Lifestyle

Food from the frontier arrives in satellite city

Kebab and Biryani Festival is on at Central Kitchen

Satellite city has myriad dining options with many eateries excelling in Moghlai, Marwari, Gujarati, Punjabi and other cuisines. Making way now is a Peshwari joint at sector 14, Vashi. Central Kitchen commenced with its kebab and biryani festival on Friday which will go on till March 2.

At Central Kitchen, they are offering unlimited kebabs and biryani at a reasonable rate which is Rs 225 per person. In times when a plate of kebab costs Rs 100, unlimited biryani and kebab for just Rs 225 is worth the money. One can gorge on veg and non-veg kebab and biryani in the mentioned amount.

Execs shift to smaller flats, change lifestyle

Impact of global economic slowdown is being witnessed in the changing lifestyle among top executives based in the satellite city since the residents of the high-end apartments preferring to shift to economic class localities. They are looking for smaller flats either in the same locality or in the same area so as to continue enjoying the benefits of the vicinity and remain in the same social strata.

"Many companies are cutting costs besides implying pay cuts, therefore even employees are looking for economical flats as the major savings or cost cutting they can do is only in house rental," stated Mohanlal Maurya from Millennium Estate Consultant, Sanpada.

Whole latte love

Coffee is known to inspire various senses within us. After Hrs takes you on a path of discovery

Very few things inspire devotion and passion, like coffee. We savour the sensations like the aroma, flavour and taste. But some of us miss out on the intense experience that coffee offers.

Cupping is a method coffee tasters use to evaluate a coffee’s characteristics. If you really want to learn more about the traits of different coffees, this is a great way to do it.

Ping in a social change

Social networking sites like Facebook are propelling movements and are acting as catalysts for change

Social lives of the youth today depend largely on logging onto their favourite networking sites, and while the flip side is often highlighted, the good goes unnoticed.

Real conversations in real time have given way to easier screen dialogue in networking portals. That’s not all, they are also sparking off movements and becoming an agent of change. And the fact that Gen Y is glued to it makes it a potent tool to spread awareness and transform.

Litesh weds Neelam

Talk of being innovative! A young businessman in the city, who got married on Valentine’s Day, created a wedding website as a gift for his bride-to-be, Neelam.

The trend is already popular in metro cities and Jaipur is catching on fast.

Litesh Chandnani decided to create a website of their marriage. He said, “I wanted everybody to know about the most special day of our lives and share wonderful memories.

 “I named it ‘Surprise’ as nobody in my family including Neelam knew about it.” All the information regarding sehra bandi, barat procession, ladies sangeet, engagement ceremony, was on the website.

Wedsites are the new buzzword

Planning a wedding can be time-consuming. The internet comes to your rescue to invite and share information with friends

Marriages are made in heaven, solemnised on earth…and now stored on the internet! Apart from video compact disk (VCD), cassettes and photo albums, people have found a novel way to store their wedding memories-the internet. Storing wedding ceremonies in the form of a website or web pages is the ‘in’ thing. And to help the uninitiated, some Indian and international portals offer their service to design wedding websites and web pages.

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