Went to Bombay Palace for Deepavali lunch and thoroughly enjoyed myself : unusual North Indian cuisine, great place, relaxed and fun people of international ethnic origin!
The welcoming facade of Bombay Palace....once it was someone's mansion! I wonder who?
Bombay Palace was once Tadika Yu Der and before that was owned by a Chinese family.
Now it is an award winning Indian restaurant!!!
Ladies from the IWA...International Women's Association...
Soon to be my table mates
The organising committee in their Indian finery
Anita had the ladies enthralled with the story behind Deepavali
Exquisite table setting
Not quite papadum....don't know what this is called, to be taken with multi dip in foreground
Chutney, pickle, and.... forgot to ask what they were
Yoghurt dip with herbs
For starters ; roti with garlic and parsley, potato salad, and Indian curry puff-like samosa
The main course: fragrant rice with tandoori chicken
you need to acquire a taste for this purried spinach with cottage cheese
Naan, rice, dhall, tandoori chicken, vegetables, spinach with cottage cheese gravy
Dessert: Gulab jamun and clove ice cream (sth like that) ...Then it was time for fun and games: A sari tying competition
All the time we were served by costumed waiters!!
Then the fun started: tying the sari....
Jessika from Finland got down to it straightaway!
She finished in no time....she is so expressive...her rendition of Indian gestures!!
such fun tying sari
bevy of sari-clad contestants
Shoba(in Facebook) said this sari is not for petite girls like me....Anita tied this for me
Cat walk time!!
The tall girl in red won first prize for her neatly tied and beautifully draped sari
She won the 2nd prize for best dressed sari
Admiring her prize...ooops!!! I forgot to flip this picture!!! NVM ok?
Beautiful and interesting Indian jewellry set as 2nd prize
She won the best dressed for the day.
Looks good enough to eat!!! Next: rangoli decoration time
My pattern for the rangoli
The colourful "rice" for making the rangoli
Just like the sand art Sue and Jenn used to make when they were kids, lol!
My finished product!
Ingenious!! When you join all the pieces you get instant kolam!
The first prize for the rangoli design
She won second!!!!
I had such a nice time, thanks for the extra Deepavali holiday , otherwise I would not be able to attend this!
2 comments:
Mom u look so pretty~! What event was this?
Is the mansion still owned by the Chinese family???
This event is the International Women's Association (IWA) Lunch to celebrate Deepavali. The mansion is still with the company...Uncle Siang just went to negotiate rent recently...
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