I like experimenting with food, but not at home. At home I like to eat what my cook makes. He is very good with Indian food. Though he is Gujarati, he cooks me a fabulous liver and Konkani fish. He is quite adventurous. I�m adventurous when I�m eating out. If I�m at a Chinese place, I ask the chef to bring me the most unusual dish. I never like to order the predictable dishes that Indians usually do. For me, the rule is to try out one new thing every time that I�m eating out. I�m love cream-based Italian foods. I always enjoy good pasta. I like the creamy pasta sauces, though the red sauce pastas are also good.

My next favourite would be Chinese. I�m a thorough foodie, eating out all the time. For Continental I like Indigo and Olive, Goan at Jai Hind or Trishna, Chinese at Henry Tham and Kamling. The satays and sushis from Wasabi. Tiffin is good. Though it isn�t a very upscale place. I like the atmosphere at Kamling. And I love to eat at Bombay Gym, they have great food from Moshe. As a child, I remember, my mother wouldn�t send the driver until 6.30 to the gym because I was busy playing tennis and squash when I wasn�t swimming. For lunch, my friends and I would order whatever we wanted and sign away to glory at the club. Now my all time favourites are Sesso and Lemon Grass.

I entertain quite often, not much in the summer though. Once the monsoon starts, I�ll entertain more. Usually I like ordering in for my guests. I order food from Candies or Westend. I like the desserts at Candies. I am not a dessert person, but I love chocolates. I also love chocolate chip ice-cream. My favourite sweet is kaju katri. For a house party, I normally have my whole place lit up with candles. I have 1,600 candles at home. It takes my servants from 6 to 8 p.m. just to light them all for the evening. And that�s the only light for the party. I do up the house with floor cushions and window arrangements. House is my work, that is how people can see the kind of work I do.

The parties are usually at my Bandra residence. It is a beautiful house where I normally invite four to five people at a time. I usually invite people who like each other. Some people from work and some friends put together. When I have a client coming over, I call my friends who are artists. That way we have our own network. If I�m cooking for few close friends then I make my famous steamed mushrooms saut�ed in butter and garlic. My friends taught me that back in college. I still like making it. Otherwise my personal favourite is egg bhurji. I love it. If I have to make something quick for myself, it has to be egg bhurji. Or I�d make a toasted sandwich, a tuna sandwich or simply a salad sandwich. If a guest pops up at the door, I�d make some assorted pieces of salami on toast with mayo. Or boils and pasta tossed together. Something light. Basically a quick meal of some fun Italian food.

I�m a total foodie. I love our Bombay streetfoods. Every evening at 5 o�clock there is a vada pav or sev puri on my table. I love having onion bhajjis in the monsoon. Sometimes, at work, I have a lunch of pav bhaji. I love dahi vada. In Delhi, I like the dahi chaats and chhola. I also like what they call momos, they are steamed Tibetan wontons. I�m a coffee drinker. I don�t enjoy teas much. I love cappuccino. I stock up on Starbucks coffees. After that is over I make Nescafe at home. When I�m out I like fancy coffee shops at the five stars. I also enjoy Frooti and Diet Coke, but the beverage that everyone swears by is the beaten coffee made by my maid.

This summer I have started having chilled beer. I drink Kingfisher. I don�t drink whisky, � I would rather have a glass of white or red wine. Sula Chenin Blanc and Grover La Reserva are very good. I only drink Indian wines and alcohols. I feel if we make it here in India, why not have it. Even if I have to gift a bottle to a client I send an Indian wine. And they love it. I travel a lot. All for work. I haven�t had a single holiday in four years. I have lived for a while in New York.

They have fabulous global food there. I like everything from Egyptian to Polynesian cuisines there. I need to go to Europe, Germany and England. I�m not fond of English tea, though. I try to keep myself fit. I was 87 kgs and I went down to 54 kgs from that. Mostly by climbing up stairs and swimming every night after dinner. If I start putting on weight I switch to spicy Indian food. All the masala heats up the system and helps digestion well. I like dals and rice. I love Gujarati dal and dal dhokli. In Punjabi food, I love sarson ka saag and makkai ki roti. In Sindhi food, I enjoy aloo ka tuk, Sindhi curry and rice. If I�ve put on a lot, I just eat fruits for a while. I hate apples. I enjoy the softer, luscious fruits like chikoo, grapes and pears. Oh, and I love mangoes. They are such luscious fruit!