Supply List: Leaping Windows Cafe and Comic Library

Where does Colaba’s hip cafe get its lamps from? How can you re-create the new city bookstore’s vintage shelves in your room? Trying to trace your favourite restaurant’s outsourced cheesecake? In this new column, bpb gets Mumbai’s most delicious establishments to share their supply list, taking you to the source of everything they own and order, from organic produce to custom-made chairs.

This week’s Supply List is from Leaping Windows Cafe and Comic Library, a geek-chic cafe in Andheri (W) with attached comic book library and reading room, that's easily one of the most fun spaces in Mumbai.

Supply List: Marvel-ous Lamps

This week’s Supply List is from Leaping Windows Cafe and Comic Library, a geek-chic cafe in Andheri (W) with attached comic book library and reading room, that's easily one of the most fun spaces in Mumbai.

Interesting comic illustrations on lamps at the cafe by Arpita Chatterjee.

Supply List: Wall-Paper Scissors

This week’s Supply List is from Leaping Windows Cafe and Comic Library, a geek-chic cafe in Andheri (W) with attached comic book library and reading room, that's easily one of the most fun spaces in Mumbai.

These wall illustrations were designed by Delhi-based Koel Chatterjee and digitally printed on stickers.

Supply List: The Reading Room

This week’s Supply List is from Leaping Windows Cafe and Comic Library, a geek-chic cafe in Andheri (W) with attached comic book library and reading room, that's easily one of the most fun spaces in Mumbai.

The reading room and library features loads of books acquired through donations and personal collections. The wall art is designed by Kailash Iyer.

Supply List: Twice Loved!

This week’s Supply List is from Leaping Windows Cafe and Comic Library, a geek-chic cafe in Andheri (W) with attached comic book library and reading room, that's easily one of the most fun spaces in Mumbai.

The chairs were sourced from the second hand furniture market on SV Road, near Jogeshwari station at great prices and then re-polished and re-upholstered to look as good as new!

bpb Sneak Peek: Temperance

An outside view of Temperance, the four-storey "culture hub" that will house a café/deli, MMA gym, yoga-dance studio, workshop space and the home of two pretty girls. More details on the sneak peek here.

Getting there: St. Xaverian Court, Sherly Rajan Road, near Rizvi College of Hotel Management, Bandra (W), call 9820387694 / 9833833270, opens at the end of April.

bpb Sneak Peek: Temperance

What the garden cafe at Temperance, Bandra will look like once completed, decked with tea light candles and plant chandeliers. It will serve salads, pasta and sandwiches - look out for vegan, raw food specialties.

bpb Sneak Peek: Temperance

Temperance will also result in the mushrooming of several culture clubs, starting with one for film and books.

Getting there: St. Xaverian Court, Sherly Rajan Road, near Rizvi College of Hotel Management, Bandra (W), call 9820387694 / 9833833270, opens at the end of April.

bpb & Aurus' Gourmet Science Class

TV cooking show host and Aurus head chef Vicky Ratnani taught 20 bpb subscribers how to cook with syringes and pipes and calcium chloride. On the menu: watermelon caviar, cheese souffle stuffed mushrooms and salad.

bpb & Aurus' Gourmet Science Class

The first half hour of the class looked like a Vampire movie sequel, as the group used syringes to make watermelon caviar. Tres Bella!

bpb & Aurus' Gourmet Science Class

Men at work: Mushrooms are marinated with olive oil and chilli, while another group works on the salad and cheese souffle. 

bpb & Aurus' Gourmet Science Class

Class lesson number 2: Mushrooms can indeed be magic.

bpb & Aurus' Gourmet Science Class

Cheese souffle mushrooms on a bed of salad, garnished with chef Vicky's favourite strawberries picked from Mahabaleshwar. Bon Appetit!

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bpb Sneak Peek: Rehab

At this 1,700 square feet bar (formerly Shooters) in Bandra you'll see medieval chairs and laser lights and furniture that gives you advice. Read more here.

At Linking Road, in the lane after National College, Bandra (W), call 26002224/5/, Rs 700 for a cocktail, slated to open on January 10.

bpb Sneak Peek: Rehab

At this 1,700 square feet bar (formerly Shooters) in Bandra you'll see medieval chairs and laser lights and furniture that gives you advice. Read more here.

At Linking Road, in the lane after National College, Bandra (W), call 26002224/5/, Rs 700 for a cocktail, slated to open on January 10.