For all those parents who have forgotten what a leisure lunch is or skip brunches that have no kids allowed policy or even those who have no baby sitters on the weekend. Sofitel, BKC, Mumbai allows kids and looks after them too. This came as a huge relief when we were looking for a child friendly place to lunch on a Sunday morning. It was after a long tie that we ate peacefully, relished every course and laughed our hearts out.

There is a brunch buffet set up for adults along with a special kiddy food at the kids buffet. And by special, they really mean special because chefs customize to the tender palates of kids from 6 months all the way to fussy eaters. And it doesn’t stop there; their non-spicy menu and countless deserts will make any baby very happy. They offer fun sized food for our mini youngsters. There are mini burgers, mini pizzas, French fries and everything your kids would love on a Sunday break! And Sofitel has a surprise for the Mommies with kids under the age of 5… they can to eat free from a wide variety of food. The kids are so occupied with the activity corner that you wont get a second glance.

For you parents to chill out and enjoy a peaceful Sunday, the kids are completely taken care of by professional activity people who make them do various things. These activities range from arts and crafts, drawing, painting, colouring, reading books of all age groups, chess, and foosball all on safe and fun foam mats with music, videos games and so many other activities.

We were there with a group of friends with age groups from 6 months to 2 years to 4 & 5 year olds and each one had a great time. And not to forget the parents had a lovely time too!!

How much is it? Priced at Rs. 2000 plus taxes each & Rs. 2600 with alcohol.

Time: Timings are 12pm to 4pm

Where? Sofitel Hotel, C57, Block G, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai 400-051

Contact:+912261175000

So make sure you keep a track of this one the next time you are looking at eating out with kids or a special occasion that calls celebration and you have no baby sitters. The kids will love it.

Here’s an extremely simple recipe which is one of my favourites, with some extremely simple ingredients that are most of the times available at home. So if you’re having some sugar cravings, and secretly want to indulge, try out the Apple Crumble Recipe and I’m sure the kids will love it too.

Ingredients

For the crumble

Plain flour, sieved pinch of salt- 300g

Unrefined brown sugar-175g

Unsalted butter, cubed at room temperature-200g

Butter for greasing- 1 tbsp

For the filling

apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in pieces-450g

Unrefined brown sugar-50g

Plain flour-1 tbsp

1 pinch of ground cinnamon

Preparation method Read more…

The Children’s Fest at the Royal Western India Turf Club is celebrating the big, yummy and sweet way!!! I have already added this to my Weekend Plans with Kids and so should you cause a big gigantic 15 ft by 12 ft yummilicious Birdy’s cake is going to be cut at the RWITC. And think of it this way- Each piece of this yummy cake that you buy will help the NGO, Magic Bus to change a life of an under privileged kid somewhere out there. So fill your tummies as much as you can cause remember you’re making a difference. Cake for a Cause it is!!!

When: Sunday, 28^th April, 2013; 2:30 to 5pm

Where: Royal Western India Turf Club, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai

As we welcome the hot days of summer once again, we struggle our way through to cut through this heat. There’s nothing better I can think off than to quickly stir up a glass of chilled, easy to make fruity milkshake for the kids. All you got to do is find some fruits in your fridge, some milk, coolants, a bit of sugar