22 May,2009 07:34 AM IST | | The Mid Day Team
Mango Mania As the king of fruits makes a royal entry into your refrigerators, we recommend some other ways to surrender yourself to the 'mango-lian' mood in town
The sticky spell may've just began, but summer always brings with it that one gift that makes all the torture worth it mangoes.
Devour the luscious yellows and soak up all that sweetness as we fill you in on the hippest mango-carnivals in the capital.
Where: 24/7, The Lalit, Barakhamba Avenue, Connaught Place
Ring: 44447777
Price: Rs 200 onwards
On till: May 31
The menu here includes orange mango slush, mango lime spritzer and the tropical mango cooler with alcoholic delights including frozen mango daiquiri and mango fizz. The delectable array of mango desserts has mango creme brulee, baked mango pie, mango tiramisu, choco mango, trilogy of mango and Roman mango strussel.
Breaking mango bread
Where: New Town Pastry Shop, Park Plaza, B-Block, Sushant Timings: 11 am to midnight
Ring: 4150000
Price: Rs 60 onwards
On till: July 1
Some of the specialties for this month here include mango cheesecake, fresh mango cake, mango tart, mango muffins,u00a0 mango pastries and mango bread.
Yellow-yellow, tasty fellow
Where: Le Marche outlets at
161-A DLF Courtyard, DLF Saket
Vasant Vihar, Basant Lok
DLF Galleria, Gurgaon
Price: Rs 100 onwards
On till: Throughout the season
Take your pick from mango tart, mango u00e9clair, fresh mango cakes, delicious mango breads and muffins.
Fruity fantasy
Where: Clarion Collection (Qutab Hotel), Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg
Ring: 41200016
Price: Rs 175 onwards
On till: June 1
The tempting options here are mango charlotte, mango fruit terrine, mango and chocolate roulade, mango fresh cream cake and mango opera. Mocktails include blue mango and mango smoothie, while in the cocktail department, you can sip magical sip, sunrise delight, fruity poison and sea punch.
Cheeni kum?u00a0u00a0
Where: 32, A-Block, Defence Colony Market and Cyber City Gurgaon
Prices start from: Rs 69
On till: Throughout the season
If you want to go easy on that sugar, this one's for you. Cocoberry has introduced an all-new mango-flavoured yogurt. It offers you an exciting blend of toned-milk yogurt mixed with fresh mangoes to give you that much-required zing in this sweltering heat.u00a0
Go desi >>
Where: Pickwicks and Dhaba, The Claridges, Aurangzeb road
Ring: 41335082
Price: Rs 300 onwards
On till: June 17
Savour Indian desserts like mango kheer, mango kulfi along with mocktails and cocktails like aam panna and malda lassi at Dhaba. Pickiwicks is offering an exotic selection of mango delights like mango brulee, alphonso mango gelato, mango daiquiri and mango punch.
Salmon with mangoes
Where: Lodi The Garden Restaurant, Lodhi Road, Opposite Mausam Bhawan
Ring: 24652808
Price: Rs 1,000 onwards
On till: May 29
Timings: Noon to 3 pm and
7 to 11 pm
The restaurant welcomes the mango season with this year's edition of the mango festival Festum de Mangae which features salads, dishes, desserts and drinks prepared from organic mangoes. These apart, there are dishes like Norwegian salmon with mangoes and chocolate dipped mangoes.
Sorbetto, sir
Where: All Gelato Italiano outlets
Price: Rs 65
Alphonso mango now comes in the form of Italian sorbetto this hot Indian summer. Mango Sorbetto is a delectable soft and creamy cold dessert with a burst of orange coloured fresh mangoes, which imparts a refreshing melt-in-the-mouth sensation.
Succulent scoops >>
Where: Hotel Diplomat,
9 Sardar Patel Marg,
Chanakya Puri
Ring: 46040404
Rs 2200 (meal for two)
On till: Throughout the season
The delights being served here are mango sand cake, mango cheesecake and mango sorbet. Also, one can choose from an affogato and a hazelnut rum pudding to make this experience truly out of the world.
