An Exceptional Gift #ScotchAsGift -United Spirits @Taj Westend Bengaluru

On 25th of Feb 2016, I was invited to an event for premium gifting option by United Spirits and Dieago at Taj Westend Bangaluru. The event kick started with three beautiful celebrities Lisa Haydon, Chitrangda Singh and Shibani Dandekar unveiling the scotch whisky collection.

The SWC includes Black Dog, VAT69 and Black & White. Perfect Gifiting option for all whisky connoisseurs who will cherish the specially created collectible gift packs. 

The Scotch Whisky Collection launch was dedicated to ‘solving the dilemma of gifting for men’.

Lisa Haydon, Chitrangda Singh and Shibani Dandekar shared anecdotes of personal gifts they had received and shared. They were unanimous that the Scotch Whisky Collection now made it simpler for them to buy gifts for their male friends.

Speaking about her favourite gifting moments, Lisa Haydon mentioned, “I believe we have solved the dilemma of gifting for men.  Earlier it was a task to find the right gift for the right occasion but the Scotch Whisky Collection is the ideal gift for all occasions. All men appreciate their Scotch Whisky and am sure would cherish such a gift.”

Commenting on this, Chitrangda Singh, said “It’s a great feeling when someone appreciates your gift. The appreciative expression makes every moment count while getting the ideal gift. My father is a perfectionist and a man of great character and strength. He enjoys his Scotch whisky and hence the perfect gift for him would be a bottle of VAT69.”  

Adding to his, Shibani Dandekar, commented. “I love buying gifts for people who I am close to as I know their likes and dislikes.  When I am invited to a friend’s house I always gift a bottle of Black &White as it’s one of the best tasting Scotches whiskies today and always tastes better when shared! If I know someone who has won an award or received a promotion I tend to gift them a bottle of Black Dog to celebrate their achievements.”

Nitesh Chhapru, Head of Marketing: Premium Core Portfolio, USL said, “The gifting market in India has become a billion dollar industry and is still evolving.  People are now looking at more innovative and personalized options while purchasing their gifts. Keeping this in mind, we have launched The Scotch Whisky Collection: An Exceptional Gift with the finest of our Scotch whisky blends to celebrate all Occasions...

Book Your Table With Dineout Plus

Dineout, India's largest table reservation platform, has announced a new service called Dineout Plus.

The service will feature only those restaurants which are located in the 4-star & 5-star hotels. Once a user signs up on the app, he/she will receive a personalized membership card which they can show at the restaurants to avail exclusive offers.

Hotel chains such as Le Meridian, The Lalit, The Lodhi Hotel, Taj Vivanta in Delhi, and Hilton Bangalore Embassy GolfLinks, Hyatt, Marriott Hotel, Zuri in Bengaluru are some of the restaurants that have signed up for the programme, apart from listing their restaurants on the platform for table reservations.

The Dineout Plus programme is available exclusively on the Dineout App. The app is available for iPhone and Android users. Dineout, members can book tables at over 150 five-star restaurants across Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata, and avail a Flat 25% discount on their total bill.

I was invited to be a part of bloggers table at HYATT Bengaluru and experience dineout service. The exquisite meal featured dishes from Italy. 

I Loved the pool side dinning. We enjoyed the alacarte menu for aperitivo we had crostini followed by antipasti: souffle panchetta and calamari then the zuppa a bread bowl soup filled with mixed beans veggies and tomato soup...

For the mains, I had the prawns ravioli, and linguine completed out meal with blueberry cake and chocolate salami. This was my 5th visit to LIDO HYATT enjoyed the food and company. 

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Crostini alla Norcina: Crostini toasted bread slice topped with garlic  and chunky chicken liver pate... 

Crostini alla Caprese: Crostini toasted bread slice topped with chunky avocado, tomato and parsley...

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Pappa Pomodoro: Vegetarian chunky tomato soup...

Ribollita: Bread bowl soup filled with beans and ham topped with hot basil flavored tomato soup...

Assortment of pescha e Panchetta, Souffle di Fromaggio and calamari fritta...

Assortment of  insalata di Asparagi, Souffle di Fromaggio and Mozzerella di Bufala Fritta...

Virgin Mojito and Strawberry mojito...

Olive tapenade stuffed ravioli, Spaghetti caccio e peppe and gnocchi ignudi and zucchini tart...

Prawn Ravioli, Linguine Vongole, and Spigola alla Livornaise...

Castagnaccio, and Chocolate Salami

Espresso..

 

New Menu BAJA BEACH BREAK @Habanero, Bengaluru

 I was hosted by Habanero for their new pop up menu called Baja Beach. Mexico's Baja Peninsula is a popular beach destination for tourists, and is known to be one of the best beaches in the world. Sun worshipers, surfers and paddlers flock to this beach for the water, sun and sand, and the beach resorts are also famous for serving sumptuous coastal Mexican dishes dominated by seafood items and lime flavors. 

This year, Habanero gives us a tour of Mexico by showcasing a special menu every month from various Mexican regions. They begin the tour this month with the "Baja Beach Break" special menu, containing delicious Mexican fish, shrimp and chicken dishes and tropical cocktails. They also have vegetarian options. 

Our tasting session started with a very traditional snack tortilla chips with an assortment of salsas and pinacolada...followed by seer fish ceviche and lime lacquered chicken skewers the starters were not to filling yet very tasty packed with flavors.

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For mains we had garlic shrimp soft tacos with beans and rice on side, and big salad with grilled pineapple, mojito vinaigrette served with grilled chicken, fish or eggplant. I loved the salad grilled pineapple and chicken was perfect portion size was awesome.

For dessert we had coconut flan with chocolate truffle I somehow did not get coconut flavor it was good smooth and tasty custard. over all the food was good pricing for the amount of food was amazing...Overall  I enjoyed the tasting session. 

Tortilla Chips and Salsa...

 Pinacolada

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 Lime Lacquered Chicken and Paneer Skewers...

Seer Fish Ceviche...

 Big Salad with Chicken and Pineapple topped with mojito vinaigrette... 

Virgin Martini

Big Salad with Grilled Basa and grilled Pineapple topped with Mojito Vinaigrette...

Garlic Shrimp Soft Shell Tacos with Beans and Rice on side...

Coconut Flan with Home made Chocolate Truffle...

 

KFC CHIZZA "NO CRUST ALL CHICKEN"

What is KFC CHIZZA No Crust All Chicken? Chizza is all new KFC Product marinated succulent chicken tenders are breaded and deep fried and then topped with cheese and pizza toppings and broiled till cheese has melted  whole some chicken pieces are not only filling tastes really good  this is a yummy concept young and old will surely enjoy.  

Here is my story at KFC...My Dad was feeling little under the weather, and was snuggling in all day by evening he was really restless and feeling bored and I had this KFC gift card the PR sent me. Around 7 pm I asked my dad if he was interested to try some chicken with out any complains he got dressed and we headed to nearest KFC. 

We thought since its close to closing time there wont be any crowd which was wrong assumption the place was packed and adding to the rush hour there was technical issues with the generator and exactly when my turn came to order the chizza the power was off. 

The staff managed the situation really well and gave my order we also had some peri peri chicken the power supply was very tricky it was on and off the crowd mounted fast forming a huge line. we some how got the order and managed to take a table in dark and enjoyed the snack in candle light this was truly amazing experience for me and dad at KFC.

 We liked the chizza so much and had to go in for second order by this time the power was restored and my order went through and the power got cut exactly when they wanted to withdraw my gift card the process of waiting started and I got my second order as well the power supply was still not restored. 

With all the Chaos around Dad enjoyed the chizza everything was sorted and I went to pay my bill after waiting for almost an hour the manager came upto me and said Mam you were patiently waiting and I've spoken to my higher-ups this meal is completely on us please do visit us again and so sorry for the inconvenience...It was a surprise for me and dad we appreciate KFC for this gesture and will go back for more... 

KFC Krushers  is new addition they have many flavors we chose mango flavor in regular serving and loved the creamy milk shake it was quite filling and very tasty.

 Chizza topped with cheese onion and capsicum...

 Peri Peri Chicken...

Daddy Enjoying some Chizza..

It's always a pleasure to see parents taste and enjoy new stuff as they don't get to go out often. Dad is hooked to KFC now he says the pricing is affordable and wants to try some more stuff here.

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