Ahmedabad, November 25, 2022: The frills, wreaths, trees and decorations are being prepared to be put up, there’s a pleasant nip in the air and the smell of freshly baked cake and confectionary samples wafting through the air. Ringing in the Christmas-New Year festivities, ITC Narmada, a Luxury Collection property of ITC Hotels Limited hosted the Christmas Cake Mixing Ceremony at the hotel on Friday.
Mr Keenan McKenzie, general manager, ITC Narmada along with Mr Gaurav Lavina, executive chef, ITC Narmada, and his team, hosted the Christmas Cake Mixing ceremony over high tea, at the 12th Floor Lounge in the Alfresco Area of the hotel. A community of culinary enthusiasts from across Ahmedabad experienced the Christmas Cake mixing ritual with great enthusiasm.
Soaking dry fruits, fruit peels and aromatic spices in juices about a month in advance makes for the perfectly delectable Plum cake traditionally prepared for Christmas. Patrons present at the ceremony witnessed and experienced the soaking and mixing of aromatic spices such as cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg with candied orange and ginger peel, stewed apricots, toasted almonds, walnuts, dates, raisins and black currants in a mix of orange and pomegranate juice and mixed together, with great enthusiasm and joy.
Gourmands and guests from across Ahmedabad are welcomed at ITC Narmada for Christmas festivities to indulge in the scrumptious Christmas Cake, a slew of confectioneries and other delights.
Christmas delicacies that will be part of the specially curated Christmas menu at the hotel, next month, were also presented at the high tea. These include a choice of pot stickers — water chestnut and garlic chives and scallions and turkey pot stickers, in addition to a range of pancakes with refreshing flavours such as Mango turmeric and avocado, grilled pineapple and hoisin-pickled vegetables, juniper braised red cabbage, peanut and coriander salsa wrapped in warm savoury steamed pancakes. This is besides a range of scrumptious desserts including cinnamon, chilly and chocolate cream pots with nougat and marshmallows, blackberry, and chocolate basque flan and fresh fig and strawberry frangipane tart.
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With the enduring Namaste as the symbol of its brand experience, ITC Hotels is one of India’s leading luxury hotel chains offering comprehensive hospitality solutions through more than 115 hotels with over 11000 keys across 80 destinations in the country. Embodying ‘Responsible Luxury’ as its guiding premise, ITC’s hotels integrates India’s fine tradition of hospitality with globally benchmarked services to reflect the culture and ethos of each destination, through a collection of hotels. ITC’s hotel group operates under six distinct brands; ‘ITC Hotel’ at the Luxury end, ‘Welcomhotel’ in the upper upscale space, ‘Fortune’ in the mid-market to upscale segment and ‘WelcomHeritage’ in the heritage leisure segment. Brand Mementos in the Luxury segment and brand Storii in the premium segment are the latest addition to the ITC Hotels portfolio.
About Responsible Luxury:
Sustainable business practises which respect the environment and society have been the DNA of ITC Hotels. With more than a decade strong ‘Responsible Luxury’ ethos as its guiding premise, ITC Hotels has initiated numerous planet positive initiatives and is committed to deliver luxury experiences embedded with sustainable practices – an endeavour that has manifested in each ITC luxury hotel being certified with a *LEED® Platinum rating for its endeavours towards green building, following processes that are resource-efficient. *LEED® (*Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design – by U.S. Green Building Council and the Indian Green Building Council). ITC Hotels has been focused on initiatives addressing health and wellbeing and over the years introduced many initiatives like heightened focus on Indoor Air Quality, installation of Radiation harmonisers, pioneering mitigation of single use plastic products and the Sleeep Program which addresses multiple parameters aimed at enhancing quality of sleep.
For more information please contact:
Gayatri Hurra
PR & MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
ITC NARMADA
+91 9558810756 /Email: gayatri.hurra@itchotels.in
