By
Deepti Khanna
Photography:
Courtesy the restaurant
The interiors of this Gurgaon-based
restaurant transports diners to the era of the Raj…
How do you share the joy of 200 vintage
cars, 88 bikes and 4000 vintage photographs? Well, as Madan Mohan Yadav,
connoisseur ad proud owner of ‘21 Gun Salute’ tells us, by treating the masses
to a royal experience – food, ambience and service – laid out regal style!
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This fine dine restaurant in Gurgaon
ensures that its patrons feel like kings and queens while enjoying their maharaja meal amidst memorable old-world
sovereignty. With a collection of over 13 years to share, the cars and bikes –
displayed in twos on each occasion and diligently changed every month – form
the perfect foil to the menu that boasts dishes from the royal kitchens of
India.
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Predictably, the ambience is totally in
synch with the thematic with the palatial 6000 sq. ft divided into three dining
halls – Lakshmi Niwas Palace, Vijaymandir Palace and Umed Bhavan Palace, where
videos of the respective palaces are played on large drop-down screens. Despite
the interiors being identical, the collection of photographs in each dining
hall lends it a distinctive character.
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Wooden floors, jaalis, archaic artefacts, and a plethora of arches with dim
lights silently let the photographs, vintage cars and bikes take centre stage. The
spots where the cars are parked have been placed under huge domes with
patterned floors underneath, ceremoniously lit and decorated to ensure that
these become the highlight of the dining experience. In fact, the main car
display is designed to look as if the car is parked in the porch of a
fort!
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In tandem, the other areas in the restaurant
are underplayed by their lighting and seating arrangement. Incidentally, the privacy and open space
offered to each diner constitutes a unique feature of this restaurant. With carpet
area of 6,000 sq feet, the restaurant accommodates only 175 people. “Booth and
regular seating create small zones that ensure privacy,” informs Jatinder
Malhotra, the architect of the project. “In fact,” he concludes, “The biggest
challenge faced on the project was to create the illusion of height.”
Looks great,hope to visit it one day,thx for posting wonderful pictures.
ReplyDeleteI can feel your passion in interior designing... its looks awesome.. keep doing this..
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interiors designers
My heartiest congratulations to the writer on writing this.
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