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Deep Forest, a well known world music band were in India for the first time and I was so excited to listen to their new album ‘Deep India’!!!
So, the Grammy Award winners Deep Forest dedicated to the rainforests of Coorg, in collabaration with Rahul Sharma, were presenting 'Viva Madikeri'! — at Vivanta by Taj, M. G. Road, Bangalore. The Band comprise of Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet, who won the award for the album 'Boheme' in 1995. The band is known for 'ethnic electronica', their unique music!!!
Thanks to "SoundsOfTheForest" contest that won me an entry to this high profile... read more
It was our anniversary and we wanted to go somewhere 'fancy' for dinner.. After a fair bit of researching online, zeroed in on this one, with a little bit of apprehension since, to be honest, we knew it would cost us a bomb and we wanted it to be perfect.. On entering the place I was a tad disappointed since I was expecting a larger seating area with a greater possibility of having that secluded table for ourselves. But instead, we were presented with one which was not so secluded. However, the saving grace was that, despite being a Saturday evening, the place had less than 3 tables occupied which... read more
Consistently voted amongst Bangalore's best European-cuisine serving restaurants, Graze in Taj Vivanta had captured my curiosity many moons ago. In order to suit the schedule for my visit, I made the stars propitiously align on one burning summer afternoon.Soon transiting through M.G Road I finally entered the portals of this hotel with the intention of checking whether these 5-star-wallahs were living up to their rarefied reputation.
In this age of do-it-yourself luxury, Taj Vivanta did not even have a doorman to open its portals. Before this self-service, I had to pass through metal... read more
Fantabulous - The only word that struck the 4 of us when we started our dinner at Graze. Greeted by a warm Maitre de we were given a cozy corner - surprising thing is that we got it without any reservation. We started with a buffalo mozarella cheese dish to start with and before that got to our table, had an endless array of baskets of warm bread. We at that moment knew, food is gonna be extra super in taste as the bread that was served was warm and just melted in our mouth. Starters on we ordered our main course - gnocchi with asparagus, spaghetti and a chicken dish. Food was heavenly and again... read more