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Launch of Turkish Food Festival at Café @ Hyatt The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in association with Turkish Airlines and Hyatt Regency, Delhi, hosted an evening of Turkish rendezvous by launching the Turkish Food Festival at the Regency Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency, on the 20th March 2013. The guest of honour for the evening was Dr. Burak Akcapar, the Ambassador of Turkey, who inaugurated the occasion with a few words about Turkish culture and cuisine, and the importance of Indo-Turkish relations. His speech was pepped with delectable humour, providing much food for thought. Guests were enthralled by live Turkish music and dance, followed by a grand spread of Turkish cuisine and drinks. The food spread included typical Turkish cuisine like yogurt soup (Yayla Corba), chicken doner kebab, thick yogurt with garlic and dill (Haydari), Turkish style fish (Bogaz Usulu Balik), tomato rice (Domazesli Pilav), lobia bean stew (Barbunya Pilaki), sauted button mushroom (Mantar Sote). The dessert served included Turkish specialties like Firin Sutlac, Kemal Pasa, Gullag, Cevizli Baklava, and Lokma. According to Turkish Embassy’s Culture and Tourism Counselor, Ozgur Ayturk, “A big contingent of performing artistes comprising musicians, dancers and other entertainers, along with experts on cuisine and tourism, are coming all the way from Istanbul to create awareness about their country. This year we are hosting the second edition of the Turkey Fest and the first edition of the Turkish Food Festival, but we plan to make these annual events. We will promote Turkey as a tourist destination but the main objective is to popularise our rich cultural heritage.” The Chefs’ brigade from Turkey is led by Executive Chef Koray Turk at Café, Hyatt. Holding an extensive culinary background with a wealth of experience and skills gained over intensive training in various levels of operations; Chef Koray Turk today is the Vice President of the prestigious Chefs and Tourism Association of Ankara. Over the years, he has been associated with several international hotel chains and has been instrumental in organising Turkish exhibitions and events the world over including destinations like China, Middle-East, Indonesia and India to name a few. The food festival was open for food connoisseurs during 21st-26th March 2013 at Café, Hyatt.
Greenways Foods & Beverages (D) Pvt. Ltd. Launches ‘Lounge MYX’ Throwing a cocktail or mocktail party at home? Now you could impress your guests with fantastic mixing skills with the readily available Lounge Myx from the house of Greenways Foods & Beverages. Greenways Foods & Beverages (D) Pvt. Ltd. has introduced Lounge Myx, a range of non-alcoholic mixers created by a crew of professional bartenders who happen to be sticklers for perfection. All the recipes of the cocktail mix have been approved and certified by Beverage Testing Laboratory, Chicago, USA. Vinod Gaikwad, GM-Marketing, Greenways Foods & Beverages Pvt. Ltd. said, “Lounge Myx will re-define the pleasure of mixing with specially crafted mixing drink. Indian consumers will get to taste the internationally well-known ready to mix cocktail decoctions in India. Lounge Myx is designed to capture the perfect lounge experience in a can.” Greenways Foods & Beverages is a part of the Pushpam Group, owned by Pune’s one of the most respected business families. Pushpam Group is a diversified business house headquartered in Pune. The Group was founded by Ashok Chopda in 1966, and has been running successfully for more than four decades.
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Hammer Food & Beverage Business Review
Feb-Mar ’13