Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House

The Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House is a tea house and restaurant owned and operated by Hindustan Unilever Limited that is located in Bandra, West Mumbai, India.[1][2] It opened for business in September 2015.[2] The establishment is 3,500 square feet in size and seats around 80 patrons.[1][3] It is Hindustan Unilever's first tea restaurant business.[1] The establishment was designed by brothers Ayaz Basrai and Zameer Basrai, both from Bandra.[2]

Fare

The Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House is associated with and serves Brooke Bond Taj Mahal and other tea products, totaling over 40 tea varieties.[1] Teas served include milk teas, iced teas, chai teas and lattes, tea lemonades and tea smoothies.[3][4] Teas are served with complementary shortcrust cookies and raisin and oat biscuits.[3]

The foods were developed by French chef Gregory Bazire, with a focus upon complementing the teas.[1] The restaurant has a tea-pairing menu that is always available, and also provides traditional tea service, breakfast, lunch and dinner menus and service.[1][3][4] The tea house also provides tea tasting sessions.[3] Dishes include waffles, Eggs Benedict, idli burgers, akuri, ragi dhokla, chicken dishes, tortellini, sandwiches, soups, salads and various desserts, among others.[3][5]

Customer input

Unilever Pakistan and Lipton Tea collaborate to use input from restaurant patrons for the development of new products and blends of tea for Taj Mahal teas.[1]

Entertainment

The tea house has hosted live music performances,[6] such as a 14-hour concert of Indian classical music that occurred in February 2016.[7] This concert was in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Hindustan Unilever opens Taj Mahal Tea House in Bandra". The Economic Times. August 17, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Basrai brothers: Keeping the old architecture of Mumbai alive". Hindustan Times. September 18, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Makhija, Prerna (August 21, 2015). "Lounge Reviews". Mint. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Unwind at this roomy tea house in Bandra". Mid Day. August 21, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  5. "High Tea: India is rediscovering its love affair with chai". Hindustan Times. October 16, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  6. "Ustad Shujaat Khan pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi with a soulful sitar rendition of 'Vaishnav Jana To'". CNN-IBN. April 1, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  7. "14-hour long music concert in Mumbai on 11 February". Radioandmusic.com. April 1, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  8. "Channel dedicated to Indian classical music launched". The Times of India. March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.

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