What to tuck into and where to order gifts from, this home-bound Easter
Easter treasures
Customise a decadent hamper
Gift your loved ones a decadent hamper, comprising freshly-baked Easter goodies, delivered to your doorstep by Marriott on Wheels. The hamper includes fruit cake with marzipan, pecan nut pie, handcrafted bonbons, hazelnut chocolate chip cookies, a chocolate egg and a milk chocolate slab. You can also customise your gift box with other delicacies like simnel cake, carrot cheese cake, customised Easter cupcakes and egg-shaped linzer cookies.
Where: Marriott on Wheels, JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar
When: 12.30 PM till midnight
Price: Rs 1,800 onwards
Call: 9930512587
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Treat yourself to some sugary delights
Choose from a range of delicately-crafted eggs, bunnies and bonnets, and get your own mouth-watering hampers from home chef Goretti-Ann Murzello Rosario’s kitchen. You can also order a rich rum fruit cake, with or without marzipan, to finish off that sumptuous Easter lunch.
Price: Rs 120 onwards
Call: 9082785311
Buy a gift that stands out
This Easter, why not gift your loved ones something that adds purpose not only to their lives, but also to those of the ones creating it? Paul Adams’s Easter gifting range is elegant, and carries the artist’s touch of love. Each accessory is hand-painted and handcrafted with ethically-sourced leather and specialised canvas which is water-, sand- and UV- protected. The vibrant colours will surely raise your spirits as well.
Prices: Rs 8,000 and above
Log on: pauladamsworld.com
Have an Eggstravaganza
Easter is incomplete without traditional eggs. Place your order with Theresa’s Cakes for some yummy marzipan Easter Eggs, or peanut butter chocolate eggs. You can also order bonnet, chick and rabbit-shaped eggs.
Where: Theresa’s Cakes, Malad West
When: April 4, 9 AM onwards Price: Rs 80 onwards
Call: 9699291118
One-of-a-kind Easter simnel cake
Celebrate the festive weekend with Easter-themed cupcakes and goodies, cakesickles, marzipan and chocolate Easter eggs and simnel cakes from Bake-a-Bel.
Where: Bake-a-Bel, Borivli West
When: April 4, 9 AM onwards
Price: Rs 100 to Rs 1,800
Call: 9920345070
How about malai pedha inside your Easter egg?
In keeping with the tradition of an Indian-inspired Easter, Bombay Sweet Shop has put together a festive limited-edition treat, Where you can choose from hot ‘shahi’ buns filled with shahi tukda and whipped cream, and Easter eggs with a malai pedha filling.
Where: Bombay Sweet Shop, Byculla East
When: 11 AM to 7 PM
Price: Rs 200 onwards
Call: 7777011097
Be a happy bunny with these savoury options
Home chef Christina Fernandes is offering a range of goodies this Easter, from a dried fruit-studded simnel cake, to marzipan and chocolate eggs and a treat-filled bunny bash cake. You can also try the pork chops, glazed ham, stuffed roast chicken and lamb, vindaloo and sorpotel for those laying off the sugar this year.
Price: Rs 250 onwards
Call: 9820928420
Crack a pinata Easter egg
Damon’s Delightz has curated a fun and colourful Easter egg menu. Just like pinata cakes, you can now order pinata Easter eggs and find some lip-smacking treats inside. The menu includes eggs filled with assorted chocolates, almond eggs and candies, and a kids’ box with 30 mini ducks, bunnies and eggs, and pink and white cranberry-flavoured eggs.
Where: Damon’s Delightz, Mira Road
When: April 4, 9 AM onwards Price: Rs 700 onwards
Call: 9730875665
Don’t miss out on the sorpotel
Launched in May last year, Rostosa is a home kitchen started by Malad resident Rosita Fernandes. She brings to you delicious traditional Goan recipes that have been passed down through generations of her family. For Easter, Rosita is making sorpotel, a fiery pork dish, which is a must-have at every feast or occasion in Goan households. Also on the special menu are vindaloo, xacuti, roast pork, sanna and Easter eggs.
Price: Rs 1,000 onwards
Call: 9833466412
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