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An ingredient-driven restaurant, borrowing from the past to build modern Indian cuisine | @AditiDugar

Mumbai, India
Joined January 2016
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Scenes from an epic event 💥 A limited edition lipstick collection from Estée Lauder and one of India’s most celebrated designers, Sabyasachi, made its debut. Chef @varun_totlani and Masque, played a small part:
.@EsteeLauder x Sabyasachi ❤️ @MasqueBombay and chef @Varun_Totlani curated a bespoke menu inspired by Bengal for an evening celebrating this epic collab.
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NEW MENU 💥 A celebration of time-tested Indian cooking traditions — done the Masque way, by connecting dots around the country, and across cultures. Chef @Varun_Totlani brings you knock-out flavours he’s loved, others he’s discovered on travels, and some drawn at #MasqueLab.
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Thank you for sharing, @hvgoenka! Our Ladi Pav | Podi & Cashew | Curry Leaf course sparked a fun column:
When your long-time champion gets a taste of your new dish, and is moved to write a column about it. Thank you @hvgoenka — this is what Chef @varun_totlani and team @MasqueBombay enjoy doing, spark new ideas by using Indian ingredients with a rush of imagination 🙏🏼
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Easily the most fun we’ve had on a research trip — learning about seaweed found in Goa #MasqueTravels
Sea Grapes 🌱 🌊 seaweed that pops in your mouth! It has an incredibly juicy and briny taste, and a jelly-like texture that bursts in your mouth. Who would have thought this is found in South Goa?! 🧵
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NEW MENU 💥 Summer menu is here! To make you forget the withering heat for one hot sec 🥵 Chef @Varun_Totlani brings a ton of fruits & berries onto his latest. Get ready for fresh flavours, new stories, to traverse the length & breadth of the country with your tastebuds.
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Thank you @qtfan! Most kind 🙏🏼
With the lovely @cataclasma and my fave Chef @varun_totlani at @MasqueBombay last evening. The dinner of the year certainly.
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India’s best 🤝 Philippines’s Best • Two stellar teams unite to bring you two nights of incredible food! @ToyoEatery’s Chef Jordy Navarra 🇵🇭 will be at Masque with our very own Chef @Varun_Totlani 🇮🇳 cooking up a storm • Book via bit.ly/chatwithmasque
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After working for kitchens both locally and internationally, Jordy, together with his wife, May, and his loyal and crazy kitchen crew put up Toyo Eatery in 2016 to cook Filipino food.
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Indian Cheese & Dairy Traditions 🧀 Six hands dinner by cheese & dairy expert @bigaddie, @cheftzac and our very own Chef @varun_totlani. A deep dive into native Indian cheese and dairy varieties, through a never-done-before 10 course menu: linktr.ee/masquerestaurant
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Different native varieties of ghee coming in from all over the country — this bright one is from Tons Valley 📍 Uttarakhand
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The World’s @50BestBars No. 5, Little Red Door 🇫🇷 joins us for a Guest Shift at The Living Room 📍 Masque on March 22
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For the first time in India, catch these cool mixologists at the top of their game 🍸 doing what they do best — right here in Mumbai
No.5 is a cosy and cosmopolitan nightspot, entered through a red entrance in the pleasant #Paris district of Marai… it’s Little Red Door! #Worlds50BestBars #littlereddoorparis #lrd
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Alquímico at The Living Room by Masque 💫 March 17 🕖 7pm onwards 🍸 Stoked to welcome them to India 🇮🇳 here’s why you *absolutely* shouldn’t miss them…
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They’re widely acknowledged as some of the best in the 🍸 biz. CC @50BestBars teapaw.org/50BestBars/status/1577…
In Cartagena’s historical centre, Alquímico – No.10 in The World’s 50 Best Bars – offers a progressive cocktail list, showcasing the country’s biological diversity and flavour potential. #Worlds50BestBars
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Thank you for that high praise 😀✨
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In praise of tuur dal 🧵
Tuur Dal over Edamame 🌱 Hear me out, I’d rather use fresh, green tuur (pigeon peas) over edamame. Texturally, they’re the same. The mild sweetness of tuur is a plus. Plus, plus, they’re native to India.
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.@Saeek takes over #MasqueLab 💥 March 2 & 3 Maharashtrian cuisine like you’ve never experienced before, from a renowned chronicler of Marathi cooking. The author of ‘Pangat: Food and Lore from Marathi Kitchens’ takes the reins at #MasqueLab ✨ bit.ly/chatwithmasque
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Let this be your introduction to ‘gavhale’ — hand rolled local pasta (for lack of a better word). To ‘bhurka’ a chilli-sesame oil from Marathwada. To ‘kakavi’ that spotlights Kolhapur’s sugar belt. To ‘kharvas’ — a steamed colostrum pudding — @Saeek’s much-loved signature dish.
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We’d be Bad Liars if we said we weren’t on Top Of The World ✨ @Imaginedragons at #MasqueLab, last night with their Radioactive energy! Can hardly wait for their Thunderous set tonight at @LollaIndia 🎸 #lollapalooza #lollaindia #imaginedragons
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NEW WINTER MENU 💥 The one where Chef @varun_totlani takes flavours of the street and makes them his own. 

The CliffsNotes 🤓✍🏼 Goan Seaweed • Star Fruit Kanji • Fresh Peas Patra • Ros Omelette • Bhutta • Nolen Gur • Strawberry Paan 💭
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Over the coming weeks, we’ll bring you a taste of all these buzzwords! Or better yet, come discover it yourself.
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Seafood can be vegetarian after all 🌿🤔💭
Indian Seaweed 🌊 In September, I met Gabriella D’Cruz, founder of The Good Ocean in Goa, who helped us get closer to “the forest of the sea”.
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“Last week, Masque celebrated its 6th anniversary. In a short span that also saw a pandemic sweep the world, the ingredient-focused restaurant has won prestigious awards & ranked 21 on #Asias50Best this year. It’s now considered India’s No.1 restaurant.”lifestyle.livemint.com/food/…
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For @Mint_Lounge, @Jahnabee Borah traces @AditiDugar’s trajectory to becoming the first 🇮🇳 Indian female restaurateur on #Asias50Best list | @TheWorlds50Best 💥 #MasqueTurns6
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Just 3 Bombay boys free-styling! This Sept, we turn 6 & celebrate with a spicy helping of Chop Suey. It’s what you get when you bring together 3 irreverent chefs. Harsh Dixit, Lakhan Jethani & @varun_totlani bring a wild mix of Asian flavours with 🇮🇳 twist bit.ly/bombaychopsuey
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NEW MENU 💥 The new monsoon menu from Chef @varun_totlani brings all the fireworks! From micro-seasonal ingredients to longtime #MasqueLab projects; royal cooking traditions to Indian household staples — the menu traverses a whole lot of ground & we can’t wait for you to try it!
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Murungakkai Marrow • Our take on Tamil Nadu’s murungakkai kuzhambu. The drumstick marrow is marinated in traditional flavours, and the seeds seasoned with curry leaf oil. It’s set within a leek cream tart.
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FIRST LOOK 💥👀 at the new menu – at Mumbai, India
New menu at @MasqueBombay 🍫 This course was inspired by the bean-to-bar revolution we’re currently witnessing in India. Cacao | Chocolate | Gondhoraj
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