Although we are still in Mumbai we have already taken a step back from Mumbai and we can see the complete amazing city and our past 18 months as a whole. At the moment we are busy visiting our most favourite places in and around Mumbai for one last time. This is a good moment for an overall conclusion and a rating in 15 categories:
Category 1 -Best Indian Restaurant-
Foto: Seaview Hotel Restaurant Juhu Beach
Top 1: Papa Pancho (Palinaka)
Top 2: Seaview Hotel (Juhu Beach)
Top 3: Only Parathas (Linkingroad)
Top 4: Elcos (Hillroad)
Top 5: The Coast (33rd Road Khar)
Category 2 -Best Foreign Restaurant-
Foto: Noodlebar
Top 1: Noodle Bar (33rd Road)
Top 2: Asian Wok (Carter Road)
Top 3: Mia Cucina (Palinaka)
Top 4: Mainland China (Shoppers Stop)
Top 5: La Pizzeria (Marine Drive)
Category 3 -Best Café and Bistro-
Foto: Bagelshop
Top 1: Moshes´ (Fabindia Khalagoda)
Top 2: Theobrama (Bandra and Colaba)
Top 3: The Tasting Room (Good Earth Lower Parel)
Top 4: Café Coffee Day (Carter Road)
Top 5: The Bagel Shop (Pali Hill)
Top 6: Barista (Bandstand)
Top 7: Prithvi Theatre Café (Juhu)
Top 8: Café Mocha (Juhu / Churchgate)
Top 9: Bunty (Raffles HiLife Mall Santacruz Station)
Top 10: Vista (Taj Lands End Bandstand)
Category 4 -Most interesting Street-
Foto: Santacruz Station Road (W)
Top 1: 33rd Road / Linkingroad
Top 2: Palinaka Market
Top 3: Carter Road
Top 4: Marine Drive
Top 5: Hillroad
Top 6: Mahatma Gandhi Road
Top 7: new bridge (Bandra Worli Sea Link)
Top 8: Santacruz Station Road
Top 9: Bandstand
Top 10: Worli Sea Face
Category 5 -Best Indian Dish-
Foto: Tokri Chaat
Top 1: Dahi Puri (Papa Pancho)
Top 2: Tokri Chaat (Only Parathas)
Top 3: Paneer Tikka Masala
Top 4: Masala Dosa (Elcos)
Top 5: Chole Masala
Category 6 -Best Drink-
Foto: Georg preparing Tender Coconut
Top 1: Freshlime Soda Sweet
Top 2: Mango Lassi (Shabri Restaurant Santacruz Station)
Top 3: Tender Coconut (best: icecold from the fridge)
Top 4: (Masala) Chai
Top 5: Sweet Lassi (Papa Pancho)
Category 7 -Best Shop-
Foto: Fruitwala Parkash
Top 1: Fruitwala Parkash (33rd Road, Khar)
Top 2: Good Earth (Lower Parel)
Top 3: Tejani Stores (33rd / 16th Road Khar)
Top 4: Fabindia (all)
Top 5: Kwality Piknik (Linkingroad)
Category 8 -Best Mobility Device-
Foto: pimped morning Rickshaw
Top 1: Rickshaw
Top 2: own car
Top 3: normal Cab (Taxi)
Top 4: walking
Top 5: new bridge (Bandra Worli Sea Link)
Category 9 -Best Sightseeing Location-
Foto: evening@Banganga
Top 1: Banganga Walkeshwar Temple Complex
Top 2: Juhu Beach
Top 3: Kandheri Caves / Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Top 4: Chowpatti Beach and Marine Drive
Top 5: Gateway of India / Harbour / Taj Mahal Hotel
Category 10 -Best urban animal-
Foto: cows on Linkingroad
Top 1: (green) Parrots
Top 2: Squirrels
Top 3: Street Dogs
Top 4: Street Cows
Top 5: Street Goats
Top 6: Crows
Top 7: Urban Monkeys
Top 8: Lizards
Top 9: Street Cats
Top 10: Giant Bats
Category 11 -Best Bollywood Hit Song-
Foto: Zoobi Doobi
Top 1: Ringa Ringa (Slumdog Millionaire)
Top 2: Delhi-6 (Delhi-6)
Top 3: Zoobi Doobi (3 Idiots)
Top 4: Aahista Aahista (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Top 5: Aal Izz Well (3 Idiots)
Top 6: Bachna Ae Haseeno (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Top 7: Paper Planes (Slumdog Millionaire)
Top 8: Masakalli (Delhi-6)
Top 9: Ajab Si (Om Shanti Om)
Top 10: Genda Phool (Delhi-6)
Category 12 -Best Bollywood Movie or Movie set in India-
Foto: scene from "Road, Movie"
Top 1: 3 Idiots
Top 2: Road, Movie
Top 3: Slumdog Millionaire
Top 4: Outsourced
Top 5: Bachna Ae Haseeno
Video: Karina Kaifs TV ad for Mangojuice
Top 1: Aamir Khan
Top 2: Karina Kaif (for her Mango Juice advertisement only)
Top 3: Kareena Kapoor
Top 4: Shah Rukh Khan
Top 5: Ranbir Kapoor
Category 14 -Best Party Location-
Foto: Roofparty at Silveroak, Chimbairoad
Top 1: Kinos Cottage (Versova Beach)
Top 2: own Roof Terrace (Chimbairoad)
Top 3: Mumbai Times Café
Top 4: Zenzi (Bandra)
Top 5: Bluefrog (Lower Parel)
Category 15 -Best Beauty and Wellness Parlour-
Foto: at the Barber
Top 1: Sun´n´Sand (Juhu Beach)
Top 2: Birla Ayrveda (Khar Danda Road)
Top 3: Babbu Stylist
Top 4: Jean-Claude Biguine (for his rediculous prices)
Top 5: Bottlegreen (for rediculous prices)
Category 1 -Best Indian Restaurant-
Foto: Seaview Hotel Restaurant Juhu Beach
Top 1: Papa Pancho (Palinaka)
Top 2: Seaview Hotel (Juhu Beach)
Top 3: Only Parathas (Linkingroad)
Top 4: Elcos (Hillroad)
Top 5: The Coast (33rd Road Khar)
Category 2 -Best Foreign Restaurant-
Foto: Noodlebar
Top 1: Noodle Bar (33rd Road)
Top 2: Asian Wok (Carter Road)
Top 3: Mia Cucina (Palinaka)
Top 4: Mainland China (Shoppers Stop)
Top 5: La Pizzeria (Marine Drive)
Category 3 -Best Café and Bistro-
Foto: Bagelshop
Top 1: Moshes´ (Fabindia Khalagoda)
Top 2: Theobrama (Bandra and Colaba)
Top 3: The Tasting Room (Good Earth Lower Parel)
Top 4: Café Coffee Day (Carter Road)
Top 5: The Bagel Shop (Pali Hill)
Top 6: Barista (Bandstand)
Top 7: Prithvi Theatre Café (Juhu)
Top 8: Café Mocha (Juhu / Churchgate)
Top 9: Bunty (Raffles HiLife Mall Santacruz Station)
Top 10: Vista (Taj Lands End Bandstand)
Category 4 -Most interesting Street-
Foto: Santacruz Station Road (W)
Top 1: 33rd Road / Linkingroad
Top 2: Palinaka Market
Top 3: Carter Road
Top 4: Marine Drive
Top 5: Hillroad
Top 6: Mahatma Gandhi Road
Top 7: new bridge (Bandra Worli Sea Link)
Top 8: Santacruz Station Road
Top 9: Bandstand
Top 10: Worli Sea Face
Category 5 -Best Indian Dish-
Foto: Tokri Chaat
Top 1: Dahi Puri (Papa Pancho)
Top 2: Tokri Chaat (Only Parathas)
Top 3: Paneer Tikka Masala
Top 4: Masala Dosa (Elcos)
Top 5: Chole Masala
Category 6 -Best Drink-
Foto: Georg preparing Tender Coconut
Top 1: Freshlime Soda Sweet
Top 2: Mango Lassi (Shabri Restaurant Santacruz Station)
Top 3: Tender Coconut (best: icecold from the fridge)
Top 4: (Masala) Chai
Top 5: Sweet Lassi (Papa Pancho)
Category 7 -Best Shop-
Foto: Fruitwala Parkash
Top 1: Fruitwala Parkash (33rd Road, Khar)
Top 2: Good Earth (Lower Parel)
Top 3: Tejani Stores (33rd / 16th Road Khar)
Top 4: Fabindia (all)
Top 5: Kwality Piknik (Linkingroad)
Category 8 -Best Mobility Device-
Foto: pimped morning Rickshaw
Top 1: Rickshaw
Top 2: own car
Top 3: normal Cab (Taxi)
Top 4: walking
Top 5: new bridge (Bandra Worli Sea Link)
Category 9 -Best Sightseeing Location-
Foto: evening@Banganga
Top 1: Banganga Walkeshwar Temple Complex
Top 2: Juhu Beach
Top 3: Kandheri Caves / Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Top 4: Chowpatti Beach and Marine Drive
Top 5: Gateway of India / Harbour / Taj Mahal Hotel
Category 10 -Best urban animal-
Foto: cows on Linkingroad
Top 1: (green) Parrots
Top 2: Squirrels
Top 3: Street Dogs
Top 4: Street Cows
Top 5: Street Goats
Top 6: Crows
Top 7: Urban Monkeys
Top 8: Lizards
Top 9: Street Cats
Top 10: Giant Bats
Category 11 -Best Bollywood Hit Song-
Top 1: Ringa Ringa (Slumdog Millionaire)
Top 2: Delhi-6 (Delhi-6)
Top 3: Zoobi Doobi (3 Idiots)
Top 4: Aahista Aahista (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Top 5: Aal Izz Well (3 Idiots)
Top 6: Bachna Ae Haseeno (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Top 7: Paper Planes (Slumdog Millionaire)
Top 8: Masakalli (Delhi-6)
Top 9: Ajab Si (Om Shanti Om)
Top 10: Genda Phool (Delhi-6)
Category 12 -Best Bollywood Movie or Movie set in India-
Top 1: 3 Idiots
Top 2: Road, Movie
Top 3: Slumdog Millionaire
Top 4: Outsourced
Top 5: Bachna Ae Haseeno
Category 13 -Best Bollywood Celebrity-
Video: Karina Kaifs TV ad for Mangojuice
Top 1: Aamir Khan
Top 2: Karina Kaif (for her Mango Juice advertisement only)
Top 3: Kareena Kapoor
Top 4: Shah Rukh Khan
Top 5: Ranbir Kapoor
Category 14 -Best Party Location-
Foto: Roofparty at Silveroak, Chimbairoad
Top 1: Kinos Cottage (Versova Beach)
Top 2: own Roof Terrace (Chimbairoad)
Top 3: Mumbai Times Café
Top 4: Zenzi (Bandra)
Top 5: Bluefrog (Lower Parel)
Category 15 -Best Beauty and Wellness Parlour-
Foto: at the Barber
Top 1: Sun´n´Sand (Juhu Beach)
Top 2: Birla Ayrveda (Khar Danda Road)
Top 3: Babbu Stylist
Top 4: Jean-Claude Biguine (for his rediculous prices)
Top 5: Bottlegreen (for rediculous prices)