Kaptain s Retreat HOTEL $$ (%5005599; www.kaptainsretreat.com; Sector 35-B; s/d 2190/2490, ste 3190; a) Owned by cricketing icon Kapil Dev, this 10-room hotel is filled with cricket paraphernalia, including signed cricket bats and coloured-glass objets d art. For unenthusiastic pace bowlers, there s a relaxing bar-restaurant downstairs. The rooms aren t superluxe but are comfy, cosy with heavy wooden furnishings and shuttered windows.
Aurah CAFE $ (B-Block, Ranjit Ave; mains 150-250; h11.30am11.30pm; a) Alongside a Subway franchise is this chilled-out cafe, delighting diners with global goodies: glass-noodle salad, lemon- grass chicken skewers, risotto, crispy lotus stems, lettuce wraps with sweet chilli dressing, pasta, Caesar salad and, for the mother of all sugar fixes, the chocolate trip.
Just 500m away, India s largest water tank, the ghat-fl anked Bhramasarovar, was, according to Hindu holy texts, electrical plugs by country created by Lord Brahma. It attracts throngs during solar eclipses and Gita Jayanti, anniversary electrical plugs by country of the Bhagavad Gita (see p 200 ).
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