An invaluable insiders guide to Mumbai with Rashida, followed by Bohri lunch

Rashida has been conducting personalized and exclusive tours of Mumbai for well-traveled clients for more than a decade. She shares a unique perspective of Mumbai through her city tours and expertly guides you through the city. You will be picked up from your hotel in South Mumbai in a chauffeur driven car and then begin exploring Mumbai's bustling markets giving you some of the truest glimpses of the city’s inner workings. Your tour can be completely customized based on your interests. You will visit Crawford Market, one of Mumbai’s main markets, built in the days of the British Raj, where fresh fruits, vegetables, poultry and spices are for sale.
Once your city tour is complete, you drive to Rashida’s beautiful old world apartment, located on an upmarket residential street in South Mumbai.

After a refreshing welcome drink, join Rashida in her kitchen for a cooking demonstration. She will demonstrate how to prepare 2-3 dishes, that you will eat along with other prepared dishes eaten with rice and Indian breads.

Bohri cuisine is served course by course rather than all at once. Unlike most Indian meals, you begin your meal with something sweet followed by something savory, all desserts are called mithaas and the savory dishes kharaas. You will share the meal with Rashida in her sprawling dining room decorated with furniture from another era. The meal might include dahi vada (deep fried potato served with thick yogurt), dahi bhindi (okra with yogurt), succulent mutton kebabs, salad, kheema khichdi (minced meat pulao), kheema na samosa (minced meat samosas), biryani and homemade ice-cream.