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We’ve tidied up the living room, given the crystal a shine and bought delicate new lace doileys. Guess who’s coming to dinner? Guests good enough to eat, sent over from The Table at Colaba. There’s Pappardelle all dressed up in Spanish extra virgin olive oil; The Table Ketchup in striking red; and cookies whose hearts are crumbling because you aren’t coming to the party.

Let us explain. The restaurant that serves up yum sliders and Colaba Cosmos has now launched a new list of made-to-order treats that you can either take home or have delivered through gourmet e-store foodesto.com.

The treat list at The Table includes handmade pasta; ketchup, Chef Alex’s secret recipe created from sun-ripened San Marzano tomatoes; hot chilli sauce; Cajun mayo; olive tapenade and chicken liver pate that can all be ordered a day before.

With an intention “to take their food renaissance to customers’ doorsteps”, The Table team offers a whole roster of dips and pate, condiments, bread, snacks, cookies and brownies.

Swing by chez moi this weekend. We’ll set a place for you at our Table.

Getting there: Call 22825000 to place orders, one day’s notice is required while larger orders may require additional notice. For home delivery, customers can log onto Foodesto.com to place their orders. Delivery available on all days except Sunday and holidays.

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Learn to heart a tart(ine) at bpb & Le Pain Quotidien BKC's Tartine class on Tuesday, May 28 from 6 to 8 pm. LPQ's Chef Amit will introduce you to this French open faced sandwich and teach you to make yummy spreads from scratch, as part of the restaurant's first year anniversary celebrations.

You may have to fake a headache to get out of work early, but it will be worth it for this hands-on workshop (two people to a work station) where you'll learn to do  tartines with herbed feta cheese and roasted Mediterranean vegetables; buffalo mozzarella with olive spread and marinated tomatoes; and roasted chicken and smoked mozzarella with Granny Smith apples. Perfect for that brunch you plan to host at home next weekend.

Get more than your daily bread!

Getting there: To book a seat mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call us on 9920549340, limited spots available. Class at Le Pain Quotidien

3, Maker Maxity, Bandra Kurla Complex, North Avenue, Bandra (E), Rs 1,500.

What: Newly launched Challah bread at The Baker’s Dozen, 9 Jayant Apartment, Appasaheb Marathe Marg, Prabhadevi, call 08655331313.

Why: This Jewish bread, braided and sweet, rises to the occasion of World Baking Day at The Baker’s Dozen tomorrow. Pick up a loaf of this moveable yeast or get free samples with other purchases.

When: Buy now and keep walking. Challah challah, pudhe challah.

Food Bulletin

During a walk around Kala Ghoda, we noticed the board for Chao Ban, the new restaurant that will be replacing Joss in about ten days. A quick peek around revealed interiors as simple as its predecessor - all wood and white.

From the guys behind Serafina and Irish House, we're told that Chao Ban will not be a Pan Asian restaurant but only serve Chinese cuisine, so Joss hopefuls, no more Thai Curry and sushi. Expect traditional Chinese cuisine with a contemporary twist, a separate dim sum menu and no famous chefs.

We'll let you know when it's up and running. Pak joy!

Getting there: 30, K. Dubhash Marg, Next to Chetana Restaurant, Kala Ghoda

After a big night of drinking in Hong Kong, this writer remembers climbing many, many stairs, long and winding, which finally led to a 24 hour neon canteen-like space, where revelers were grabbing a bowl of noodles before heading home.

We were reminded of this strange Murakami-ish place when we went to check out Pallette, The Urban Kitchen last night, a self service restaurant located at Kamala Mills. With all white interiors that are perhaps too bright on the eyes for a post work meal, the restaurant offers a hygienic set up with numbered tables, no fuss cutlery and a medium sized menu.

Juicing It

Armed with a perpetually hungry friend who works in the area, we got straight down to ordering. The peach iced tea and a freshly squeezed watermelon juice were prepared while our eyes adjusted to the interior and scoped out the rest of the menu. The juice was just the right amount of sweet, but the watery iced tea was a disappointment with no real taste.

Slurping on, we checked out Pallette's list of options that offers mainly snacks like burgers, wraps, sandwiches and salads, but also caters to the afternoon rush with Indian, continental and Chinese meal combos. Here's what we ordered: a smoked salmon bagel, a crispy chicken hamburger, a pepperoni pizza and a chicken mint wrap.

Patty Smith

The generous serving of fresh salmon was cause for great excitement, but the bagel was a little too doughy for our liking. This six inch pizza with a thin layer of cheese and pepperoni, was tasty, arrived quickly and at Rs 149, was good value for money. The crispy chicken hamburger came next, served with a bag of Lays chips. Your regular burger, it had the usual suspects: mayo, lettuce, a slice of tomato and a juicy patty. While the first bite into it tasted pretty good, we were disappointed to note that it featured a pre-frozen patty. Finally, the chicken and mint wrap was a fancy kathi roll with diced bits of chicken and onion in mint sauce that was full of flavor and fancily presented on a plate with chips on the side. We finished the meal off with some caramel custard that was yum and a very creamy chocolate mousse.

Now Pallette isn’t a place you’d make a trip to Lower Parel for, but if you work in the area and are tired of your office canteen, stop by here for a change. Maybe after dark it turns into that noodle slurping all-night diner where Murakami-coloured characters drift in and out of reality. One Hard Boiled Wonderland, please!

Getting there: Trade World, C Wing, Kamala City, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, call 6749700, 10 am to 11 pm, Rs 850 for a meal for two(without alcohol).

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As the week inches by, slow and so hot, here's something to look forward to at the end of it: alcoholic ice popsicles that only surface at a bar on the weekends.

Recently launched at Woodside Inn, these have so far been available in two flavours - Green Apple and Beer and Watermelon and Mint - but will be rotated on a regular basis.The colour of leaves and flowers, Sitting in wine glasses, look how pretty the popsicles are! Freeze frame, please.

Getting there: Oriental Mansion, Wodehouse Road, Opposite Regal Cinema, Colaba, 022 2287 5752.

Available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for Rs 250 plus

If you look closely at your Mumbai snapshots, you’ll find that a kathi roll has been quite an intrinsic part of your friend circle. Pull out that Polaroid of you all sitting on the hood of the car post partying; picture your quick meal before a movie; go back to that Instagram of last Sunday’s comfort food. The Roomali wrapped snugly around chicken has been rolling with your hommies for a while now.

We had both, Instagram and friends ready when we went by Roll in Goll, the latest entrant to sign up for Carter Road’s culinary chaos. On a Saturday night we went to this week old establishment next to Maroosh, to find plastic stool seating outside the kitchen area and a menu offering kebabs, rolls, sandwiches, pizza, milkshake, juice and many many typos. Slightly cheaper than the other high roll-ers down the road, we thought this would be a great place to line our stomachs before Saturday night drinks.

Asterix and the Golls

A bunch of dishes on the menu were not available, so we ordered what was - chicken malai tikka roll instead of the butter chicken one, paneer tikka instead of paneer kalimirch and the chicken tikka pizza instead of the ham and chicken one. We were also curious to try the chiku-choco-kaju milkshake (mostly because it’s fun to say) and the Zeeny juice, a blend of strawberry, pineapple and lychee.

What: bpb & Jamjar Diner’s Breakfast and Bloody Mary class at JamJar Diner, 7 A and B, Aram Nagar 2, JP Road, Versova, call 26358880, Rs 1,400, to book a seat email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , limited spots available.

Why: Because why wouldn’t you want to spend Saturday in a blue house by the sea where book shelves slope and a juke box sings for you while you learn how to mix and drink alcoholic Bloody Marys and virgin apple-beat-bell-pepper juice. After this, in a hands-on session (two people to a work station) you’ll learn to whip up eggs Kejriwal, plus classic as well as ricotta-citrus pancakes from scratch.

When: Get egged on Saturday May 25, 9.30 am to 11 am.

What: Dairy Don, opposite Mithibai College, Vile Parle (W), sandwich ice creams are priced between 50 to 80.

Why: Now we love the paan ice-cream at Pali Bhavan, but if you’d like a cheaper version, we scoped out this one at the month-old Dairy Don: a cold betel nut leaf with crunchy tutti fruity and a malai ice cream centre. We suggest you skip the synthetic-y ice cream sandwiches and try the thandai and blueberry flavours instead.

When: You want summer to paan out in a certain way.

Postcard from yesterday’s hot Scouting trip: The sun might sear. Still, wish you were here.

During one particularly sweltering scout in Bandra’s Union Park area, a cheery green board with promises of fruit juice appeared in waves like a mirage, triggering off hallucinations of tall glasses filled with jewel coloured juices, squiggly straws and pretty fruit crowns.

We walked past Nido (the new restaurant from the guys behind Aurus that is currently conducting food trials), Olive Bar & Kitchen, and got to Apple A Day, a tiny new sliver of a takeaway place that sells fresh fruit juice, health shots, soups and salads.

Doctor’s Orders

Apple a Day has the usual list of fruit and vegetable drinks - fresh squeezes, juice blends, smoothies, diet soups and salads. We visited a few hours before it opened, so all we could try were the juices and shots.

We got the tomato-watermelon juice blend, a karela shot, and to keep the doctor away, a freshly squeezed apple juice.

What really got our juices flowing was how fresh everything is- the ingredients are chopped up and tossed in a blender right in front of you, so you’re not left wondering how long it might have been sitting out for. The tomato-watermelon blend was nice and pulpy, but warm and the freshly squeezed apple juice had chunks of apple that left this writer with a clogged straw. The karela shot is exactly what it is, with no other ingredients to offset the bitter taste, so be prepared. Also, no sugar  is added to any of the juices unless the customer asks for it. We’re going back for the banana-basil juice blend, papaya yoghurt smoothie and sprout bhel.