CELEBRATIONS -- 16: 

WHEN TAJ SAVOY CELEBRATED NEW YEAR WITH DESERTED CHILDREN

P S SUNDAR 

For the inmates of Mizpah Home in Ooty for deserted children, New Year on Tuesday became memorable with the executives of star-studded Taj Savoy Hotel led by General Manager Ritesh Choudhary personally visiting them and serving an elaborate lunch.

“We prepared an exclusive three-course lunch for the children with salad, soup and desserts besides a variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals” Savoy Executive Chef Arun Mohan Raj told me.






This was the Menu  :: 

Green Salad

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Sweet corn Vegetable Soup

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Mutton Biriyani

Chilli chicken Gravy

Vegetable Biriyani

Mixed vegetable kurma

Cauliflower Manchurian

Vegetable Hakka Noodles

Raita

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Boondhi Ladoo

Mixed fruit Trifle 

New Year Cake

Ice cream

 

Sonam Choudhary of “The Wish’ Oven” served them her three-kg two-tier cake crafted on the theme princess to make each of the inmate feel that he or she is a prince or princess and not a deserted or orphaned child. 

“We also had some foreign guests from Shanghai accompanying us who distributed gifts.   We gave each child a festival cap and a programme of dance to the music created for the day”, Ritesh disclosed.

The children were awe-struck to see the magnanimity of the Taj group’s Savoy hotel in interacting with them and assuring to extend all possible help throughout the year.

Mizpah Home’s Managing Trustees Mohandass and Jennifer said that this gesture proved the attachment of Savoy Hotel to the deprived.

Earlier, foreigners joined visitors from different parts of the country to usher in the New Year on Monday night at Savoy Hotel.  Elaborate dinner, dance and Groove with DJ Abbu marked the occasion.  My extensive article and many photos on this appear in this Blog as Celebrations -- 15. 

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