🍵 11:00 AM – Meet at Café Colaba Social: Welcome & Flavor Icebreaker
Guests gather at a trendy yet cozy café in Colaba. The session begins with a round of introductions over masala chai and “Flavor Personality Cards.”
🃏 Icebreaker Activity:
Participants pick a “flavor card” (sour, spicy, sweet, umami, bitter) and share a food memory connected to it. This opens up storytelling, laughter, and connections right at the start.
Each guest receives:
A Find N Vibe Food Passport
A Mumbai Flavor Trail Map
A wrist tag labeled with their food mood (Spicy Explorer, Curious Chef, Sweet Seeker, etc.)
🌶️ 11:45 AM – Crawford Market: The Spice Trail Begins
A curated walkthrough with a local culinary historian takes the group through the vibrant spice lanes of Crawford Market and Mohammed Ali Road.
What guests experience:
Scenting and touching raw spices
Live demo on how spices are sun-dried and ground
Interactions with spice sellers on “secret spice blends”
Sampling masalas used in Mughlai, Parsi, and Koli cuisines
🎁 Takeaway: Guests receive a DIY masala pouch they personally blend.
📸 Content Moment: Slow-mo videos of spice mixing, golden hour market shots, and reels with sounds of sizzling tawa.
🫓 1:00 PM – Bohri Thaal Lunch Experience: Eat Like a Local
Guests are welcomed into a traditional Bohri Muslim household for a thaal-style lunch. Seated together, everyone shares plates, stories, and laughter.
Menu (sample):
Smoked mutton kheema samosas
Kaari chawal
Dabba gosht
Tamarind chutney
Sancha mango ice cream
💬 Hosted by the family matriarch: She shares anecdotes about how recipes passed down over generations shape identity, celebration, and community.
Cultural Cue Card: Each dish comes with a story card explaining its origin and significance.
🧡 Emotional Moment: Guests write a food gratitude note on a napkin and share who they’d want to cook this dish for.
🛍️ 2:30 PM – Ingredient Treasure Hunt: Cook to Win
In teams of 2-3, participants are handed ingredient clue cards and ₹100 to shop for missing ingredients from the local markets of Mazgaon.
🕵️♀️ Example clue:
"Find the green pod that flavors biryani and chai alike. You need just 3."
The hunt is timed (25 mins), filmed, and full of laughter. Teams interact with local vendors and barter with flair!
🎁 Winners get: An artisan masala tin, and shoutouts on Find N Vibe socials.
🍳 3:30 PM – Community Cooking Workshop: Recipes of the Heart
Arrive at a rustic rooftop studio with an open kitchen, colorful mats, copper pots, and a sunset view.
Hosted by: A female-led culinary collective preserving forgotten Indian recipes.
Workshop Theme:
“Maa ke haath ka magic” – Making regional comfort food with your hands & heart
Guests cook 2-3 dishes guided by mentors:
Stuffed aloo paratha with mint-chilli chutney
Chhattisgarhi phara (steamed rice dumplings)
Kesar rose shrikhand
🥄 Cooking is communal. Everyone stirs, chops, and folds together.
🧘♀️ Bonus: Between cooking, guests are led through a Food & Memory journaling session where they write about:
“The first dish you learned to cook”
“Who fed your soul the most with food”
“What recipe will you pass on?”
🎶 5:00 PM – Sunset Dining & Reflection Circle
With the food they've prepared, guests sit for a soulful meal together on the terrace—under fairy lights and surrounded by plant vines.
🪕 Background: Soft Indian instrumental music or a surprise folk singer plays live.
🗣️ The Closing Circle:
Each guest shares their biggest food memory unlocked during the day
Participants are handed a surprise letter titled:
"To the Kitchen Keeper in You” – a handwritten note about legacy, love & food.
📸 Memory Wall: Everyone puts their Polaroid and food quote on a clothespin wall with the tag:
“Here, I ate and I remembered.”
