Brunch till dusk
From
Bangalore:
Yesterday
night
I
went
to
the
other
property
of
ITC
– Gardenia
– for
dinner.
Actually
Mr
Ranvir
Bhandari
and
his
wife
Danijela
Radonic
Bhandari
had
invited
me
over
as
I
was
in
city.
At
the
Sunday
party
by
the
poolside
of
Windsor
almost
one-third
of
the
guests
picked
up
plates
for
the
main
course
after
6
pm.
Till
then,
since
1:30
pm,
it
was
all
about
live
band,
DJs,
starters
and
live
counters.
 |
| With Nivedit Alva, his wife and Anil |
Mr
Bhandari
was
General
Manager
of
ITC
Sonar
in
Kolkata
and
had
then
moved
over
to
Max
Ventures
in
Delhi.
Recently
he
joined
the
ITC
Hotels
as
the
vice-president,
South.
We
had
dinner
at
the
Gardenia’s
West
View
Restaurant
where
a
new
Italian
chef
has
joined
in
recently.
The
idea
is
to
develop
a
complete
Italian
cuisine
restaurant
at
the
ITC
Gardenia,
Ranvir
informed
me.
The
new
Italian
chef
was
good
and
he
prepared
a
range
of
vegetarian
cuisine
for
us.
Ranvir
and I had lot of common friends in Kolkata and we chatted about the
past and things in general about Bengal and Kolkata.
On
Sunday afternoon, the lunch or brunch of my distant cousin and friend Anil Kathodia's (pic) 50th birthday, as the invite said, lasted till
8:30 pm. In fact, by the time we called it a day it was 10:30 pm. I
think this is the longest brunch that I have attended. In recent
years, Bangalore has developed the culture of day parties since there
is a ban on liquor by law at the late night parties.
In
the
past
five
years
I
have
attended
these
brunches
or
lunch
parties
at
the
Blue
Bar
of
Taj
Westend
and
once
at
the
Gateway
Taj
Hotel
where
the
lunch
lasted
till
almost
6
pm.
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| With Shilpa, Sanjay and Babita |
Today
evening
I
shall
fly
back
to
Kolkata.
I
also
got
information
from
Rajasthan
chief
minister’s
office
that
the
CM
would
be
in
Kolkata
on
December
4,
2012,
to
attend
the
Samman
Samaroh
event
of
Rajasthan
Foundation,
Kolkata
Chapter.
I
am
currently
the
Honorary
Secretary
of
this
Chapter.
ess
bee
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