APR. 3rd -- MUMBIA, INDIA

FYI -- Temperature is:  92°F/33°C 😎

We arrive in Mumbai (Bombay), India at 9:00 AM and we have an excursion called "Mumbai By Lights with Dinner" and it is at 6:30 PM.  So, our day is clear.

Mumbai is the wealthiest city in India and it has a population of 22 million people.  Mumbai is the financial, commercial and entertainment capital of India.  It is the home of "Bollywood".

Approaching our dock...that's smog over the city not fog.

Barry & I spend the morning on the Pool Deck and then have a light lunch.  After lunch I work on the Blog, we read and nap.
We get ready for our evening out and are down in the Stars Lounge at 5:45 PM and have a glass of champagne before we head out.

We board our bus at about 6:30 PM and the sun is starting to set.  We start the tour going though the business and banking district...pass the Gateway of India and see the crowds gathered there...then on to Victoria Terminal (train station) to see it with it's night lights.

Gateway of India

Victoria Terminal (train station)...look at the traffic whizzing by!

Traffic is horrendous.

I just want to mention that traffic is normally horrendous but on our evening out in Mumbai, there is a Cricket Match being played and there are 90,000 people attending!!  As if traffic isn't bad enough, we are dealing with this tonight too.

Our next stop is the restaurant, Khyber, and we arrive about 8:00 PM.
We have an Indian feast!!

Pretty restaurant 

Here is the menu:

Starters:

Condiments on the table:  lime pickle, pickled onions and mint-yogurt dip; spicy papadam

Corn Tikki
Mutton Boti Kabob's
Chicken Tikka (Tandoor)
Papad (Green salad with sliced cucumber, radish, carrots and tomatoes)

Main Course:

Saag Mutton (mutton with spinach)
Chicken Makhawala (Butter Chicken)
Baigan Bharta (mixed vegetables in mild cream sauce)
Navratan Curry (eggplant in spiced tomato sauce)
Maa ki dal (Black Lentil Curry)
Steamed Rice
Naan bread and Roomali Roti (rolled up thin bread)

Dessert:

Kulfi (ice cream made with condensed milk, caramel flavour & cardamom)

Barry and I had the Indian beer, Kingfisher with our meal.  We also tried "Old Monk" which is a special Indian dark rum.  It was delicious...sort of had a vanilla taste along with the dark rum flavour. Very good.
So, that was it.  It was all served to us, it wasn't a buffet, and we all got to taste everything.  It was an authentic Indian dinner...exactly what we wanted to have while in India.

We left the restaurant with a drive along Marine Drive.  It was really pretty by night.  Then we headed back to the ship.
We were back in our cabin by 11:30 PM.
A good day.