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The executive consumer

The executive consumer

Top restaurateur Rahul Akerkar likes things simple, unfussy and elegant.

My Stuff
Top restaurateur Rahul Akerkar likes things simple, unfussy and elegant.

MEDIA
Daily paper: Hindustan Times, Mint and DNA
TV news: NDTV, CNN, BBC
Magazines: Time, The Art of Eating, Cuisine & Wine Asia
Websites: Facebook, www.nytimes.com, YouTube

FOOD AND DRINKS
Tea/Coffee: Light lemon tea or espresso
Spirit: Glenmorangie and Macallan, among single malts
Cocktail: A Whiskey Sour or a Vodka Martini with lots of olives
Beer: Kingfisher, Pilsner Urquell
Restaurant: Indigo!

HOME
Old world, Colaba
Car: Mahindra Scorpio
Dinner set: : Plain white from Paradise Road in Sri Lanka
Water: Himalayan
Curtains: None. Have old-louvered teak-wood windows
Sheets: Egyptian cotton. No brand per se
TV: Sony. A 10-year-old clunker
Pets: Cocker Spaniel

GADGETS
Handheld: Nokia E-71
Laptop: Apple MacBook Pro
Laptop bag: Incase
Watch: Panerai

GROOMING
Shaving cream: Gillette gel
Shampoo: Don’t need it!
Moisturiser: Body Shop, L’Occitane
Aftershave: Armani
Toothpaste: Colgate Sensitive
Soap: Dove

CLOTHES & ACCESSORIES
Shoes: Crockett & Jones, Tod’s, Bruno Magli
Shirts: Cotton World
Suit: Arjun Khanna, Ermenegildo Zegna
T-shirts: No brand in particular. I pick T-shirts from all over Sneakers: Converse All-Stars, Nike