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American Ambrosia, Delhi

Uni Vaid

Contact 9818433448

www.americanambrosia.com

American Ambrosia offers an array of bagels, pretzels, cupcakes, cheesecakes, and cinnamon buns. Orders should be placed 48 hours before to ensure delivery, but same-day orders can be met. The desserts are sinful and the bagels smeared with Philadelphia cream cheese (available from American Ambrosia, as well) make a perfect breakfast, lunch or dinner. The desserts can be made in regular or mini size and can be packaged for announcements.

Price: Rs300 for half a dozen bagels, Rs350-450 for half a dozen cupcakes, Rs300 for half a dozen pretzels (all regular size prices)

Tortilla’s Corner, Delhi

Paramjeet Kaur

Contact 9818112947

The healthy offerings run the gamut of Spanish delicacies, such as fried prawns in shells, Spanish potatoes, tortilla de patatas, lentils with chorizo, and gazpacho. Plus, she’s added a few Chinese, Italian and Indian recipes, such as noodles with cabbage, pasta with tuna, meatballs with tomato sauce. Order a day in advance and call after 4pm.

Price range: Rs100-700, two to six servings

Character Cakes, Delhi

Mrina Paran

Contact mbhugun@hotmail.com

She creates lavish character cakes with sugar paste and cream frosting. The cakes are yellow or chocolate, and the recipe can be made without eggs by request. She can also make decorated cookies and cupcakes. She’s open to suggestions and has created race cars, princesses, and even a one-rupee note. “I’ve never turned down a request—yet," she says.

Price: Rs800 per kg

I Love Sushi, Mumbai

Ravina Bhojwani

Contact 9821070466

Bhojwani learnt her craft from a Japanese chef and now creates maki and special “Indian taste" rolls, such as the Thai chilli roll, chilli tuna roll and asparagus tempura. She can make brown rice sushi on request and, if the meal needs to be spruced up, she offers gift-wrapped packages imported from Japan.

Price: Rs150 for vegetarian and Rs180 for non-vegetarian

Big Deal Catering, Mumbai

Hyrel Desa

Contact 022-26408259

Goan pork specialities, such as the vindaloo, sorpotel and the preparation of the celebratory pigling roast, set Desa apart. For the pigling roast, the order has to be placed at least five days in advance, but for large parties, it’s well worth the wait. One roast can feed up to 100 people.

Price: Rs1,600 for one pigling roast

Toral’s, Mumbai

Toral Mehta

Contact 9820082551

Coming from a family of foodies who “live to eat", Mehta makes appetizers such as stuffed mushrooms, olive nuggets, cheese samosas, mint cheese baby potatoes, and a range of 22 special dips. “The feedback is great, but the best is when people tell me that my hummus is even better than Souk at Taj," she says.

Price range: Starts at Rs250 for 1kg of dip

Grannies’ Pizzas, Bangalore

Padma Srinivasan and Jayalaxmi

Contact 9980739289

These grandmothers decided to start selling pizzas to fund the building of an old-age home. They serve their cheesy, healthy vegetarian home-made pizzas, made on the spot and made to order, during lunch hour at various MNCs in Bangalore.

Price range: Rs40-45 per pizza

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Published: 08 Mar 2008, 12:27 AM IST
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