Metro secrets

The world is, indeed, your oyster. Travelling to the farthest corners of the globe is just a click of the mouse and a drive to the airport away. But sometimes, in venturing out to see the wide unknown, we ignore our backyards. In this issue, therefore, we set out to learn more about our five metros— we fanned out across the cities, sniffed out hidden bookshops in secret alleys, visited forgotten monuments that will tempt you to pack your bags for a quick trip, walked down streets where history beckons, dropped in for a bite at eateries you must try out and shopped to our hearts content at stores, boutiques and malls you probably haven’t been to before. Read our cover story, Metro Secrets, to find out what you can do in a day when you visit these cities next time. Believe me, you haven’t read anything like this before.

Of course, that’s not all. In our regular sections, we welcome you to the world of Kopi Luwak—the world’s most expensive coffee. Only 450 kg of this coffee is available worldwide each year and barely 1 per cent of it reaches India. We didn’t give up and found one hotel in Delhi that had the coffee on its menu and invited well-known foodie Bill Marchetti to taste a cup of Kopi Luwak and review it for us.

Did we hear you say spring is more a wine drinking season? Get your glasses out. We have Mail Today’s Executive Editor Sourish Bhattacharyya, named as one of India’s three most influential wine journalists by Wine Business International, the leading wine trade publication in the world, telling you about the best Sauvignon Blanc (white wine) available in India.

And if all this talk of coffee and wine makes you want to travel, we suggest you take our advice and fly straight to Berlin—the emerging cultural capital of the world. Read about Berlin in our Travel section story Achtung Baby.

So, sit back, read and have a good time.