Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, Vashi, is hosting a delicious and#039;Mangalorean Food Festivaland#039; buffet, treating you to lip smacking local delicacies created by home chefs. With coconut- based gravies to finger licking meat, this is how Sheraton served to us a part of Mangalore on our plates.

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pIt has been ages since I savoured a meat delicacy slow cooked in an earthen bowl with flavours that take me back to my hometown. Well, this is what my weekend was about, when I visited the newly opened strongFour Points by Sheraton/strong in Vashi to attend the ongoing Mangalorean food festival at their all-day diner called the strongAsian Kitchen/strong./p
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pKeeping up with the trend of celebrating regional cuisines this year, Sheraton hosted the city to some delicious local meals prepared by veteran home chefs. A buffet style setting, the menu, curated by homechefs strongVijaya S Bangera/strong and strongRekha S Salian/strong under the guidance of strongExecutive Chef Mukul Jha/strong, featured an array of delicacies comprising non vegetarian, vegetarian and sea food dishes. Excited about the meal, I began the food trail with a bowl of the tomato emrasam /emand emkurimamsa rasam/em (mutton soup)andmdash;just the ideal food for soul. After the soups, we entered the appetisers section where we binged on delicious salads coated with freshly grated coconut, heightened with a emtadka /emof fried mustard seeds. Complementing the salads were the deep...