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METROSCAPE: LOOKING GLASS
Mumbai
Restaurant
 Don't
know Senlek from Bamee (incidentally, kinds of soup)? A visit to Busaba,
a south-east Asian restaurant named after a Thai wild flower/pretty girl,
can be quite helpful. There are also plenty of Kaukswe (Burmese coconut
curry rice with vegetables), Burmese bhel (steamed fish with garlic, lime
and chilly), Goi Cun or Vietnamese cold spring rolls, chicken wings with
lemon grass and chilli and other specialities. The bar and 60-seater lounge
is dotted with chimes, bamboo knick-knacks and wooden furniture, considered
necessary appendages for the complete Oriental dining experience. Dinner
for two is between Rs 500 and Rs 600. The restaurant is near Indigo, Mandlik
Marg, Colaba. Call (022) 204-3769/79.
Museum Guides
 If
incomplete captions and boring guides at museums are annoying, check out
the new audio guides introduced in the Prince of Wales Museum that
are a generation ahead of the bulky CD players given out in the British
Museum and the Louvre in Paris. These are sleek mobile phone-sized mp3
players with an hour of recorded information about the exhibits in six
languages, including English, Hindi, Marathi, Japanese, German and French.
Nearly 200 guides made by Narrowcasters India are now available for a
rental of Rs 150. "Visitors will get substantial help in getting
a detailed understanding of our exhibits," says curator Kalpana Desai.
Can the other Indian museums please take cue?
Beauty Care
 For
the first time in India, two new boutiques will showcase products of L'Occitane,
a Provence-based eco-friendly, personal care company. The extensive, sweet
smelling cosmetic lines range from the Shea Butter sun care cream based
on an ingredient from the African Shea tree to home fragrances, a men's
line, essential oils and soaps. These luxuries, as in the case of most
indulgences, are expensive-a soap costs Rs 175 and a shaving kit is for
Rs 5,020. At the Oberoi Towers, Mumbai (022-284-2586) and Ravissant, New
Friends Colony, Delhi (011-623-8642).
Clothes Store
 Those
who want to ape Kareena Kapoor's sleek black look in Ajnabee or Salman
Khan's formals in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke needn't rush to high-flying
auctions. The stylist behind these stars (and many others, including Raveena
Tandon, Yukta Mukhi and Fardeen Khan), Vikram Phadnis, 33, has
opened his own, eponymous store for the "fashion conscious"
at Bandra.
 Swathed
in canary yellows and whites, the outlet provides an ensemble of accessories,
shoes and clothes, pret and couture, with prices ranging between Rs 1,000
and Rs 25,000. "Don't buy my clothes. But if you appreciate them,
you will make my day," is what Phadnis says, presumably to prepare
himself just in case the store is not a massive hit. For more information
call (022) 655 -1375.
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