DONUT FOR DIWALI
Apart from their all-year range that has been a rage for a decade now, Mad Over Donuts is constantly recreating new flavours to go with the mood of its patrons. It has curated an exiting Diwali Donuts range that comprises three mouth-watering donuts that perfectly complement the Diwali atmosphere — Motichoor Donuts (white chocolate with motichoor custard filling), Kaju Katli Donut (milk chocolate with kaju katli custard filling and Gulab Jamun Donut (dark chocolate with gulab jamun milk chocolate ganache filling).
They are also offering their signature Box of Bites — a special festive box of 18 bite-sized donuts apt for gifting, like a little box of surprises! The signature flavours are Red Velvet, Marble Cake Crumble, Caramel, Brownie Crumble, Chocolate Therapy with Nutella, Chocolate Crispies, Oreo Cookie Chunks and Chocolate Sprinkles. While Diwali Donut is priced at Rs 83, Box of Bites is being sold at Rs 499.
RAISE A TOAST
If you want to take a break from the usual mithais and chocolates and gift your loved ones something classy and mature and something that wine lovers will love, wine connoisseur Shagun Gupta, has got you covered. She has handpicked luxury wine glasses and decanters from Riedel, the wine glass company, for the festive season. Gupta, who represents Riedel in India, gifted the festive series to accomplished wine professional and Masters of Wine Sonal Holland. Riedel, credited with revolutionising glassware for the enjoyment of wine, recently launched the decanter that works with every Riedel series.
As with all Riedel’s handmade decanters, each piece is a unique work of art, and designed for a single bottle of wine. These decanters offer great functionality and have a wonderful artsy feel to them. Each decanter is mouth-blown and handmade meticulously to achieve their striking designs and achieve a smooth and effective decantation process. The precise angles and graceful shape have been made to aerate the wine and release flavours and aromas that will enhance your wine drinking experience.
Gupta recommends Amadeo and Cornetto for more mature wines and for champagne. Mamba is perfect for young, wild wines that benefit from this decanter’s dual decanting function. The Sommeliers Black Tie Face To Face wine decanter from Riedel is designed to pair with the Riedel Sommeliers Black Tie stemware, but can be easily used as a standalone decanter or as a modern art piece.
For wine glasses, Gupta suggests Riedel’s Vinum Champagne glasses, that are gorgeous and elegant and will support any festive occasion or celebration. The classic Riedel Vinum spirit glass of the established glass collection Reidel Bar is essential glassware for home bars. This glass is designed to bring out the flavours and aromas of spirits.
The Sommeliers series is touted to be the world’s first grape varietal specific wine glass and turns every sip into a celebration.
PAMPER YOURSELF
If you like to pamper yourself with natural, organic and handmade ingredients, it is the perfect time to indulge in handcrafted soaps, serums, ubtans, face masks, massage oil and so on and also gift some of these rejuvenating wonders.
Rashi Rathi, city-based entrepreneur and owner of Aimer Vallee by Vibhavari Enterprises, who specialises in handmade soaps and serums, is offering special Diwali hampers that will uplift the spirit of those who love things made the natural way. Rathi is open to customising the hampers according to the choice and budget of customers. The hampers contain handmade soaps, ubtan, massage oil, body butter, face pack, facewash, lotion, lip balm, red wine scrub, bath fizzy, mist, massage oil, rose soap, body wash etc.
The smallest hamper contains a customised soap and a mist and is sold for Rs 160, customised soap hamper which includes mist, soaps, and lip balm is available at Rs 500, a luxury spa hamper, priced at Rs 2000, offers more than 12 products, a slightly bigger customised soap hamper, which contains five designer soaps, aloe and shea butter cream and lip balm is available at Rs 1000 and so on.
To order, you can visit her Facebook page www.facebook.com/vibhavarienterprises
CHOCOLATEY DELIGHT
As Diwali approaches, Barista offers some festive chocolate delights for your friends and family:
Celebration box: An exquisite box will be a delight for all the chocolate lovers. With elegant packaging and premium look, this box, priced at Rs 349, has 12 centre-filled handcrafted choco-bites to woo your taste buds.
CASSETTE PACK: The set of four luxury choco bars including dark and milk is priced at Rs 699.
COOKIE IN A TIN GIFT BOX: Gift your loved ones a delightful assortment of three cookie tins. Priced at Rs 570, they come in delicious flavours like Honey Oat Raisin, Choco Chip and Choco Mocha.
