The Bluegrass Journeymen Return to India

The Bluegrass Journeymen is a collective of accomplished musicians aimed at presenting traditional American Bluegrass Music to the world. Each member performs in a variety of bands back home, bringing original tunes and a deep knowledge of the bluegrass traditional songs and history to the table. While traveling abroad they play gigs, plan musical outreach and organize cross-cultural musical collaborations and lessons with local folk musicians. Their last tour to India was a great success with gigs at popular New Delhi spots. While bluegrass music is the focus, you will also hear country, old time, jazz, swing and plenty other influences in their tunes.

Patrick Fitzsimons- Mandolin 
Billy Cardine - Dobro 
Alex Koukov- Banjo 
Bridger Dunnagan - Fiddle
Jack Cloonan - Guitar 
Skyler Marsh - Bass 

A/V - Elliot Siff

Perfect places in Delhi for a romantic dinner - dfordelhi

Perfect places in Delhi for a romantic dinner so that you can steal your time from hectic schedules and have a piece of heaven with your beloved. Here we are presenting you a list of nine romantic restaurants where you can revive your romance. So let the romance brew to the skies!

Lodi - The Garden Restaurant:

This is a great place for an alluring dinner. You can have your music as per your taste to feel the romance. They serve a great variety of exotic meals. A table for two would cost around Rs.2000.

Address: Opposite Mausam Bhawan, Near Gate No 1, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-03

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Comedy In The Garden

Lodi – The Garden Restaurant and Comedy Wala present Open Mic Comedy Come and watch the creation, death and resurrection of jokes.
 
The comedian will come on the spot and present themselves. Comedians to register themselves online. Around 15 performers come and perform!
 

Venue- Lodi - The Garden Restaurant
When – Saturday 4, 2015
Time – 8pm onwards
Address-  Lodi – The Garden Restaurant, Lodhi Road, Opposite Mausam Bhawan, New Delhi - 110003.
For Reservation Call: 9818743232
Entry is free of cost

Lodi - The Garden Restaurant has been featured in NDTV

Sitting across the table from a person that wastes food is something that really drives me up the wall. Not because it gets me thinking of the hungry in other developing countries, but of the ones living on the street right outside the very restaurant. If you're someone that follows the news, at least partially, then you'll know that India is home to the world's largest number of hungry people. India's malnourished people account for 15 percent of the country's population, which by the way translates to 194.6 million people.

(Why You Must Include Seasonal Produce in Your Food) The 2014-2015 Global Hunger Index (GHI) puts India at rank 55, which might be an improvement from how we ranked in 2013 but the sad truth is that we're still part of a country where the richest 10 percent of the population holds three quarters of the country's wealth. India is largely plagued by poverty, huge income gaps, almost no food security and high food wastage.

(PM Modi's Mega Food Parks to Help Curb Food Wastage)

Underestimating the Impact of Leftovers

I can't say I have statistical proof for this, but just going by common sense: The restaurants in Delhi, both big and small, generate tonnes of leftover food every day. While some of it is all bones and peels, the rest include good food and a lot of it comes from the customer's table rather than the restaurant's kitchen.

(9 Ways to Avoid Food Wastage at Home)

The Emerson Food and Wastage report pegs India's food wastage at Rs.44,000 crores. While some of it is due to lack of storage facilities, a lot of it comes from restaurants. So if you were to take all of this food and distribute it amongst the hungry, if not poor, then I believe you'll be giving them at least one square meal a day.

(Millions Around the World Remain Hungry)

We spoke to over 30 restaurants in Delhi and asked generally about what they do with their leftover food and you'll be surprised to know that over half of them throw it away.

Dum Pukht, the popular Indian restaurant at Maurya said they give away their leftover food to the AWB Food Bank at the end of the day. Varq, at the Taj Mahal Hotel said they  give the leftover food to the NGO named Aap ki Rasoi. Zerzura said they tend to avoid any wastage of food as their place is not very big and even if there are leftovers, they give it to their employees. Mia Bella said they have a sort of per plate system so each portion is meant for one person which is why they usually don't have too much leftover food.



Kainoosh said they marinate/prep food in limited quantities so they usually don't have too much leftover food either. In case they do, the staff usually takes it home. Lodi, the Garden Restaurant said that they usually throw away the remaining food because they don't have much of it. But they are trying to find an NGO to help them re-distribute it instead. read more http://goo.gl/7pnlsz

Top 5 must-try exotic summer salads By Sharmila Chand

What could be better than some fresh, easy to make and healthy salads, to beat the heat. We bring you 5 colorful salads.

There is no respite from the summer heat, at least for the coming few month, and it is natural to look options for light meals. And what could be better than some fresh, easy to make and healthy salads. We bring you 5 colorful salads that top our list of DIY recipes for summer meals. By including a variety of seasonal ingredients, they are a nutritional powerhouse.

#1 Raw papaya, runner beans, shallots & coriander leaf with cracked peanuts & burnt chili
From Lodi The Garden Restaurant

“This salad goes perfect to beat the summer heat. The ingredients used are best to keep body temperature cool in this weather. The ingredients papaya, runner beans, shallots and coriander leaves are mixed in a raw form with a dressing of cracked peanut, chilli and lemon juice to make it taste exotic. Using raw fruits and vegetables is a powerful as it is full of essential nutrients and enzymes to promote digestive health,” says Elam Singh Rana, Executive Chef, Lodi The Garden Restaurant. See more : goo.gl/jZtXKT

Melon Magic At Lodi- The Garden Restaurant - HeartBowsMakeup

As it gets more and more difficult to bear the heat, take some time off and head to Lodi – The Garden Restaurant. Enjoy Melon Magic festival this month and wink back at the sun. It is the season of melons and Lodi is offering fresh and healthy cuisine to its guests. One of the best ways to beat the heat is by indulging in seasonal fruits and the current month is all about melons. Biting into the fruit is easy and healthy; enjoy a three course meal with different types of melons as the core ingredient. 
 
The melon menu will comprise an array of scrumptious dishes from a variety of cold soups to appetizing desserts. Absolutely perfect for a hot sunny day, start your meal with a musk melon, low fat yoghurt, ginger and fresh mint soup, a combination of sweet and sour. Get bowled over the presentation, relish the flavors of healthy and appealing salads like Sweet melon and with farm greens and crisp prosciutto with wild honey & lime vinaigrette; Watermelon, salted gout cheese and roasted pine nut with sweet balsamic dressing; The green sprouts on the side and dark brown sweet balsamic made it more visually beautiful. The melon’s sweetness meets the cheese’s sourness.
 Moving to main course, savour your taste buds with Grilled sea bass with melon, mint and coriander salsa; Jerk chicken and melon skewers with house salad and water melon reduction; The wild rice inside the soft chicken gelled with melon and lime chutney and greens like cucumber, lettuce and cherry tomato. Switch to the desserts, Lodi is offering, assorted platter of melons with rose & lime reduction; Sweet melon and mint sorbet; Three melon ice cream. These desserts are the best way to shield from the sun’s heat. The cocktails on the list include Melon Mojito, Melon Margarita, Melon Martini, Melon Bellini and Melon Daiquiri.

 
Venue: Lodi-The Garden Restaurant 
Address: Lodi – The Garden Restaurant, Lodhi Road, Opposite Mausam Bhawan, New Delhi – 110003. 
Time: 11am to 12am 
Meal for two: INR 2200 Date: May 31, 2015

Mother's Day Special at Lodi - The Garden Restaurant

"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers" - Rudyard Kipling
This Mother's Day, treat your mother to a special handcrafted menu only at Lodi - The Garden Restaurant

May Specials with Sewara Organics

Seasonal Jams 

Discover the many flavors of delicious seasonal fruits bottled for your enjoyment! Choose a beetroot with flaxseeds jams for a healthy start to the morning, or a melon lime and ginger marmalade or apple & cinnamon jam for those familiar earthy flavours, or indulge in a healthy amla jam made from organic almas. All of these are now available at The Deli at Lodi.  

 

Farm Fresh Vegetables   

Sewara Organics is soon re-starting its farm to fork menu at Lodi - The Garden Restaurant. The menu will comprise of fresh and organic vegetables from Sewara Farms. After a long winter of indulgence, cleanse your body with some farm-fresh organic dishes from the Sewara Farms at Lodi.

 

Delicious delights

Discover our extenstive range of dips – full of the authentic flavours that are best associated with Lodi!  Our delicious dips include garlic hummus, paprika hummus, mustard, basil pesto, sundried tomato pesto and many more. 

 

For more information:
gm.agro@sewara.com
011 – 26494531
www.sewara.com