The Bay of Bombay, best known as the speicality seafood restaurant with cuisine from India and around the world, today celebrated its first anniversary. As an add-on to a series of stylized themed events that has been planned. The Bay of Bombay also launched the first Oyster Club in Mumbai. This is part of an ambition to introduce a series of gourmet cuisine to satisfy the eclat palette in Mumbai - and it is available at the Bay of Bombya.
The Bay of Bombay a glamour hot spot during the launch with the Oyster club being toasted with Oyster shots amongst the shellfish lovers in Mumbai. The part was held within the nostalgic Bombay of the 50's all-wood ambience of the restaurant. Jazzy Joe and his troupe with famous Jazz artistes, Ash Ali Baig, Marie Paul and Loreila Jacinto lent symmetry to the Oyster styled evening that synchronized with the all oyster party. The party featured sampling Oysters within the gourmet ambience, besides the excitement of Oyster slurping and shucking contests.
People in vogue at the party included director Shyam Benegal, Nikhil Kapoor, architect Charles Correa, Anil Dharker, Geeta and Siddarth Kak, ad-man Ranjan Kapoor, Geet Sethi, publisher Maneck Davar, Parvez Damania, Rahul Singh, Ajit Singh and models Shyla Lopez and Tara Sharma.
The oyster Club is the property of The Bay of Bombya and will see the members meeting on the last wednesday of everymonth. The members gather every month and have an oyster evening discussing various styles of cooking oysters, swap recipes and experiences after eating oysters. We plug this in with some kind of entertainment, like jazz, stand-up comedy, small skit etc. The membership to the club is on recommendation and invitation, while the Oyster are on the house, 'according to owner, Ashok Shetty.
