In Fine Spirits
The Amla brothers drop anchor in Delhi; Sachin on a different pitch; Delhi's latest hangout and The latest from Tarla Dalal's cook-book factory.
"It’s a good opportunity to set up base outside Kashmir," says Arjun. First off the block is the bar, Ssteel. "It’s nothing like you’d have seen before," says Amit. Looks-wise, it resembles an alleyway between two old buildings or an old warehouse with high ceilings, unpolished stone floor, charred bricks, steel girders and columns. Besides, the 2,500-sq ft bar has the capacity to serve 300 people at a time and has on offer 75 brands of whisky, 35 varieties of vodka and 30 kinds of beers. It also claims to have the longest single-piece bar in the capital. This venture will soon be followed by a Lebanese restaurant, Mashraviya, for which the duo have flown in a chef from Dubai. Coming up by the year-end is a Kashmiri joint, Kashmir Club. The brothers are also starting a chain of patisseries beginning with a coffee shop at 1, MG Road, Delhi’s new fashion mecca.