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Flavour, with a side of books
Updated On: 14 January, 2024 07:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Neerja Deodhar
In carving out tranquil book corners, Mumbai’s restaurants invite diners to linger, set aside their phones and truly savour their meals
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The diverse library at Mommyjoon is home to books from Nargis and Sunil Dutt’s collection, that their daughter Priya wished to share with patrons. Pic/Satej Shinde
For those avid readers whose bookcases boast rare titles and collectors’ editions, the thought of lending a novel to a friend must be one of hesitation and pause. But ex-MP and restaurateur Priya Dutt never saw it that way. The inheritor of a rich collection handed down by her parents—actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt—she decided to include a selection of books at Café Mommyjoon, the Bandra restaurant she co-founded with Chef Seema Sadequian in 2021.
Café Mommyjoon’s patrons can often be found enjoying a plate of joojeh kebab and fragrant tea while browsing through the diverse, three-sided bookshelf, teeming with titles on art and film, pulp novels, coffee table books and magazines like TIME and National Geographic. The image of a cafe with an attached library has long been a part of Dutt’s dreams; the one she now co-owns is defined by its delicate traditional Persian ceramic ware, samovars and walls lined with detailed carpets and fabrics in the outdoor section.
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