Kellogg's Waale Guptaji ka Naashta

Kellogg's waale Guptaji has got everyone's curiosity piqued. His nashta (breakfast) is the talk of the town - from his children's buddies to his neighbours, everyone wants to be invited over to his house for nashta...so much so, that now even he is wondering what all this nashta, nashta hullabaloo is all about. Frankly, this Kellogg's waale Guptaji got me curious too...why everyone and their uncle wanted an invitation to nashta at Guptaji's house, I wondered. Until I saw the nashta video. Here, check out the video and I am sure you too would join the 'Guptaji please invite me for naashta' list!

And I am sure after watching this video, you too have started wondering about what's oh-so special about Guptaji's naasthta. And if you are not enough baffled already, there's a whole bunch of Kellogg's waale Guptaji ka naashta videos to not just make your curiosity soar, but also get you drooling about the irresistible breakfast variety at Guptaji's house.

Needless to say, since I have already browsed through all the naashta videos, I know what treasure trove of awesome naashta recipes Mrs Gupta has, and all of it rustled up from Kellogg's cornflakes - from lip smacking cornflake coconut laddoos to crunchy chapatti chivdas, there are over 100 mouth-watering cornflake delicacies to try and savour! Then there's cornflakes chana chaat, cornflake khatta moong, apple cinnamon cornflakes...drool-worthy indeed! Come to think of it, in all those recipes, I can see reasons enough for me to go and ask Guptaji, 'Naashte pe kab bula rahe hain?'

And if my earnestness wins him over, and he indeed decides to invite me, I have my favourites list ready for Mrs Gupta! Starting with cornflakes chana chaat and cheesy cornflakes, and then moving on to cornflake coconut laddoos and walnut cornflakes choco balls. And of course, a date shake - an instant energizer made of cornflakes and dates - to settle it all down.

The good thing is that all these delicacies are so quick and easy to rustle up and require such less ingredients that I need not feel guilty about making Mrs Gupta work too hard in the kitchen. Why, since Mrs Gupta enjoys putting exciting snacks together I might in fact ask her to make some apple cornflakes pancakes and a plate of basil curd dip too! Greedy me! What do you say?

Okay, okay...I must come out of my Mungerilal ke haseen sapne mode and should actually go about doing something about getting myself invites to Guptaji's house. Thankfully, the good folk at Kellogg's have put up all their lip smacking recipes on their website, so even if the naashta invitation from Gutaji's house takes time in coming my way, I know how to work up some cornflakes magic on my own. And why not, I have over 100 mouth-watering cornflakes delicacies to try and savour!

Guilt Free Delights and Latte Art at Longitude, Le Meridien

Latte art never fails to fascinate me. Sometimes when I look at the beautiful patterns intricately etched on the coffee foam, I wonder if they are for real or work of some photo-shop expert. So when I got an invite from Le Meridien to come over to sample some of their guilt free delights and admire the works of their latte art experts at Longitude, their coffee house, I looked forward to the event.

 I am not a coffee person, and only opt for a cup when there's no tea available, so have never really had a chance to try coffee with latte art. So it was a pleasant surprise to get a coffee cup with an image of India Gate intricately etched on the top! Okay so this was for real, no photo-shopping tricks here! The baristas of Le Meridien are such experts at their art that when one of the invitees demanded the Taj Mahal on their coffee, it took them just minutes to recreate the monument on the coffee cup!

While I marvelled at the patterns of Qutub Minar and Taj Mahal, in just a few minutes Lord Buddha appeared right in front,

his calm face etched on a cup of coffee. Neat! While the interesting patterns kept the invitees hooked to the coffee counter,

an array of desserts pulled us back to our tables. Introduced as guilt free delights, these sugarless desserts

not just looked tempting, but were also a delight for the taste buds. 

What followed was pure indulgence - with options like Blueberry Cheesecake, Mocha and Milk Chocolate Cake,

Fresh Fruit Flan Cake, and Orange Raspberry Delight Cake, who wouldn't want to indulge! In all it was a delightful evening with delightful combination of arty coffee, tempting desserts and great conversations!

Beer, Burgers and More at The Westin Gurgaon

Succulent, melt-in-your mouth burgers, and chilled draught beer makes for one evergreen and fuss-free combination.  And the Westin Gurgaon's just concluded Beer, Burgers and More Promotion made sure the patrons had their fill of this delicious combination. The hotel's signature all day diner Seasonal Tastes keeps coming up with interesting promotion themes and the week gone by was all about sumptuous burgers and unlimited pours of chilled draft beer to go with it!

What made the beer and burger combination more interesting was the fact that guests could sit right next to the live cooking counter and personalise their burgers according to their taste - right from the kind of patties they wanted, to the filling choice of bread and the filling that went in. There were option aplenty both the vegetarians and the non-vegetarians - from soya and tofu patties to shrimps and chicken, you name it, they had it. 

Besides the Beers and Burgers, the 'More' in this themed promotion too was a foodie's delight. From mouth-watering golgappa and chaat counter to elaborate buffet spread, there was enough variety to make even a picky eater spoilt for choice. Even yours truly couldn't help but try 'sample' after sample of golgappes and chaat papdis! :)

So the next time you are wondering about where to indulge your taste-buds, head to the Westin's Seasonal Tastes,

for you are sure to be greeted with a food theme that you will find hard to resist! Happy eating!