The city — sliced, diced and served with a dash of sauce
Mapping it for Mumbai
Earlier this week, we had written about a cool session called Mapping Stories, that had been lined up at Byculla’s Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum.
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Here, they were to learn about the history of Mumbai with help from some of rare maps from an enviable collection. Well, here’s visual evidence that these little explorers had a blast over the weekend.
When actors become fans
Pic/Shadab Khan
Cinemagoers at Matunga’s Aurora theatre were in for a pleasant surprise when actor Vidya Balan, husband Siddharth Roy Kapoor and her parents dropped by to catch the noon show of Rajinikanth’s Kabali yesterday.
Eat what gives plants their colour
If you imagined that the last you’d hear (and have to study) about chlorophyll would be back in college, think again. Ellipsis Bakery has introduced a set of intriguingly-titled desserts in a cup, including this one that caught our attention — Chlorophyll Yogurt. The yogurt, we were told, was inspired by using yogurt and adding 100% chlorophyll to it.
Not just a flavour enhancer, chlorophyll has healing properties that are lost when cooking vegetables, we learnt. The most prominent benefit of chlorophyll is the fact that it breaks down fatty lipids stored in our bodies and helps excrete them. So, this particular dessert with high-protein cream, yeast culture from milk curds and of course, chlorophyll. Now that’s what we call a cool option to help kiss the dessert guilt goodbye!
Next stop, Pune
Punekars have always had a taste for good food. You’ll find proof in their spicy bhakarwadi and buttery Shrewsbury biscuits. To tantalise their taste buds, Zorawar Kalra is all set to launch Farzi Cafe at Koregaon Park in the third week of August.
The interiors of the Lower Parel
“Pune is a great city with a well-travelled clientele and a highly developed palate. Farzi Cafe’s menu has been tweaked for Pune, offering Modern Indian cuisine with a molecular twist.
Zorawar Kalra
All this at an affordable price. I am looking forward to seeing how the diners react to our Inside Out Vada Pav and Bombay Bhel Version 2, which has a blast of -180 degree liquid nitrogen,” he told this diarist. Care for a long drive?
Here we come, Rio!
Ace shuttler Jwala Gutta posted this frame from the Rio Games’ send-off event for the Indian contingent.
Going by the smiles (and one pout, courtesy Jwala!) on the faces of PV Sindhu, Sania Mirza, Ashwini Ponappa, Sumeeth Reddy and Atri Manu, we’re hoping it’ll be a podium finish.
Asiatic society (of garbage)?
Our photographer captured this appalling sight where the steps and the road facing the Asiatic Society at Horniman Circle were reduced to a dumping ground. Breathe.
Pic/Bipin Kokate
It was only for a commercial shoot, as a drone captured live frames of the mess. But we are still baffled how this was allowed at one of the city’s oldest standing public heritage buildings. And curious too, whether the site was cleaned up after the scene of crime.
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