It Evaded me for long finally i eat at Britannia Cafe

FOR long it has served people and now i understand completely why people keep going to Britannia Cafe in Balard Pier for the Parsi food that is simply superb. I craved to go there several times but did not make it. It was for my parsi friend Dilnaz who finally took me there on lunch. The cafe tucked in one of the roads near the New Customs house is in bad condition with crumbling ceilings and wooden tables with glass pieces on it, hiding the menu card below them. So that the waiter does not have to serve the menu card, first, for you to order and thus you sit less and eat lot.
Looking around the eatery you find a big poster of Prince Charles and his wife hanging on the mezzanine floor. Attendants wait for you to call them for placing orders while the owners sits on the counter speaking loudly to his relatives in farsi. Many signs only to be found in Parsi joints throng the place 'Dont sit for too long', etc.
When it comes to food the running item is Chicken and Mutton Dhansak and Salli Boti, but we ordered Khema Berry pulao. I was initially going to order some egg dish, my friend said this is not what i come here for, eggs i can eat at home also. So we settle for pulao. One dish for two is sufficient as food here comes in large quantities. Then comes the time for deserts, i order Rum ball and Dilnaz calls for custard and as children we warn each other before the order comes that either of us will not share our respective desserts. The food is over and we are greeted out with a thank you by the parsi owner who till sometime back was talking or shouting to his relative cant guess that.

PS: Good food comes for a price. No credit or debit cards accepted.

Quan a lovely experience

IT was pending for months and we were ignoring not purposely but due to some reasons. Quan the spa inside J W Marriott where we were gifted a treatment by our friend. The Indoceane Spa ritual is a treatment for couple. However, since their couple room was under renovation we (me and wifey) decided to go solo.
My masseur was Dina, she welcomed me with a namasten and guided me inside the treatment room.
It comprised of three things. First was the scrub, second the massage and third body wrap. The entire treatment is for two and half hours and the time is too much but it flies away. Dina started the treatment by scrubbing the entire body with a scrub comprising of sea minerals and aroma oil. Then was told to take a shower. After which i was given a lovely body massage. I had asked for high pressure on my lower back and shoulders which proved to be very soothing. Then came the super cold body wrap...I started shivering because of it. But the felling was lovely. Then a shower and off i am like a fresh flower. Sitting outside my wifey was all red due to the cleansing. We both agreed to coming back again for a new treatment the spa will soon be starting. As we left the Marriot the tired couple (due to daily work) was beaming with smiles.  Then a play at the nearby prithhvi theatre made the day more worthwhile.

PS: Quan is expensive but Worth it.