Monday Shopping & Markets : Girl's Shopping Delight

Girl's shopping delight.

Monday Shopping & Markets : Footwear

Footwear at Andheri

This is a footwear shop outside Andheri station, selling a variety of popular daily footwear for women. Nowadays, most ladies seems to have atleast half a dozen sandals and shoes, matching with the outfits and bags. So, even with a wear life of about 3 to 6 months, and priced at a couple of hundred rupees, they are very popular.

The best destination for footwear shopping from small shops on the road (which is popularly called Rasta shopping - means shopping on road) is Linking Road in Bandra. 

Our World Tuesday # 16 : Infiniti Mall on Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at Infiniti Mall

Christmas is over and the new year has arrived, but I didn't want to wait for a year to share this photo of Christmas celebrations at Infiniti mall on Christmas Eve.

The Christmas tree, the Gingerbread man and house, and Santa Claus on his sleigh with the reindeers at the entrance, were highlights of the decorations. 
As you can see, everyone wanted to take photographs. I clicked this photo from the first floor to get the Christmas tree along with the joyous crowd.

Monday Shopping and Markets : Indian Dresses at Nadco Market

Bandra is my favourite place for most of my shopping needs but some select shops in Nacdo Market at Andheri do have a good collection of Indian and western wear. But then why here, if you are in Andheri, just visit Shopper's Stop at Andheri for the local and international brands of the latest in clothing, footwear, accessories like purses and handbags, amd fashion jewellery and make up too.

ABC Wednesday - 'X' for Xmas

Painting Santa Claus at a showroom entrance for 'Xmas' time.
Merry Christmas to all Mumbai Virtual Tourists and all participants of ABC Wednesday 'X' for

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Our World Tuesday # 14 Merwans Cake Shop

Merwans Cake Shop near Andheri station, is an inseperable part of our world and we find excuses to visit this bakery and celebrate. Once you open that door, the aromas of cakes, muffins and savouries will surround you and you cannot leave without trying a few of the delicacies.

It is one of the best, the oldest and the pocket-friendliest bakeries in the city.
Exotic cakes and pastries that will melt in your mouth, cookies, croissants, chocolates, rolls, puffs, desserts, icecream, fruit smoothies....are all irresistible and pretty inexpensive, with no compromise in taste and quality. There is a special eggless section upstairs, if you are a vegetarian.
 Some of the speciality cakes, pastries and savouries you must try are mawa cake, almond cake, pineapple cake, dutch truffle, chocolate crackle, lemon crackle... to mention a few. To buy the special Christmas cake in this season, you may have to stand in queue.
The veg.mini pizzas, chicken garlic roll, chicken cheese roll, veg. manchurian pattice, paneer roll, veg. and non-veg puffs are also very popular.
There are three small cafe tables with seating, but insufficient for the huge crowd inside. Most of the very popular stuff - like mawa cakes and almond cakes are sold out in a couple of hours after arrivng on the shelf.

Merwans is an awesome cake shop, insanely popular and amazing value for money. It is Krrish and my favourite hangout on most weekends when we visit Andheri. I will share photos of few of the delicacies here next week, if they allow me to photograph, or click the cakes and puffs I buy for Christmas.

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Skywatch Friday 2014 - 3 : Renovation of Andheri Station (West)

Andheri Station renovation

Andheri station is being renovated for the last few months, and this is a partial view of it against the clear blue sky.

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Our World Tuesday # 13 Mumbai Metro

Mumbai Metro

Mumbai Metro Line 1 VAG ( Versova - Andheri - Ghatkopar ) was inaugurated on 8 June, 2014. It was designed to reduce the traffic congestion in the city, and provide east-west rail connectivity.

Tokens and smart cards are available for travel. The frequency of metro train is 4 minutes at peak hours and 8 minutes at non-peak hours, Sundays and holidays.
The train timings are from 5:30 am to 12 am.

The route is as follows:

Versova - D. N. Nagar - Azad Nagar - Andheri - WEH ( Western Express Highway) - Chakala - Airport Road - Marol Naka - Saki Naka - Asalpha - Jagruti Nagar - Ghatkopar

Inside Mumbai Metro

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Monday Shopping and Markets : Nadco Shopping Centre in Andheri

The Nadco Shopping Centre in Andheri West near the railway station is a one stop destination for fashion accessories, purses and handbags, exclusive jewellery, art and craft shops, readymade garments, sarees, dupattas, nightwear and loungewear, footwear, books, stationery and bags, toys, mobile phones...the list is endless.

What you see is just a row of shops on both sides of the passage. There is a big market at the end of this passage. The prices are pocket friendly and the merchandise is usually trendy.

Dont forget to try yummy snacks and farsan at Trupti snack shop in the shopping centre

A must check out when you are visiting Andheri suburb of Mumbai.

Monday Shopping and Markets : Char Bangla Market

Vegetable vendors at Char Bangla market in the Andheri(West) suburb in Mumbai.
Take a close look and you will find they have all the fresh ingredients for your speciality dish like yellow and red peppers, mushrooms, sprouts, baby potatoes and tomatoes, fresh corn and the regular veggies too.

This one is from my archives, but the market is still very much the same.
There is also a fish market nearby.