very arty kinda place you can have your pasta, burgers and salads and gaze at the canvases on the wall. Art Junction Cafe, Hotel Inter-Continental, Barakhamba avenue, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Phone: 011- 3320101 Miyako: This great new Japanese restaurant in New Delhi, even has a Teppenyaki counter. Try its oyako don (rice garnished with slices of chicken) or the ebi (a prawn savoury). Miyako, N Block market, Greater Kailash, New Delhi. Phone: 011-6476987. Punjabi by Nature: Head here for some asli Punju khana. Good kebabs and some typical Rawalpindi food available too. The decor is also authentic Punjabi with the ambience of Ranjit Singh's court. Punjabi by Nature, Noida, New Delhi. Kobe: Bombay's famous sizzler restaurant, Kobe has opened a second outlet in Andheri. Now north Bombayites can have their satellite steaks, chicken shasliks, veg shaslik, garlic steak much closer to home. And Rs 30 cheaper per dish. This Kobe is a bit larger than the original, however it does not serve alcohol or accept credit cards yet Kobe, next to Punjabi Ghasitaram, near Navrang cinema, J P road, Andheri West. Phones: 022-6282424, 6282414. Oye Chi: A new Oriental restaurant has opened in Bombay's Western suburbs. Oye Chi offers to cook your meat or seafood or vegetables in whichever Far Eastern style you prefer. You may have king prawns done the Japanese way or pork ribs a la the Chinese. Decor: Oriental. An average meal would set you back by Rs 300 (per head). Credit cards are accepted. Alcohol is served. Children below eight are not admitted. Oye Chi, Haveli, Juhu beach. Phones: 022-6110199, 6143605. Great new places to eat Siciliana, the Italian Bistro, Andheri, Bombay offers a variety of Italian bites. For a start there's a whole selection of pizzas. Pizzas with shrimp, peppers and tuna (Rs 175). Chicken, sausage, ham and bacon topping on its Pizza de Carne (Rs 175). Lemon chicken on your pizza pie. Or just spinach (Rs 150) . Or sample its salads, pasta specials. Fusilli al pesto (Rs 175). Putanesca (Rs 150). Lasagne vegetariane (Rs 150). Or dessert. Alcohol is not served. Just Coke and mineral water. But it will be available shortly. Credit cards are accepted. Lunch is served from 1100 hours to1500 hours and dinner from 1900 hours to 2400 hours. Home delivery too. Siciliana, 8 & 9 Link Palace, 19 Swami Samarth Nagar, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri. Phones: 022-63638899, 6348989. The brand new Picasso in Madras offers Mexican and Italian food. The decor: As its name suggests the restaurant is decorated with a variety of paintings, some of Picasso as well. Introductory offer: One Pepsi free with each order. Picasso, C-49, near Ethiraj College, Annanagar East.
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