Featured: Talking tables, digital menus and more Jul 15, 2011 - 02:57 PM
i-pad menus, community tables, handmade liqueurs, or tables for two meant to introduce singles willing to mingle; the metros in India are bubbling over with new dining concepts. Supriya Kutty gets you the dope on these new trends and tells you where you can relish each one of them
i-pad menus, community tables, handmade liqueurs, or tables for two meant to introduce singles willing to mingle; the metros in India are bubbling over with new dining concepts. Supriya Kutty gets you the dope on these new trends and tells you where you can relish each one of them
Could you believe that technology would offer such an interactive experience with your taste buds? It definitely does at restaurants like Koh at Mumbai's The InterContinental, Escobar and Royal China and Delhi's Setz and FU-Better than China who have now sexed up their menus with iPads. Offering a visual tour of the dishes with pictures, wine pairings and snippets about ingredients, they enhance customer experience and tempt them to try new dishes.
Touché in Bangalore has gone a step forward in the digital world with its ultra futuristic touchscreen floors that light up with dazzling graphics at every step and tables with touch-sensitive menu cards, music requests, games, lighting and billing services and more. A must try!
Bonding over bread and banter
Community tables are the latest rage where diners can share a big, common table and whip up interesting conversations. Le Pain Quotidien in Mumbai, the global bakery chain has a communal table where the concept is that fresh bread tastes best when shared with friends. While the Table (also in Mumbai), a fine dining restaurant has one that resembles a long, running bar counter - the perfect se(a)tting for chatting up good looking strangers!
One two many
Hip singles can now hang out at special singles' bars and restaurants like Elbo Room, Mumbai's first legit single's bar where you can meet, talk, laugh, discuss and have fun galore with someone you haven't met before.
Or even Mingle at Kino 108, Mumbai which holds special quiz nights in a perfect setting. The whole idea of the concept is to meet new people and make new friends who share a common interest - quizzing. Everyone will be assigned a team, so please don't expect to be sitting with the gang you came with. Instead if single, mingle as much as possible. The prospect of meeting cute geeks with a high IQ is very high here!
Get ready for heady concoctions
Run of the mill cocktails are passé in these times of bacon-flavoured martinis and jalapeno margueritas. Restaurants are mixing up a lipsmacking storm of handmade liqueurs and cocktails that use everything from seasonal fruits, vegetables and flowers like marigold to spices like pepper, fennel and even shrimps and curry leaves.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
