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 Shopping & Cuisine in Mumbai

Mumbai is a shopper’s paradise. The shops and bazaars offer a truly amazing diversity of goods, as well as being worth a visit in their own right. Mumbai sells everything from expensive European antiques to local spices by way of electrical goods and silks. In particular, it is the centre of the Indian clothing trade and caters for all tastes and budgets. ‘Fashion Street’, on M Gandhi Road between Cross Maidan and Azad Maidan, is a row of market stalls where some very good bargains can be found. At the other end of the spectrum, Mumbai is also home to a number of tailors who will make clothes quickly at a reasonable cost. For the more adventurous shopper, there is a large amount of Indian furniture for sale in Mumbai, both at dealers and in the bazaars. Caveat emptor is very much the rule and the age or worth of purchases cannot be guaranteed – visitors should trust to luck and their eye, haggle fiercely and hope to be rewarded with an exceptional bargain. Likewise, Mumbai is a major centre of the diamond trade and for those with strong nerves and long pockets, who know what they are doing, it is possible to pick great bargains. For inexpensive yet attractive wooden and other presents, the Central Cottage Industries Emporium, Shivaji Marg, between Apollo Bunder and Regal, is open Monday-Saturday.

For those who like to shop in comfort, the Oberoi and Taj Hotels both boast air-conditioned shopping malls with an interesting range of boutiques. No trip to Mumbai is complete, however, without a visit to the bazaars – Chor Bazaar, Mutton Street, near Sir JJ Road, for bric-a-brac, furniture and junk, Zaveri Bazaar, off Abdul Rahman Street, for jewellery, Dhaboo Street Bazaar, Dhaboo Street, for leather goods and Crawford Market, Dr D Navroji Road/Carnac Road, for fruit and vegetables. Markets are generally open from 0900-1900. In most shops and bazaars, bargaining is the norm, particularly for more expensive items. For shoppers of a more literary bent, there are a number of open-air second-hand bookstalls on the streets near the university, around Chowk Fountain, where a persistent search may reveal interesting volumes among the pulp thrillers.

Generally, shops do not open until 1000 or 1030 but tend to remain open until about 1900. Sales tax varies between 4-15%.

Shopping Downtown
Most of the Handicrafts emporia and bazaars are located in the downtown area. Crawford Market, famous for flowers, fruits, meat and fish, is certainly a place worth capturing on your camera; its sheer colour and variety will not fit into one screen.

The main areas for bargain clothes are around Colaba Causeway and Fashion Street, which stretches along the Cross and Azad Maidans. More trendy and costly shopping is found at Breach Candy and Kemps Corner, down the hill from the Hanging Gardens. Chor Bazaar is an antique-hunter's delight, while nearby Zaveri Bazaar is famous for its diamond, gold and silver jewellery.

The shopping arcades of almost all five-star hotels such as the Oberoi and the Taj Mahal offer a good variety of up-market shops. In central and suburban Mumbai, the Dadar, Bandra-Linking Road, and Juhu Road areas are good spots to shop.

Shopping Arcades Of The Hotels
If one wants to take the leisurely option for your shopping trips, go for a stroll around the air- conditioned shopping arcades of the main hotels, the Taj, the Oberoi Towers and the new Oberoi, all in south Mumbai, and shop for clothes, shoes, leatherwear, jewellery, and good quality handicrafts.
Prices will be higher than outside, but the choice in these shopping arcades is excellent, and if one is a canny shopper, one can always window shop there, before heading off to the markets.
Some shops however are exclusive to the hotels in the Oberoi Shopping Centre, for example, there is a wonderful shop called "Christina", selling bags, purses, scarves and silk blouses. Designs are never repeated, and one has to be quick off the mark if one sees something one likes, for the little shop is always busy, often with airline crew.

Chor Bazaar
Its name literally means "thieves market," as this was where stolen goods were once sold. Today, it is best known for antique furniture and quaint collectors’ items sold at throwaway prices. Daily from 10 am. Between Sardar V. Patel and Grant Road, Mumbai.

Crawford Market
Built in 1871, and also known as Mahatma Phule Market, this is where you'll find the best Alphonso mangoes in the city along with hundreds of varieties of fruits and vegetables. The flower market is a riot of red, yellow, pink, marigold and purple. Less pretty is the nearby meat market: It's fascinating but definitely not for the squeamish. Bargaining is expected, and you can take home most items at 50% of their quoted price. Daily from 10 am. Lokmanya Tilak Road and MRA Road (north of Victoria Terminus), Mumbai.

Mangaldas Market
A massive indoor market selling every conceivable type of cloth. Look for the bolts of beautiful Indian silk and cotton. The key to success there is patience and astute haggling. Daily from 10 am. Off Sheikh Memon Street, Mumbai.

Zaveri Bazaar
Primarily a retail outlet, this is the epicenter for most of India's jewellery trade. Visit the glamorous shops if you are looking for gems, gold or diamonds. Daily from 10 am. Sheikh Memon Street, Mumbai.

Fashion Street
For shirts, tee-shirts and wonderful cotton clothes for children, all at rock bottom prices, visit "Fashion Street" a street market opposite one of Mumbai's exclusive clubs, the Bombay Gymkhana, but known to everyone as the Bombay Gym.
Fashion street sells export rejects, and export "over-runs" which are often excellent quality clothes at knock down prices. Bargain very hard, and with any luck one can reduce the sales man's opening offer down to a more realistic price.

Colaba And Flora Fountain
Colaba and Flora Fountain (Hutatama Chowk) in the heart of south Mumbai and at walking distance from Bombay VT and Churchgate railway stations are full of shops of all kinds, mainly ethnic artefacts and departmental stores. It is a good place to find shoes, cotton clothes, Kaftans and children's clothes.

Dadar
Another major shopping area is around Dadar T.T, and if you go there in the evening, the place is packed. Good cotton clothes, saris, children's clothes galore and a general atmosphere of fun shopping. Given the space constraints in Mumbai, the further one goes from the over crowded southern tip, the bigger and better the shops become. Departmental stores are virtually unheard of in south Mumbai, whilst just a short drive away, uptown, are large complexes.

Bandra
Bandra, the so-called "Queen of Suburbs" is the residential abode of film stars, industrialists and the likes, of Mumbai. Linking Road joins Bandra to Khar and is lined up on both sides with showrooms for the elite. But the striking contest here is the pavement selling, a world of contrast from a posh showroom.

Shopping At Eternia And Shopper's Stop
Two mentionable places to shop in Mumbai are Eternia at Breach Candy and Shopper's Stop on S.V. Road in Andheri. Eternia is indeed an international shopping experience for women - a part of the Premsons Bazaar, one of the trendiest addresses in Mumbai. Eternia caters to the growing demands of the contemporary women and stocks everything she could ask for. Shopper's Stop has burgeoned into a 75,000 square feet shopping experience, covering three floors. It has every thing that women, men and children could ask for. In fact, the kid's section is an experience by itself.

Shopping For Books
For the book lovers, there are several excellent bookshops, and street stalls galore, many of the latter concentrated around Flora Fountain. "Crossword" on Warden Road sells books, magazines, records, CDs, greeting cards - the lot.
One of Mumbai's most popular bookshops is the tiny "Strand Book Stall" which has helpful knowledgeable staff, a comprehensive range of books, and if they don't have something, they will order it within a day or so. It is quite an achievement to leave the shop without buying something!

Shopping For Handicrafts
Very close to Gateway of India, there is the main government emporium, Cottage Industries, which is reasonably well stocked with a cross section of handicrafts and clothes, and prices are fixed. In the little streets immediately opposite to the government emporium, there are lots of handicraft and silver shops, and a couple of good, but pricey, antique shops.

Eating Out
Mumbaikars love food. Combine this with the city's history of immigrants, and you have the most varied cuisine offered anywhere in India. Thus, eating out is a good way of exploring the culture of the city and the country. Though you'll find Western fast-food restaurants in all areas, in this city fast food still means bhelpuri, pav bhaji or panipuri. Bhelpuri is a sweet and spicy combination of puffed rice, onions, boiled potatoes, puri, coriander, mint, chililes and chutney. Pav bhaji is a potpourri of cooked and spiced vegetables such as peas, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes and onions accompanied by a bread bun. Panipuri are lightweight puffed semolina or flour cakes, eaten with a filling of boiled pulses (lentils), spices, tamarind chutney and spicy water. Though these distinctly Mumbai delicacies are available from street vendors at every corner, we recommend trying them in good quality restaurants only.

Restaurants are scattered throughout the city, with the more upmarket ones generally located near the city centers of Colaba, Nariman Point and Marine Drive or in Bandra, Andheri and Juhu. Intense competition keeps prices in check. The commercial area of Fort offers mainly functional food for office workers who need to eat and run. Most of the budget restaurants are open early morning until 11:30 pm. More upscale restaurants usually serve only lunch and dinner.

Here are some of the resturants we have reviewed:

Little Italy
Located in Juhu, Little Italy is a charming little place specializing in all authentic Italian fare. It is also surprising since it is purely vegetarian. So all the vegetarians out there, have no fear go and sink your teeth into the heavenly pastas, lasagnas, pizzas and tiramisus. And let me add here that there is no compromise on taste.

Trattoria
This one comes with high recommendations. Obviously since it is the Italian restaurant of a 5-star hotel, The President. You will no doubt find all the affluence associated with a 5-star. If you have the pastas here you will know why they have become sich a rage. Cannelloni stuffed with cheese and spinach, and gnocchi, fusils with all their accouterments are all mouth watering. Another high point is that its open 24 hrs of the day so if the gastronome bug bites you at 2 A.M you know where to head. Its located in Cuff Parade, only remember not to land there in your nightgown.

Thai me up
Well none other than our very own Sunil Shetty owns the place. As the name suggests the food is all Thai. In fact why just the food even the ambience is meant to be Thai… the object d'art, decorations et al. It is spread over a couple of floors, located in Lamington road and a must visit place whether you live in Mumbai or are there for a brief period. The food is good, seems to be bona fide and the portions munificent.

Barista coffee Bar
Coffee in all its avatars is becoming hugely popular. Café mocha to Cappuccino to Irish coffee to Café Latte you will find it all here. This one has several branches in different parts of the city, Bandra, Lokhandwala, Cuffe Parade, Chowpatty and Juhu. It is a place to go if you have some time to kill, for there are magazines, board games and the like. Of course you can take away your coffee if you want in plastic cups too. Oh and not to mention the munchies and desserts which are incredible too.

Not just Jazz by the bay
This one has quite a name for a restaurant. It opened with some hype couple of years back. Well music is one thing you can't help but appreciate; it even has a perfect location in Marine Drive. If you have been looking for a place to take your friends well this is the place. The food is good and like all up market places in Mumbai, expensive too.

Kandhar
Also located at Marine drive in, it is one of the outstanding 5-star restaurants of The new Oberoi specializing in Mughlai cuisine. The ambience is bright and comfortable. The view of the marine drive is coupled with good food, which surprisingly isn't heavy either. Especially recommended for business lunches more so for those who have offices at Nariman point.

Mainland China
The popularity of Chinese food in India remains despite the invasion of Thai, Italian, Mexican etc. Though what we eat perhaps is not authentically Chinese but it does suit our palette quite well. Seafood is the high point here and definitely not something to be missed. The place is quite big and doesn't give a cramped feeling unlike many others.

Indigo
Good music and informal ambience is the hallmark of this hugely popular place. Its major attraction is perhaps the feeling of being trendy and young that is associated with it. The food that is served is mainly European and an excellent place for your European guests i.e. if they don't want to eat Indian food any more. The cost is on the steeper side though but the food and everything else makes up for it.

Only fish
This one is typically Bengali in its character. The food is of course Bengali. Your Bengali guests will no doubt be gladdened at having their Doi maach and Rasogulla so far away from their home
Well I haven't been fair at all to Mumbai's gastronomical offerings because I have left out so many places that could have and should have been included, Signature, Ling's Pavilion, Ambrosia…In fact this list could go on but I have to stop. What's stopping you though? Go ahead and explore them all.

 


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