I watched Spain beat the Netherlands in the World Cup in a small trendy but casual Moroccan-style café/bar called Mocha in Mumbai on Sunday night. The atmosphere was amazing. Read more

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Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Filed under Expat on the edge · Tagged alcohol, atmosphere, Bandra, Barista, BBC Café, beer, Brits, cafe, CCD, Dutch, England, FIFA World Cup, football, hookah pipes, Indigo Deli, Italy, Juhu. JW Marriott, Khar, Kit Kat shakes, Long Island, Mocha, mozzarella paninis, Mumbai, Netherlands, Pali Village Café, Quench, Saif Ali Khan, Spain, Spanish, UK, USA, wine, WTF!
The heavens have opened and the rain is pouring. Who cares if there is a leak in my kitchen and Mumbai’s roads are waterlogged once more? Read more

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Posted by Hindustan Times on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Filed under Expat on the edge, Mumbai · Tagged Barista, Bollywood, karan johar, london eye, monsoon, Mumbai, mumbai roads, rains
It was 7pm. I was sat at my desk and a whole pile of work was awaiting me. But I felt brain dead. I mulled about attending an art party, or a more attractive option, going home and sleeping. Or a less attractive one: continuing the work over an expresso in Barista. Read more

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Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged actor, Atkins Diet, Barista, expresso, feedback, gym, gymming culture, magazine-perfect figure, membership, model, Mumbai, queries, trainer, Underground, Weight Watchers
Why is it that in Mumbai:-
Sandwiches are served with tomato ketchup and a weird green sauce.
Mumbaikars say (and write) ‘thrice’ and not ‘three times.’ Read more

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