" Pathan Ka Chaap Shot" (lamb chops) kept a lot of fans going when the tension was thick and the suspense growing. You wouldn't think that with an India-Pak match on you could eat a morsel, specially something heavy like chicken sheekh rolled in egg tawa paratha except when it comes in the disguise of "Gauti Ka Purana Pyaar".
Restaurants and bars came up with innovative ways to celebrate the match as cheering fans sipped drinks named after signature moves of their favourite cricket stars. One of the hottest-selling drinks at a pub, Blues, in Connaught Place was "Dhoni's Helicopter". Another favourite was "Square Cut".
Tabula Rasa in Saket handed out complimentary blue and green cocktails (with vodka as main ingredient apparently) to go with the colours of the two warring teams. But with the crowd bulging, those soon ran out.
Blanco in Khan Market created a special menu specially for the match. "Best Bouncer" — a potent mix of gin, vodka and tequila — emerged a clear favourite. Names of drinks were drawn from cricketing vocabulary. There was "Caught and bowled" (fancy name for the classic 'gin and tonic') and there was "Third Umpire" (frozen margaritas in three flavours).
"People were having shots of 'Mesmerizing Sixer' which has Kahlua, Baileys and Triple Sec. But most drank beer as the constant cheering made them thirsty," says Mahesh Katial of Blanco. For food, they had the "Indian Spin Googly" — a food combo, including chicken, paratha and lentils. For vegetarians, chicken was substituted with cottage cheese. There was also the 'Irish Sweep" which is Irish-style country-roast chicken served with potatoes. The World Cup Special Combo was an assortment of vegetarian and non-vegetarian snacks and six pints of beer.
Blues also had the curious, non-cricket-related "Firangi Pasand Hindustani Style" — essentially a vegetarian cheese burger.
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