The ‘Harbour Cocktail’ from the Taj Mumbai
Our barman at the Taj enticed us with his 1933 Harbour Cocktail (famous at the Taj since it was devised for some American visitors to celebrate the end of Prohibition) and as a result he saw more of us than anyone else in the hotel over the three days we spent there! Not that our life necessarily revolves around alcohol, or that we’re particularly partial to cocktails – finding them too sweet for the most part – but this one is...
Our current five favourite Indian hotels
Although hotels fluctuate in their ability to deliver a consistent quality of service and fashions change from time-to-time, these are the places we’ll currently always stay at if we’re in these cities and locations. To date they haven’t failed us; we’ll let you know if anything changes. We don’t always, if ever, pick the most luxurious or the most expensive as we don’t often find this will equate to the most attractive,...