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Delhi has several diagnostic centers offering services in the area of MRI, Body Scan, CAT, etc. However, for patients, it is important that they believe that the diagnostic center where they are going has the latest equipment, has skilled technicians, and does not charge more than the other centers offering similar services.
One such place that was recommended by more than 1 Doctor is Focus Imaging & Research Center located in Green Park Extension. The services that this center offers are:
- MRI 3.0 TESLA
- Complete whole body and musculoskeletal scan
- Multislice CT Scan
- 3-D Denta Scan
- CT coronary angiography
- Digital X-ray with IITV / Digital Mammoraphy
- 4-D Ultrasound / Colour Doppler
- Dexa-bone densitometry

Locations:
H-10 Green Park Extension, New Delhi (for MRI 3 Tesla & CT Scan)
Phone: 011-42199991
(located near Yusuf Sarai Gurudwara, near Mohinder Hospital)

C-10, Green Park Extension, New Delhi - 110016 (General Radiology)
Phone: 011-42199992

IHBAS Hospital Complex, Near GTB Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi - 110095 (MRI 3 Tesla)
Phone: 011-22111000

77-A, Telephone Exchange Road, Dilshad Garden, Delhi - 110095 (CT & General Radiology)
Phone: 011-22111001

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Once again I was back to Mainland China. Yes, it is surely my favorite Chinese restaurant in the whole city. Great food and cheap too. And one more factor for my frequent visits to this place, is my wife’s preference of this place

So, last weekend I went to Mainland China - this time for a dimsum lunch. Although they do not have a fixed dimsum menu lunch but one can order dimsum from their a-la-carte menu. And that is what we did as well. We ordered SuiMai dimsums filled with chopped vegetables (one of our favorite there), steamed vegetable wontons in a rather unique sauce, silken tofu delight vegetable dumplings (chopped vegetables filled in a soft silky tofu covering and base) and XO sauce flavored chicken and prawn dimsums.

Nearly all of them were very good. Apart from these, other notable dimsums are vegetable hargao, prawn hargao & seafood dimsums. Overall, our dimsum lunch was worth driving down all the way from Noida to G.K. - Mainland China has never disappointed us till now. The bill for a dimsum lunch for two (consisting of five different dimsums) would be around 900 bucks. On weekends, make sure to go with prior booking - this place sells like anything.

Contact info:
Mainland China,
Plot No. 4, Local Shopping Centre,
Masjid Moth, Greater Kailash - II,
New Delhi - 110048
Tel : (011) 40535525 / 26
Email : mlcdel@airtelbroadband.in

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They are just wonderful - who???

Well, cookies from Mrs. Kaur’s Premium Cookies are just wonderful. When I was a child, there were no cookies around - only biscuits. And no one knew the difference between cookies and biscuits. Then came the liberalization and we got cookies in India as well. But then not every cookie is actually a cookie in true sense. You have to taste cookies from Mrs. Kaur’s to understand what a true cookie is.

Nearly all of the cookies are very tasty. And each one of them is available in eggless form as well. Try Chocolate Chip, Florentine, Oatmeal Raisins, Almond Chocolate Chunk, All Spice Molasses & Cocoa White Chocolate. They offer brownies as well - try Chocolate Brownie (this is ‘pure sin’) & Cocoa Banana Bar.

You can buy the cookies at Khan Market or East Patel Nagar. You can also order online on their website here.

Location Information

73A,
Khan Market (Middle Lane)
New Delhi 110003

Arcade E,
Inside Gallery, Khan Market
New Delhi 110003

29/6 East Patel Nagar
New Delhi 110008

Website: http://www.mrskaurs.com

A good location for a restaurant is Connaught Place, practically the center of Delhi. Earlier, the hall Plaza had started decaying, but with the revival of the whole of CP (with the welcome addition of the Metro), Plaza also became PVR Plaza, a new and refurbished place. And then came this restaurant located in the same building, spread over a large area. Named after ‘Picadilly’, a famous location of London, the restaurant also has a pub right inside, called ‘Drunken Duck’.
The restaurant is large, but we had gone on a Saturday evening, and the rush was incredible, and with so many families there along with children, the noise levels were also incredible (it took us 15 minutes to get a table). The tables were also feeling more cramped, and navigating between them when a person is not as thin as a stick could be a bit difficult.
The experience was a mixed experience. The service was incredibly fast by Delhi standards, but the food and the quantum of food was so-so; in more detail, the veg starters (honey potatoes) were not so good, while the non-veg chicken starter was much better. Quantity of the starters was plenty, but one cannot really say the same for the main dishes (given that they were also priced on the higher side). A fish dish that I had ordered cost around Rs. 350, and I had 3 tasty (but small pieces of fish). Be prepared to order 2-3 dishes if 3-4 of you are going there. The cocktails and other drinks were fine. The decor inside the restaurant was decent, with the high roof and the space overhead being decent, but if you have been to London, the whole feeling looks very pretentious.
Overall, if I have to go there, I will go on a weekday, and be prepared to spend approx Rs. 2500+ for 4 people (drinks, snacks, food, and dessert). The good point was 2-3 of the desserts were proclaimed as sugar-free, and this always helps people who need to avoid sugar. The food is of Chinese / Indian type, and taste wise is a bit bland.

Location of Piccadelhi restaurant on Google Maps:

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Contact Details:
Phone : 011 - 23316344 /47 /48 /49
Fax : 011 - 23316349
Address : Plaza Cinema Building, H-Block, Connaught Circus, New Delhi - 110 001

Kailash Hospital is one of the larger hospitals located in Noida, and is now located in a few other locations such as Greater Noida, East Delhi, and Behror in Rajasthan. The hospital now provides a range of a facilities, is pretty well known in the area.

Some of the specialties of this hospital are:
Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Asthma/Allergy, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery (CTVS), Internal Medicine, Neurology, Orthopedics, Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery, Radiodiagnosis, Oncology (Cancer), Dermatology (Skin), Rheumatology, Hematology, Dentistry, Dietetics, Drug, Alcohol De-addiction & Rehabilitation, Endocrinology, E.N.T, Gastro Sciences, General Surgery, Laboratory Medicine, Management of Poisoning and Snake Bite, Minimal Access Surgery (Laparoscopy Surgery), Nephrology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology Department, Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry & Psychology, Respiration & Sleep Medicine, Transfusion Medicine, Urology

Location / Map of hospital:

The various Group Hospitals are:

Kailash Hospital and Research Centre, Noida: This 300 bed Super-speciality multi services hospital is the largest private hospital in Uttar Pradesh. KHRC has a well equipped 60 bedded Critical Care Unit with Ventilators, Defibrillator, Pulse Oximeter, Monitor and eight Major Operation Theaters.

Kailash Heart Institute:
Department of Cardiology
* Emergency Cardiac Care with Mobile ICU
* Coronary Agiography & Angioplasty
* Carotid Angiography & Angioplasty
* Renal / Peripheral Angiography & Angioplasty
* Rotablation
* Valvuloplasty
* Device closure for cardiac defects
* Electro Physiological Studies (EPS)
* RF Ablation
Department of Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgery
* Open Heart Surgery - CABG, Aortic Valve replacement, Mitral Valve replacement
* Beating Heart Surgeries, ASD, VSD closer
* Paediatric Cardiac Surgery & TOF
KHI Heart Check up
(This check-up package is available at concessional price and it takes approx. 2 hours. These check-ups are also available on Sundays and Holidays)
* KHI Routine Heart check up
* KHI Executive Heart Check up

Kailash Hospitals Ltd., Greater Noida
This hospital has been set up as a 250 bedded multi-specialty hospital.
Presently there are 60 specialist consultants and the hospital has been providing services in the fields of -
* Internal Medicine
* Cardiology
* Neurology,
* General Surgery
* ENT
* Gynecology
* Pediatric
* Orthopaedic
* Ophthalmology
* Dental,
* Physiotherapy
* Gastroentrology

Deepak Memorial Hospital & Medical Research Centre, East Delhi
Deepak Memorial Hospital, located in East Delhi, started functioning in September 1988 as a multi-specialty hospital. It has very eminent faculty of doctors. The Hospital provides services in almost all disciplines including Intensive Cardiac Care, Intensive Baby Care, Mother and Child Care, Obs. & Gynae. Orthopedic Surgery, Burns and Plastic Surgery, a complete Nephrology Unit with Dialysis facility and a Rehabilitation Department for the Physically Handicapped persons. For further growth and enhancement of all areas, the hospital is now being managed by Kailash Group of Hospitals and has been upgraded to 110 bedded hospital & to 350 bedded by the year end 2007.

Emergency services available:
* Emergency Team - trained Doctor, ICU-trained Nurses and Para-medical staff, specially trained Ward Boys to shift Cervical / Spinal injury patients.
* Suction Apparatus - used to remove any secretion from the throat.
* Defibrillator - used in case of sudden Cardiac arrest to revive Cardiac functions
* Cardiac Monitor - to monitor BP, Pulse and Cardiac functions.
* Central Oxygen Supply - each bed has round the clock in-built Oxygen point.

OPD schedule available at this page (link)

Location Details:
www.kailashhospital.com/
H-33, Sector- 27,
Noida, U.P. - 201 301, (India)
Phone : +(91)-(120)-2444444 / 2445566
Mobile Hotline : 9990-444444
Fax No : +(91)-(120)-2552323
E-mail : khrc@kailashhospital.org, info@kailashhospital.org

The Chattarpur Temple is dedicated to goddess Durga, along with temples dedicated to Lord Shiva, Vishnu, Lakshmi and Ganesh in the temple compound. A large number of devotees visit this temple and is very famous; earlier, the area around it was not populated, but as Delhi is expanding, the temple is seeing many more devotees. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Durga (who is worshipped in fierce (Kali, Durga) and tender (Lakshmi) forms), and who is the consort of Lord Vishnu. Another shrine is dedicated to Goddess Katyayani, whose ‘darshan’ can be availed only on ‘ashtami’ falling in every month. Otherwise, the ‘darshan’ of Goddess Katyayani can be made throughout the days of ‘Navratri’.

Map to Temple:

The temples exhibit a beautiful architecture, made up of marble (and gleaming in their whiteness), and made in the South Indian style. The center is the Vimana (a tall tower consisting of several smaller storeys). During Durga Pooja, the temple is thronged by devotees, there to offer prayers. The compound has beautifully manicured lawns, and gardens. The temple also has a tree where devotees tie a thread so that their requests are met by the deity. Chhatarpur Temple was built by Swami Nagpal Maharaj, who was a great devotee of Goddess Durga.
Places nearby: Alai-Darwaza, Quwwatul-Islam Mosque, Iron Pillar, Alai Minar, Tomb of Iltutmish, Imam Zamin’s Tomb and Ala-ud-Din Madarsa.
Located at: 4km Beyond Qutub Minar in Mehrauli, Delhi

Photos (link1, link2, link3, link4)

Located on one of the busiest traffic routes in Delhi, not too many people know about the Bhairon Mandir, a temple that actually takes liquor as an offering. Even when you know that you are traveling on a road known as Bhairon Road, not too many people associate that with the temple. That is not to say that these are unknown temples, a lot of people in Delhi know about these temples and many go to these temples (when I say temples, there are actually 2 temples over there, in one you offer liquor, and in the other, you offer milk (called Dhudhiya Bhairon)).
The Purana Qila has a heritage around it, known as having been associated with the time of the Mahabharata (even though there is not much of archaeological proof as yet of this). Similarly, the Bhairon Mandir outside the complex is supposed to be of that age, a place where Bheema worshipped the fierce form of Lord Shiva called Bhairavji. The structure is assuredly not so old, but the story goes that the core section of the temple is very old.
In the temple, you can give alcohol as an offering; another interesting part is that the devotees are forbidden from giving prasad (the offering) to beggars (in theory - in practise there are a number of beggars outside).

Apollo Hospital in Delhi is one of the most famous private hospitals in Delhi. It is located in the south-east, along Mathura Road, and is also easily approachable from Gurgaon, Faridabad, and Noida.

Address and contact details:
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
Sarita Vihar, Mathura Road
NEW DELHI - 110 076
Tel: +91-011 - 26925801/26925858
Fax: +91-011-26823629
http://www.apollohospdelhi.com

Map of location:

More details about the hospital including the schedule for Doctors is available at this link. The hospital has 695 beds (with scope for expansion) and offers care in various specialities such as Cardiology, Oncology, Neurology, Nephrology, Orthopedics, Urology, Transplants, Gynaecology, Pediatrics, Cosmetic Surgery. The hospital started operations in July 1996, and is a joint venture between the Apollo Group and the Government of Delhi.
The various specialities along with the operating hours of the Doctors and their fees are available in this link.
Apollo also offers a range of different checkups, available at this location (link). These checkups include the following:
Apollo Executive Health Cheq
Apollo Heart Cheq
Apollo Whole Body Cheq
Well Woman Cheq
Apollo Breast Cheq
Apollo Child Health Cheq

Delhi Metro is currently running through some of the major populations centers of Delhi, running through major parts of West Delhi, North Delhi, and East Delhi. It has taken load off the roads (although how long that lasts is a matter of debate given the number of vehicles getting added to Delhi roads per Delhi). Delhi Metro was started on December 24, 2002, after a long period of planning, and was greeted as a major improvement to the traffic infrastructure of the city. It has helped, and has attracted a large number of commuters on a regular basis (try taking the Metro route from Connaught Place to Dwarka at 6 in the afternoon).
Originally the route of the metro line was on these 3 lines: Line I (Shahdara - Rithala), Line II ( Vishwa Vidyalaya - Central Sectt.), and Line III (Indraprastha- Barakhamba Road - Dwarka) (the Indrapastha and Barakhamba Road stations were added later). The stations that are on this route are:
Line 1 (Dilshad Garden - Rithala): Dilshad Garden, Jhilmil, Mansarovar Park, Shahdara, Welcome, Seelampur, Shastri Park, Kashmere Gate, Tis Hazari, Pul Bangash, Pratap Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Inder Lok, Kanhiya Nagar, Keshav Puram, Netaji Subhash Place, Kohat Enclave, Pitam Pura, Rohini East, Rohini West and Rithala.
Line 2 (Vishwa Vidyalaya - Central Secretariat): Vishwa Vidyalaya, Vidhan Sabha, Civil Lines, Kashmere Gate, Delhi Main, Chawri Bazar, New Delhi, Rajiv Chowk, Patel Chowk and Central Sectt. This is the shortest line as of now, but will go all the way to Gurgaon later.
Line 3 (Indraprastha - Barakhamba Road - Dwarka): Indraprastha, Pragati Maidan, Mandi House, Barakhamba Road, Rajiv Chowk, R.K. Ashram Marg, Jhandewalan, Karol Bagh, Rajendra Place, Patel Nagar, Shadipur, Kirti Nagar, Moti Nagar, Ramesh Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Tagore Garden, Subhash Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri East, Janakpuri West, Uttam Nagar East, Uttam Nagar West, Nawada, Dwarka Morh, Dwarka and Dwarka, Dwarka Sec-14, Dwarka Sec-13, Dwarka Sec-12, Dwarka Sec-11, Dwarka Sec-10 and Dwarka Sec-9.

Asia Kitchen is a relatively new restaurant located in Sector 63 in Noida. The location details are:
H-1A/33, Sector 63, Noida
Tel +91 (0120) 4218555/ 4218666
If you are coming from the Shipra Mall Side, you need to take the road that leads to Fortis; it is on the left side before Fortis (you will need to take the service lane).
The place has 2 floors, a ground floor and a basement. Together, the restaurant has ample seating space, with a mix of chairs and sofas for more comfortable seating.
The restaurant does not yet have a liquor license, so it cannot serve any cocktails or drinks. However, it does have a variety of mocktails and the standard lemon water, etc. The food is varied - there is Chinese, Thai, and North Indian (although this mixture does seem a bit strange - I saw on the same table, a group from an office eating a mixture of dal along with chopsuey and hot and sour vegetables; something this was not a pleasant sight.
The servings are large, and the menu choices are small (for example, the North Indian vegetable list was 2 paneer dishes, 1 kofta, 1 dal, and 1 other dish), so we ended up with a small number of dishes whose quantity proved more than sufficient. I felt the taste was great, and people eating the non-veg liked what they ate, but there were others who did not like the taste all that much.
Overall, for around 16 people, we ended up with a bill of around Rs. 350 per head, seemed a trifle high (but with drinks, starters and food, it may be fine).