The White Window introduces their Holiday line: “Villa Tara “a range of home décor and resort wear. Says the proud owner Twinkle khanna, “It’s about translating your aesthetic to every little thing that invades your lifestyle from your hairclips to your vanity case to your holiday beachwear, flip flops and to the way you dine, your home linen,   basically what you choose to surround yourself with.” 


The Villa Tara holiday decor line consists of vintage French plaques for the walls, velvet cushions and bedspreads with gold embellishments, coloured test tube vases, crystal candle stands and boxes, country floral coffee mugs, lavender and aqua serving trays and honey scented candles.

Whereas the new resort line collection at the White Window caters to women who want to look effortlessly glamorous whilst paying attention to detail. These are pieces that are easy to wear and travel with, clothes that take you away from the everyday ordinariness of life. The resort line starts at Rs 2400 and goes up to 5000 because Villa Tara believes in “sell great pieces at great prices.”

On asking about the expansion of the White Window décor line to resort wear Twinkle said, “My understanding of design is firmly based on my training and practice in interior design and though aesthetics are common in both, I prefer to use mine in furniture and interior design. I follow the same principles in both – clean cut structures and a fusion of colors and cultures and I love accessories in both home design and fashion.”

Guests who came and left laden with shopping bags included Karan Johar, Katrina Kaif , Lara Dutta, Malaika Arora, Sonam Kapoor, Abu Jani, Sandeep Khosla, Abhishek Kapoor ( Gattu) , Suneeta Kapoor, Tanya Deol, Suzzanne Roshan, Sajid Khan, Rhea Pillai, Shefali Shah, Mana Shetty, Sonali Bendre, Farah Khan, Maheep Kapoor, Neelam Kothari, Gayatri Oberoi , Prerna Goel, Sharmilla Khanna, Dabbu Ratnani with wife Manisha ,  Jaya Raheja, Laila Motwane, Deanne Panday, Shabina Khan,  Alvira Khan Agnihotri , Ashley Rebello,  Sangeeta Khanna , Lali Dhavan, Payal Khilachand, 
 

Shibani’s Kashyap celebrated the success of her latest album-My Free Spirit at FIO, The Garden of Five Senses.  In attendance, was Mr Vikram Bhatt, under whose new music label, ASA, the album has been launched.  This is Vikram Bhatt’s enterprise, first album launch from their music company.


The latest musical offering is an ensemble of 8 songs of different genres and is a complete makeover from the kind of the music Shibani has been doing so far. The album is titled “my free spirit” and it completely lends that feel and vibe in the sound in the lyrics and the melody. Four songs have been composed by Justin and Uday namely the video track Baakhuda, Keh do, dance with me and Buena vida. 

The evening welcomed the whos who of Delhi some of them present at the celebration where Sunil Sethi, Ambika Shukla, Mandira Wirk, Ashok Masti, Shankar Sahani, Valentine Shipra, Barakha Kaul, Jai & Parvesh, Charu Parashar, Sanjana John, DJ Nakul, Joy Mitra, Shiv Sharma and more. 
 

The Oberoi, New Delhi showcased the creative vision of M3M Group as it collaborates with world renowned architect Mr Ramesh Khosla, Arcop and the multi-faceted Satish Gupta, artist-sculptor-poet in a party hosted by CMD Basant Bansal, chairman and managing director M3M Group.

M3M Group with over 12 years of real estate expertise today announced their foray into boutique realty. It is also launching Golf Estate on Golf Course Extension Road in Gurgaon. The project is in the planning stage and will be launched in September 2010.

At the evening Satish Gupta lent his creative vision capturing the serenity of nature on canvas along with his Haiku calligraphy depicting the five elements of nature accompanied with a flutist and chant music that enthralled all. Architect extraordinaire Ramesh Khosla explained the project and its many facets, where the entire expanse of the apartments will be on stilts and shall face the golf course. 

Guests that poured in with their well wishes included: actor Chitrangada with golfer husband, Jyoti Randhawa, artist Anjolie Ila Menon, wife of artist Satish Gupta Amita Gupta with son Ananda were also present to lend him support,  honourable minister of education and tourism Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely, Sunaina Anand, designers Leena Singh, Niki Mahajan, Poonam Bhagat, Bobby & Manju Grover and Monisha Bajaj with Anil Lepps; Navneet & Kitty Kalra, Shammi Thapar, Shefali Talwar, Rashmi Virmani who choreographed the evening with husband Sanjay Virmani.

Manish Gupta celebrated his birthday throwing a glitzy party at the Buzz, Saket, New Delhi. The designer whose forte comprises of flamboyant and pictorial designs his party was no exception as friends and the youthful fashion fraternity flowed in to celebrate. The zeal energy and fun was incomparable as the gathering aptly marked the beginning of the next fashion season.

The conglomerate of creative ideas, fashion zest and non parallel reformation of avante garde approach to Indian fashion could be seen brewing towards the future of fashion.

The party warmed up with the presence of Samant Chauhan, Zubair Kirmani, Paras and Shalini, Abhishek Gupta & Nandini Basu, Pankaj and Nidhi, Poonam & Sanjay Sethi, Kapil & Monika and many more.

Shantanu and Nikhil celebrated their first decade in Fashion at Olive, Qutub, New Delhi, over cocktails and exuberant dose of fashion. It was in 1999 that Shantanu and Nikhil decided to team their creative as well as consumerist skills to venture into the fashion forum, with a keen attitude of creating sophisticated, yet elegant urban styling. Their label ‘Shantanu and Nikhil’ is synonymous to the phrase "future fashion".

Within a short span of time, Shantanu & Nikhil have been quite effective in coming out with clothes which not only have a national but also an international appeal.. The client list of the designer duo has eminent sports personalities like Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan & Leander Peas and bollywood stars lik Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Dia Mirza, Neha Dhupia, A.R.Rehman, Kunal Kapoor, Shah, Shilpa Shetty, Sushmita Sen and Bipasha Basu adore the brand. They have two signature stores in the prime locations of New Delhi, besides having a strong presence in couture stores nationally and internationally. Internationally, the label is available in Dubai, Kuwait, Tokyo, Switzerland, Birmingham, London, Jeddah, New York and Vancouver.

The crème de la crème of Delhi that came in together to celebrate the refined fashion networks of the designer duo included Priya Sachdev, Charu Sachdev, Amita Seth, Kalyani Chawla, Abhay Deol, Peter and Sonali Punj, Ayesha Thapar, Ridhima and Bharat Sahani, Jas and Boney Arora and many more.

Fresc Co, an international chain of over 60 restaurants in cities such as Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Rome is now in India at the Ambience Mall Gurgaon. Fresc Co was born in Barcelona in 1994 leading a new trend of eating and well being with fresh ingredients and authentic original recipes from the Mediterranean.

With specialization in serving a large array of authentic healthy salads, soups, grills, hot dishes, pastas, wood fired oven pizza and desserts in a smart http://varunkaushik.com/userfiles/nightOut/http://varunkaushik.com/userfiles/nightOut/dining/dining/http://varunkaushik.com/userfiles/nightOut/dining/dining environment, with a refreshing Mediterranean ambience and appeal. The restaurant is also the first of its kind introduce a show kitchen which provides the customer an option of seeing their food being prepared in front of them.

Chef Oscar Valles Rodríguez, who is currently employed as the Executive Chef at EATOUT group. While developing the gastronomy and cooking area of the group’s brand, Chef has also written two books related to cooking, the first one being “The Gourmet Recommends”, and the most recent one, “Chefs’ Secrets”, which is a compilation of the cooking techniques and tricks by 50 Michelin stars.

We managed to make a note of one of his famous tapas recipe Patatas bravas (Spiced potatoes) for our readers to be cooked as –

INGREDIENTS ( 1 person)

Potatoes  0.100kg
Olive oil 0.4º 1.000L
Salt  0.003Kg
Mayonnaise 0.025kg
Ketchup   0.015kg
Tabasco  0.003kg

PREPARATION

  • First peel the potatoes and rinse them with water. Once they are    drained, cut them into cubes of 3cm*3cm.
  • Fry the potatoes in a saucepan, starting on a low heat and finishing with a high heat so that they become crunchy.
  • Once they are fried, salt them and put them on absorbent paper to remove the excess oil.
  • In another bowl, prepare the sauce by mixing the mayonnaise, the ketchup and the Tabasco with the help of the whisk. Finally, present the dish with the sauce on top.

Spring is in the air…and it’s time to raise a toast to the changing season and celebrate the spirit of lightness. The Olive at the Qutub shall hence came alive on a lovely spring evening to the wiff and aroma of tempting delights from The Altitude Store, vision of promoter Ayesha Grewal, Hosts Ashish and Misha Soni raised a toast to celebrate the good and healthy life as Ayesha Grewal and Chef Saby of The Olive at the Qutub partner to create a special organic meal.

As the evening warmed up to laughter and clink of glasses, guests enjoyed the delectable delights of brown rice waffles with goat cheese; baby potatoes with ginger candy, lime and organic mint, sage and rosemary marinated chicken. From organic durum wheat pasta with green beans and herbs onto organic chick peas and red bean casserole, Jasmine brown and Himalayan red rice risooto with carrots, snow peas and baby radish, onto delicious finger licking organic pancakes (pear butter with cinnamon and pear glaze); cracked pepper cheese cake (plum glaze) and apricot short cake (organic honey and lemon glaze).

 The Gallery of guests at party included Robert Vadra, Ramola Bachchan, Ramona Rodella, Sunil Sethi of FDCI, Arindam & Rajita Chowdhary, Asha Kochhar & Vidyun Singh, Priya Paul, Suhel Seth, Royna & Ajit Grewal, Vikram & Seema Chandra, Shammi & Meenu Thapar, Minit Thapar, David Abraham & Rakesh Thakore; JJ Valaya; Caroline Young, Jaisal and Anjali Singh, Sanjeev & Shelly Batra, Sanjay & Sheena Sharna, Navneet & Kitty Kalra, Nachiketa & Varuna Kapoor, Rajiv & Ruchi Makhani, actor Sanjeet Bedi, Michelle, Lucky and Maggie, Sonali and Jaideep Mathur, Rajiv Luthra, Bharat Kapoor, Inca Roy and Shaila and Jimmy Patel amongst others.

“There’s no love greater than love of food”, said somebody. And I believe it too. It’s for this reason I decided to explore The Lobby Cafe. Located at Radha Regent business hotel, it is an all day http://varunkaushik.com/userfiles/nightOut/http://varunkaushik.com/userfiles/nightOut/dining/dining/http://varunkaushik.com/userfiles/nightOut/dining/dining restaurant that pleasures the eyes with a magnificent lobby view.

An eating house not only needs to tickle your taste buds but feed your senses too. So, Is The Lobby Cafe successful in doing so? Yes, very well. How? Let me put it forward clearly. As I stepped in, the interior stole my attention with a perfect use of white and wood brown colour on walls. Pay heed, one will not find too many hues or even decoratives. It is an attempt to stick to the charm of minimalism. The lighting has been kept soft to make it non-interfering while http://varunkaushik.com/userfiles/nightOut/http://varunkaushik.com/userfiles/nightOut/dining/dining/http://varunkaushik.com/userfiles/nightOut/dining/dining.

By the time I finished staring the interior, Chef Raja Ramsamy was in. He asked, “Shall we begin the course?”  I smiled ‘yes’. Soon my table had a big bowl of Vegetable clear soup with pesto. My mouth got busy with soup while the eyes were checking out each corner of the bistro. Next course got me a salad of lettuce, tomato and basil. I was almost gorging on it and I can bet chef was too happy to witness that.

Meanwhile, some customers popped round and treated themselves with something yummy from the counter. There was a lot of chatter in the restaurant around food, taste and quality. The third course interrupted the whole chatter to serve me Crispy Thai Veg. I can give my word, it was one of the most scrumptious things I ever had. Despite being a terrible cook, I felt like asking the chef for its recipe. Next one making the entry was Fusilli Pasta. The dish had berries, tomatoes, onions and much more making it a true delight. I couldn’t finish it. I was afraid that my eyes were bigger than my stomach. So, the chef promised me to end the course with a dessert of walnut brownie and vanilla with hot chocolate poured on top. Absolutely a sinful obsession. When you visit The Lobby Cafe, do not miss the dessert. You’ll regret.

Apart from all this, the eatery serves Multicuisine – blend of eastern and western flavour consisting of Chinese, Thai, Tandoori, Mughlai and Continental spread. Just decide and delight.

Vacheron Constantin the world’s oldest Swiss Haute Horlogerie manufacturer with 255 years of uninterested history opened its first boutique in India at the DLF Emporio, New Delhi.

Present at the inauguration were Marc Guten, International Director of Vacheron Constantin and Yasin Tag, Brand Manager for Middle East and Indian Sub continent sharing this special occasion with their partners Anoop Mehta and wife, Directors of Dia precious jewellery, exclusive distributers of Vacheron Constantin in India.

The new boutique marks the first store by this brand in India. it is in line with the design aesthetic of the manufacturers historical maison in the heart of Geneva, the India boutique features an elegant and warm interior design with almost 50 sq, meters, highlighted by precious materials such as wood, marble, leather all reflecting the serene intimacy.

This new boutique offers the entire range of services of Vacheron Constantin with notably a collection of exquisite time pieces and after sale services.

The launch of store was followed by an exuberant party at Zest in DLF Emporio which had  in full attendance the crème de la crème and connoisseurs of luxury from the capital.

The Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s Show at Lakme Fashion Week Summer / Resort 2010 followed with the post show celebration party at Courtyard, Grand Hyatt. The Party was hosted by Samira Habitats.

The party also announced Sabya’s association with Samira Habitat, to all its upcoming projects in Alibag. On the occasion Sabyasachi Mukherji said, “I chose to team up with Samira Habitats above any other developer because their offerings of finely crafted homes are close to nature and their eye for understated opulence and detail is a vision.”

 All the crème de la crème of the city included Sameer & Mihir Nerurkar along with Pallavi Kulkarni and Milan Nerurkar Former cricketer Alan Sippy with Wifem Suresh & Devika Bhojwani, tennis legend Vijay Amritraj,  Sidharth Mallya, Bandana Tewari, Dr. Sandesh Mayekar, designer Narendra Ahmed, Marc Robinson, Fern Malice of IMG,    & Rahul Bose, Parvati Melton, Candice Pinto, Ashish Raheja, Malini Ramani, Anil Chopra, Sabeena Chopra , Ravi Krishnan, sameer n Palak Seth,  along with other eminent celebrities and socialites were present at the party.