Jashn-E-Awadh

Awadhi Cuisine originates from the city of Lucknow which is the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, the cooking patterns of the city are similar to those of Central Asia, the Middle East, and Northern India too. The cuisine consists of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. Awadh has been predominately influenced by Mughal cooking techniques and the cuisine of Lucknow bears similarities to those of Kashmir, Punjab and Hyderabad; the city is famous for its Nawabi foods.

Awadh gave birth to the dum style of cooking or the art of cooking over a slow fire, which has become synonymous with Lucknow today. Their spread would consist of elaborate dishes like kebabs, biryani, kaliya, roomali rotis and warqi parathas. The richness of Awadhi cuisine lies not only in the variety of cuisine but also in the ingredients used like mutton, paneer and rich spices including cardamom and saffron.

Let us journey back in time to the historic region of Awadh, a region known for astounding architecture, soulful and delicious food. Allow us to transport you to savour authentic flavours of the glorious city, showcasing the region’s most authentic, unique dishes from melt in your mouth kebabs to delicious lucknow ki khaas degh-e-Biryani. Beverages we offer to accompany this gastronomic include Aam Ka Panna and Shikanji.

Savour the authentic delicacies from the land of Awadh as The Westin Mumbai Garden City, rediscover the royal flavours and culinary heritage of Awadhi food. Kangan brings to you from the land of Nizams authentic Mughlai preparations of Nawabi kebabs, curries and biryanis.

Experience our Phir Pehle Aap Food Festival at Kangan from 30th November – 22nd December 2012. Relish the chef crafted set dinner menu or choose from a luscious a la carte menu. Phir Pehle Aap promises to authentically recreate the cuisine’s true flavours using beautiful blends of spices and slow fire cooking.
Come enjoy your dinner Nawabi style with live soulful music and delectable Awadhi food.

Yummylicious – Chocolicious!

Our Chocolicious promotion launched with a bang. With the rising popularity of the festival, what started off with 260kgs of chocolate has now reached 500kgs of chocolate, this 14 day long indulgence is creating a rave in Mumbai city. The characters are made with couveture and molding chocolate. The beautiful and innovative designs are hand crafted by Chef Shubham Paliwal and the Pastry team.

Key features:
• 48 varieties of pralines
• Organic chocolates
• Chocolate with no added sugar
• Flavored chocolate
• Liquor chocolates
• Artisan Origin chocolates
• Chocolate cakes
• Chocolate macaroons
• Different varieties of chocolate pastries
• Chocolate pops
• Chocolate cup cakes
• Chocolate hampers (Anything and everything in the hamper is chocolate)
• Chocolate Creatures for sale

Fancy Chocolates? Here is where all your choco dreams come true. In forms, figures, flavors and assortments. Animals, cartoons, artisan craft with a range of liquor chocolates… freshly baked choco cakes, pastries, drinks and shakes.

It’s our chocolate world...Take a Plunge!

 Tom & Jerry - SOLD                 The Jimmy                      The Ice Fleo - SOLD                   The Squirrelo             

                              The Elephanto - SOLD           The Tinker Bell                                   The Eve

Venga Weekends by The Westin Pune Koregaon Park

What are you plans this weekend? Why not take a weekend away in Pune?

Spend any 2 days between Friday to Sunday at The Westin Pune Koregaon Park and treat your family to The wholesome Westin experience. Allow the team to pamper you with their lavish buffet meals, indulge yourself with a relaxing treatment at the Heavenly Spa.

Create your exquisite moment under the skies at the alfresco dining of Mix@36 or walk in as our guests to Pune’s most fashionable nightlife destination KueBAR.

See your kids smile as they enjoy the kids activities lined up for them including story-telling, movies, art n crafts and lots more. 

All this and more at a specially designed rate of INR 16,999.

So go ahead and make this weekend an experience to cherish for a lifetime.

More Details
·         All Inclusive Rate: INR 16,999
·         Validity: Friday – Sunday
·         Valid for two adults and 2 children age up to 6 yrs for two nights.
·         Min Length of Stay: 2 nights
·         All applicable taxes.
·         Entry for a couple to KUE Bar.
·         2 complimentary cocktails per package at Mix@36. Coupons will be provided at the time of check in.
·         2 Breakfasts per couple, 2 Dinner per couple and Sunday brunch for a couple in Seasonal Taste. Complimentary for 2 kids up to the age of 6 years.
·         Discounts upto 30% at all dining venues of the Hotel
·         Extra Bed at no cost- subject to availability.
·         Discounts upto 30% discount on select Spa treatments.
·         Complimentary access to the kids activity zone, swimming pool, squash courts and Westin Workout.
·         Complimentary Yoga Classes over weekends – prior listing requested.
·         Late checkout till 4pm

Giving Thanks

Traditionally, Thanksgiving was a time when the Pilgrims came to America and celebrated by having a feast with Native Americans in the area that helped them get food from the first harvest. In today’s day and age Thanksgiving has transformed into a time to get together with family or friends. A popular food savoured during this time is Turkey.

It is a festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common amongst all religions after harvests.

We at The Westin Mumbai Garden City bring this age old tradition to you in true spirit. There are many ways to count your blessings. But none better than a golden hued turkey, garnished with berries, potatoes and greens…crisp on the outside, succulent within. A 4 course set menu at Prego and a royal buffet spread at Seasonal Tastes awaits you. Both options as divine!

Come join us for this joyous occasion of Thanksgiving.

The Ultimate Sin

A gift for the gods. A symbol of wealth and luxury. Bonbons, Hot fudge, Candy bars, for thousands of years, humans have been fascinated with the delicious phenomenon that we call ‘chocolate’.

We at The Westin Mumbai Garden City bring to you the ultimate chocolate jungle with ‘Chocolicious’. Plunge into a sweet experience, engage all your senses and set off to a chocolate treat you’ve never thought of before.

Chef Shubham Paliwal, Pastry Chef has endeavored to push the creative boundaries and showcase all that can be done with chocolates and is ready to unveil the most delicious, mouth-watering chocolate fantasies in the form of chocolate art!

Some of the signature dishes to look out for are, Strawberry and balsamic truffle, Goat cheese, Cognac and ginger truffles, all made of sinfully delicious dark chocolate. If eating chocolate is not enough, then drink some too from an array of beverages including Marshmallow and almond hot chocolate, Hazelnut mousse on the rocks, Bitter hot chocolate with caramel crunch.

Devour in the ultimate sin with ‘Chocolicious’ at Prego.

“Life is like a box of chocolates … you never know what you’re gonna get.” – Forrest Gump.

Lending a helping hand

Task Force Experience at The Westin Chennai Velachery by Vikram Gakkan

The moment I landed at the sunny yet warm and welcoming city of Chennai, I knew in my heart that I would love this place! A huge part of my wonderful experience comes from my stint at the Westin Chennai Velachery. After being a part of the preopening teams of the Westin Mumbai and Pune, I was so looking forward to being in Chennai and being a part of their team, to contribute whatever I know and have learned, to the brand that I feel so passionate about. They have a fantastic team and their enthusiasm, eagerness to learn and positivity were absolutely admirable.

Helping Chef Pravin Bagali in making Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Culinary and Stewarding, training the Culinary and F&B teams on the Starwood Hygiene Manual and Superfoods, introducing Starwood Systems to the stewarding team… all this made me nostalgic reflecting back to the preopening days of Westin Mumbai.

It was a complete high to execute 5 theme lunches with the culinary team including Asian, Chettinad, Punjabi, Mediterranean and Mumbai Street Food in kitchens which are still in the process of being set-up. The challenge of cooking in these kitchens for the first time and the satisfaction of successfully executing the lunches was absolutely exhilarating to say the least! Meeting Ms Ruth Elwin again after such a long time was an absolute pleasure and the icing on the cake was the cricket match on my last day with the team…a complete unwind for the body and soul!

All in all, a very talented team led by an inspirational General Manager, Mr.Shrikant Waghakar, I Ieft Westin Chennai Velachery with some beautiful memories; the gift of friendship with wonderful chefs and equally kind hearted people, Chef Pravin and Chef Priya and the love of the entire team!

Complete credit to my mentor Chef Ajay Chopra for giving me this enriching opportunity. I lived Westin in every breath-the personal touch of the entire team who welcomed me with open hearts, the instinctive trainings, brainstorming sessions, idea sharing, dinners, bonding over movies, all helped me renew my spirit!

Wishing The Westin Chennai Velachery all the very best for their opening.

Illuminate at our Sparklicious Brunch

The most significant date in the Hindu Calendar is Diwali or Deepavali, popularly known as the festival of lights. Diwali is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together and the season proves to be the most important festival of the year. The festivities include the lighting of lamps signifying the triumph of good over evil, firecrackers are burst to drive the evil spirits away, new clothes are purchased to bring in the new season and sweets are shared amongst friends and family members.

The festival of light radiates positivity and signifies the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. Although the interpretations of Diwali vary across the diverse multi-cultural country of India, the essence of the festival remains the same.

This Diwali an elaborate array of delicacies await to tantalize your taste buds and tickle your senses. Keeping in mind the festive season our creative chefs have put together a beautifully traditional Diwali menu which is completely vegetarian. Delicious coastal curries to assorted vegetarian kebab rolls, lip-smacking ghevar and gujiya with rich creamy rabari will soothe your soul and elevate your mind. Also available on the spread are a wide range of wines, classic cocktails and icy coolers to refresh and rejuvenate you. Those who love their meat do not lose heart; non vegetarian delicacies will be available on request.

Colourful rangolis, traditional arti-tikas and sparkly diyas will surround you and truly take you on a festive journey. What’s more there are even attractive surprises in store for the little ones.

Let this Diwali be emblematic of the illumination of that spark in you!

Bring out the glow in you this Diwali

Diwali is the festival of lights, the most significant spiritual meaning is the awareness of inner light and to attract divine frequencies flowing in the atmosphere. We at The Westin Mumbai Garden City have created a rejuvenating massage for this festive season. Antarjyoti Abhyangam is a harmonious rhythmic four hand massage which balances your dosha, followed by an ayurvedic body scrub which enlightens you and absorbs divine energies. You experience inner peace, clarity of mind, lightness and divine state of relaxation. Four hand synchronized massage strokes are aimed at relaxing each and every part of your body.

The benefits of this massage include reducing stubborn fat deposits, eliminating toxins and eliminating stress by acting upon the lymphatic system and implementing proper drainage. Antarjyoti Abhyangam helps to purify the blood, tissues of toxins, maintain strength and balance. The massage consists of a 75 minutes Abhyangam massage, followed by a 15 minute Snana Scrub.

Antarjyoti Abhyangam is ritual practiced science that awaits you in the oasis of calm amid the bustling city offered during this festive season.  Come experience true wellness this Diwali at our Heavenly Spa.

Thrills at Halloween

By tradition, the origin of Halloween marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, the time for stock taking and preparing for the cold winter ahead, cattle were brought back from the summer pastures, livestock were slaughtered, bonfires were lit and there were rituals involving souls of the dead and other beings such as fairies coming into the world.

In modern days, costumes are worn as a means of disguising oneself from these harmful spirits and fairies. Making jack-o'-lanterns is another way to represent the spirits and fairies as well as to protect one's home from them. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, playing pranks, reciting scary stories and watching horror films.

Come join the spirit of Halloween with us as we line up a fun filled special Halloween Sunday Brunch for you with Pumpkin Cheese Cake, Graveyard Cup Cakes and Cheese Ball Goblins. A few tricks to make you smile and tons of treats to make your Sunday thundering.

The Westin Mumbai Welcomes…

Anuraag Bhatnagar

Area General Manager For Westin Hotels Mumbai & Pune

Mr. Anuraag Bhatnagar joins The Westin Mumbai Garden City as General Manager and Area General Manager for Westin Hotels, Mumbai and Pune. His new responsibility includes the operation of The Westin Mumbai in addition to overseeing The Westin Pune.  Mr. Bhatnagar has over 20 years of experience in the hotel industry and is with Starwood for the last 12 years. Prior to joining Starwood, he was with The Oberoi Hotel. He has been the General Manager for Le Meridien Jaipur, Le Royal Meridien Pune and The Westin Pune. In his last assignment as General Manager of The Westin Pune, he has been awarded General Manager of the Year for Luxury Hotels by Hotelier India in 2011. Under his supervision, The Westin Pune has been awarded Hotel of The Year, Asia Pacific for 2011.

Priyanka Jena

Manager Marketing & Communication

Priyanka Jena joined The Westin Mumbai Garden City as Manager Marketing & Communication. She completed her Masters in Luxury Brand Management from Istituto Marangoni, London and Bachelors in Mass Media from Bhavans College, Mumbai. Priyanka has over 5 years of experience in Marketing and Public Relations. Her last assignment was as Corporate Communication Manager, Scomi Group. Her previous appointments include Public Relation Manager at Lowe Lintas and Brand Communications Specialist at GAS Jeans.