Afraa Deli at City Centre Salt Lake turned 10 on July 17 and celebrated with #CoversationsAndMore, in association with t2 — a number of events over 10 days, the first of which was a cooking workshop on July 13. 

This was an opportunity to showcase their menu and for diners to see how their food is transformed from basic ingredients to the finished dish on their plates, as well as to find out how they could recreate some of their favourites at home. The dishes showcased, which will soon find place in the new Afraa menu, share a focus on healthy food. 

“Afraa Deli evolved to become the varied restaurant it is today, transitioning from a menu that included just pasta, pizza and salads to one which features our ever-popular breakfast items, rolls and sandwiches. The menu still includes the popular picks that have been served at Afraa for 10 years. We want more salads, more pastas and have come up with some that are different,” said Sumanta Chakrabarti, corporate chef, Ambuja Neotia Hospitality. 

Some of these dishes were demonstrated to eager onlookers by chefs from Ambuja Neotia Hospitality —  Ghanashyam Das, Sumit Kediya, Sanjay Jha, Swarup Chatterjee, Soumyajit Chowdhury, Manoj Das, Abhijit Dey, Souvik Basak and Sayantan Sinha. 

Text: Hannah Johnson 
Pictures: Koushik Saha 

B’DAY REVELRY

Tollywood actors Ishaa Saha and Abir Chatterjee were the special guests at Afraa Deli’s 10th anniversary celebrations on July 17. The pair signed the “happy birthday” wall and posed for pictures in the photo booth. They were joined at the event by the whole team at Afraa Deli, including P.L. Mehta, vice-chairman, Ambuja Neotia, and Mayukh Ray, president, sales and marketing, Ambuja Neotia. A celebratory cake baked and designed by the Afraa team was one of the decor highlights. The evening’s lineup included a live performance by city-based band Taijasa, a flash mob and a live cookery demonstration by Afraa chefs. “A big shout out to Calcutta for an amazing decade gone by. All of 2018 will bring great surprises,” said Nitin Kohli, whole time director at Ambuja Neotia.

Pictures: Rashbehari Das