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Q-Mart: Hyderabad’s answer to gourmet shopping
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Till Q-Mart came to Hyderabad getting the right cheese for your enchiladas, quenching your lasagne craving without draining your pocket at Little Italy or Fusion 9, buying frozen turkey or pork for Christmas, garnishing your salad with exotic herbs, were too far-fetched to consider! This two-tier departmental store at Banjara Hills has literally changed the shopping turf of Hyderabad. Gourmands and expats now swear by its range of frozen, canned and processed foods and exotic fresh food and veggies, found nowhere else in the city.
Quakertown Farmer's Market, aka Q-Mart, is in every sense of the term, a one-stop shop that answers all your larder needs and more. From groceries, breads and crockery to baby-care products and cosmetics, Q-Mart has it all.
The stalwarts in the deli list that sit in the frozen meat section are: onion cheese sausages, pork shoulder ham, Frankfurters, smoked salmon, frozen beef, tiger prawns and white pomfret. For those with cheese fetish, there is a lot to cheer about. Danish smoked cheese, Italian ricotta, mozzarella, Swiss Emmental with the characteristic holes and the Indian-made cheeses will have you hooked. Q-Mart even hosted a cheese festival, showcasing some twenty varieties from across the globe. Other imported items like yoghurt, fruits, canned food products, and various herbs and condiments to prepare that exotic meal too find place on the heaving shelves, besides the regular stock of staples and household accessories (from wiper to wine glasses). Among other things, the hookah with a range of fillings might seem tempting to bag.
If you are a bread buff, there’s much in store for you as well. Expect to find the Singapore-based Bread Talk products, breads and pastries, that are sure to tease your tastebuds. You may even wish to sit right there and munch on them piping hot.
Q-Mart remains open throughout the week from 9.30 am to 9.30 pm, is spacious, and has ample parking space. Those who stay within its ambit of 10-15 k...
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Pearl Shopping in Hyderabad
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Hyderabad
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Mrs Khurana’s black-pearl necklace (she has been flaunting tirelessly over the years), Ruchika’s milky-white tear-drop pearl earrings (her first anniversary gift), Rohan’s large silver pearl finger ring (astrologer-advised) have more than the obvious—the pearl factor—in common. These neighbour’s-envy pieces were all bought from the City of Pearls, Hyderabad!
Hyderabad has pearls to go with every occasion, every budget, and every taste. But when it comes to shopping pearls, a fat wallet isn’t enough, or you might just come back with pearl look-a-like glass beads soaked in fish scales!
Quick tips for pearl shopping
* Look and Feel: It’s very important you know how a genuine pearl looks and feels like. The smoother the surface, rounder the shape, and clearer your reflection on the pearl, the better is the quality and higher the price. Of all colours, ivory pearls are the most popular. Don’t get daunted by unfamiliar jargons thrown by the shopkeeper. “Under UV light quality” only means: sky-blue sheen for white pearls, green sheen for black pearls and rainbow sheen for baroque (irregular-shaped) pearls. So go with a seasoned-shopper’s confidence.
* Teeth-Test: Rub your pearl against your teeth, real ones will feel gritty while fake ones will glide across.
* Natural vs Cultured: It is only a myth that cultured (man-interfered pearl production by oyster) pearls are unreal. A pearl is oyster borne, cultured or natural!
* Bargain: Time to put your bargaining prowess to test! A 30 per cent discount can come easy, but availing a 50 per cent discount is where the challenge lies.
Where to buy:
Almost every other jewellery shop in Hyderabad is likely to shelf pearls, but the area near Charminar—Pathergatti and Laad Bazaar—has the best bets. Some popular shops are: Mangatrai Pearls and Jewellers (Punjagutta, Patharghatti, Basheerbagh), Meena Jewellers (Ameerpet, Basheerbagh), Bhagwati’s Pearls and Jewellers (Patharghatti), Krishna Pearls and Jewell...
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