Monday, June 14, 2010

The Bombay Brunch

Hard to believe it's taken me almost 8 months of living in the city experience this Bombay institution, but I finally had a proper Bombay brunch this weekend. What you may ask is the difference between a Bombay Brunch and a Brunch? Sunday brunch has taken on a slightly different meaning in India than in New York: it's less 'Sex and the City', more 'Friends'. Beyond the difference in cultural connotation, the key differences are four-fold:

1) It's all you can eat (but in a tasteful mix of buffet + made-to-order)
2) It's all you can drink (limited by eclectic mix of drinks from champagne and Bloody Mary's to kiwi, mango and banana milk drinks)
3) Designated drivers are often available for free/almost free
4) Did I mention it was all you can drink?



Location of this brunch was at Indigo (displayed above), aka white central--I think foreigners actually outnumbered Indians among the clientele. The Sunday brunch, by the way, is also the singularly best way to ruin your entire Sunday: I literally did nothing useful after that brunch.
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3 comments:

  1. Raat Ki KavitaJuly 29, 2010 at 10:45 AM

    Was that your first time at Indigo? It's almost exclusively firangis. I was very surprised to find a $40 Chilean sea bass on their menu last December. Yes, we ordered it. Yes, it was actually pretty good. Yes, I felt like a douche. Moving on.

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  2. Sri BatchuAugust 1, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    Yeah, Amit, it is almost exclusively firangis and absurdly over-priced esp. given the quality of the meal. But the brunch scene is fun--live music, young people, good energy; we even got photographed by HT that day.

    Btw, there is a fantastic new restaurant in town--let me know when you're here and we'll go to Ziya at the reopened Oberoi.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 4:35 AM

    Firangis or not I heart Indigo's brunch http://amusingelephant.com/2010/10/28/brunch-at-indigo-an-exhilirating-experience/

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