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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. ^ a b c d e f g "Hindustan Unilever opens Taj Mahal Tea House in Bandra". The Economic Times. August 17, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "The Basrai brothers: Keeping the old architecture of Mumbai alive". Hindustan Times. September 18, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Makhija, Prerna (August 21, 2015). "Lounge Reviews". Mint. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "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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