An evening with knock-out cocktails and popular music
Frankly, I did not know what to expect when I first heard the name of this pub whose launch I was about to attend — Excuse Me Boss. Was it catering primarily to office goers who would like to get an after-work drink and catch some grub? Was it playing with what usually one says to get the bartender’s attention in Delhi —“Excuse me, boss”? I wasn’t sure. After I spend a good 10 minutes pondering over such possibilities and realising the absolute futility of such an exercise, I was good to go.
Walk a few blocks straight and the pub is on your right. The place serves as a Cafe Bar — a Cafe during the day and a pub/ bar after sundown. The property is fantastic due to its prime location and the pub itself is quite spacious. A long wooden bar table adorns one end of the pub, with seating arrangements all around and a separate pad for live gigs and performances.
There were a few knockout cocktails served to us — top of rail: vodka, gin, white rum with Grenadine syrup and topped with beer, love potion: vodka with creme de cacao strawberry crush and vanilla, and a wonderfully exuberant bellini de peach: peach extract, peach liqueur, topped with sparkling wine.
The house played popular Bollywood numbers and included a number of Sufi tracks. Later in the evening singer Suryaveer gave aperformance with his band Ehsaas. The band played popular Sufi songs from films and independent albums. The party was attended by the usual Delhi socialites, which included Ashish and Ashima Gupta, Saumya Goswami, Rajni Goswami, Vineet and Namita Malhotra, Jaspreet Singh, Sunil and Anju Malik, Chetnya Nanda, Suryaveer, and P. Khurrana.