Yesterday morning a friend from the Press, made my day by sending this lovely photograph early in the morning.

Opening Ceremony BWSL Mumbai Ishtyle

This has been tweeted, long hard & fast….renamed PeeLink etc.

A week ago, had Sanjar Imam a foodie friend come over from Bangalore in the afternoon flight, with plans of going to Trident & leaving by the evening flight but wanting to meet up for Lunch.

After exploring but deciding against the usual suspects, decided to try Masalacraft out - in the worst case - Candies is right next door:)

But turned out to be quite a surprise - Not too full at 1.30pm also, we quickly got a table, ordered F/L soda & water, which was served quick enough.

On perusing the Menu, decided to try out starters, main course together as we were short of time. So we ordered

1) Afghani Fish TIkka
2) Burrah Kabab
3) Murgh Lahori
4) Naan & Laccha Paratha

All of them were extremely delicious….in fact as my friend said, it was a long time since he liked meat, chicken & fish all at the same place & time.

The only regrets:

Service: Needs to be a bit more attentive & this when it is not full.
Ambiance: Afternoon had some lovebirds & a group of ladies imbibing, shouting at the top of their voices. In spite of us & another table requesting, no attempt to speak to them was made.
Time: The lovely starters should have been eaten with beer in the afternoon or nice rum when it’s raining outside, but alas Time did not allow us to do so.

But, return I shall with some more friends….

21-B, Santhal ONGC Complex, Opp. Lilavati Hospital, Bandra West, Mumbai Phone: 26452031/26439239

I had first visited Bandra Terminus the first time 15 years ago.

The last couple of years there was never a need to go there. Today went to drop my parents on their way to gujarat.

Taking the juhu lane road, which is being done up, then on to flyover, highway, trying to get on the road from bandra, no right turn….so going ahead, finally managing to just catch the train. The return was also bad.

The terminus itself is a complete chaos, with just 2 traffic constables whistling away. Tempos, coolies, rickshaw & taxi drivers rule the roost. A total of 4 hours to & fro!!!