Citibank Unscramble48 Campaign

Citibank India had come up with an Interesting Campaign called Unscramble48 where they had invited some of the famous bloggers and Social Media persons to the event and allowed them to play the game where a participant had to Unscramble the 12 Scrambled boxes in just 48 seconds. The whole idea behind the number ’48′ is that , Citibank’s initiative to give personal loans upto 25 Lacs and more in just 48 hours and they were promoting this very aggressively.  I along with some of my blogger friends, social media enthusiasts accepted the offer from them and went to Royal Meenakshi Mall in Bangalore on March 24th to play the game.  I must say it was pretty interesting concept and campaign to promote in this via Social Media Evangelists and bloggers. We loved to play the game and different people got different challenges while unscrambling the blocks like I got the challenge to unscramble the blocks with my blindfold and I could take assistance from one of the volunteer or a friend. I did unscramble them in 48 seconds with the help of my friend Ranjan who guided verbally very well on where to place the scrambled blocks. And there were different challenges like Unscramble while handcuffed , Unscramble while the Naughty Joker keeps troubling you while you are at work and etc., Totally it was an Awesome time spent during the event and some of us could take away some goodie bags and prizes too. All our actions were shot on videos to promote them on http://unscramble48.in youtube channel where the blogger with top views in some period of time after uploading the videos would get a chances to win an iPhone 5 and all other contestants/participants too would get different prizes and goodies. Here is my video which they shot.

Below are some of the pictures taken at the event.

Blogger Aravind Balakrishnan and his Wife Making a Plan to unscramble the blocks

Some bloggers in Action

Bloggers Prateek and Dilon in Action while the Joker causing the Trouble

Victory Pose

Social Media Maven Hrish Thota famously known as @dhempe in Action

While @dhempe is in action, the Joker causing troubles and Scrambling the boxes again

All actions caught on Camera from Professional videographers

Overall it was an entertaining day for us and we loved the Initiative and innovative campaign from Citibank. Citibank had organized same events in different parts of the country too. I would love to be the part of these kind of campaigns in future too.

How I Unscrambled 12 blocks In 48 Seconds Successfully With My Eyes Blindfolded

Check out How I Unscrambled 12 blocks of Citibank Picture in 48 Seconds successfully with my eyes blindfolded at an open campaign organized by Citibank at Royal Meenakshi Mall, Bangalore. Do share with your friends via twitter, facebook etc., and leave any comment if you may have under the comments section of the Youtube video.

A visit to Mad Over Donuts Store

One more food bloggers meetup. Thanks to Hrish Thota again for organizing this event too on 20th March 2013. This time we went to Mad Over Donuts Store in Koramangala to try out their Mouth Watering Donuts. They have variety of donuts which are really good and not so sugary too which is good. Bloggers are allowed to dress a plain donut as per their choices when we went there and we enjoyed those donuts too.  Though store is small in the busy Koramangala area, its is pretty decent enough for accommodating some 10 people at a time for tasting their donuts. Staffs are courteous, serve with smile and they keep on cheering and shouting about ‘Mad Over Donuts’ every now and then which is pretty interesting to see. One thing which I noticed and would like to bring into Mad Over Donuts’ is that, when they heat the donuts in Microwave Oven for serving, the chocolate sauce melts down, it becomes hot and it becomes kinda messy when we try to eat it hot. Don’t know if there is any solution for that from MOD. Not a very big complaint though. Overall, We had a rocking time at the event and here are some of the pictures taken during the event.  At the end of the event, we were gifted with a box of donuts and also gift vouchers on the occasion of their 5 year celebrations.

If you are in and around Koramangala , do visit the new store. There are many branches of MOD in Bangalore, you can find their stores here.

Yummy Donuts Collection

Bloggers are trying their hands on with Donuts

Bloggers enjoying their donuts

Bloggers are trying their hands on with Donuts

Bloggers are trying their hands on with Donuts

Bloggers are trying their hands on with Donuts

Bloggers are trying their hands on with Donuts

Bloggers are trying their hands on with Donuts

Bloggers are trying their hands on with Donuts

Free gift boxes to Bloggers sponsored by MOD

Free gift boxes to Bloggers sponsored by MOD

The Celebrity Dhempe

I’m Mad and I make Donuts

Donut Bites

 

Plus91′ed

Thanks to my blogger friend Hrish Thota again who organized a blogger meetup at Plus91 Bar and Restaurant. For a change its not only a bar, but its a place where they serve amazing Indian street food too like Panipuri, Masala puri, bhel puri, Vada, Dahi Puri etc.,

Plus91 is brought to us by JSM Corporation Pvt. Ltd whose portfolio includes a reportoire of some of India’s most successfull and well knows independent restaurants like Shiro, award winning Oriental Cuisine, Hard Rock Cafe, California Pizza Kitchen, Trader Vic’s, Inakaya and Pinkberry. JSM restaurants are know for their unique designs and uncompromising standards.  Plus91 as the name suggests derived from Indian country code +91 which I think is pretty innovative name which catches the eyes immediately. At Plus91, they not only serve Indian boot, but they serve continental foods too with Amazing drinks. With focus on exceptional food, their chef has put together a delicious menu, where we can try a wide variety of food ranging from Chaat to Steaks. And, at Plus91, they have a Jukebox too so that we can choose and play our favorite songs.  

While some of the food bloggers visited there, we were served with mouth watering food includes all kind of Indian Chaats which we enjoyed to the core. My most favorite was the Channa Vada which was really krispy and amazingly tasted. Steak was good too. After the amazing food session, it was totally a satisfactory burrp which I could take it out and it was great meeting some like minded bloggers and foodies at the event. Below are some of the pictures taken while we were at Plus91. 

If you go across Phoenix Market City near Whitefield, do try out this Restaurant and am sure you’ll love it. 

 

 

A Visit to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Outlet In Bangalore

I got an opportunity to visit Krispy Kreme Doughnuts outlet in Bangalore on 14th March 2013. Thanks to Hrish Thota for organizing bloggers meet at Krispy Kreme.

Krispy Kreme has a history since 1937 for serving their Original Glazed Doughnuts. Check out the history of Krispy Kreme on their website here. They have opened an outlet in Bangalore some months back and we were invited by them to taste their doughnuts and express our views/reviews about their doughnuts on our blogs, social media etc., We were welcomed with Hot Coffee and also provided with Legacy Krispy Kreme hat. Also, served with a dozen assorted doughnuts for the bloggers who finished them off within 2 minutes Then we were taken to the preparation area where the Store In-charge explained the process of preparing the doughnuts. Totally automated system is used to the prepare the hot and crispy doughnuts without any human intervention until the last point where it will be served to customers after some garnishing and toppings on top of Original Glazed doughnuts to give different varieties of doughnuts to their customers. We were taught on how to coat the doughnut with hot chocolate sauce and top up the same with nuts, chocolate flakes, sweeteners etc., Got a live experience too which we all enjoying trying our hands on.

Personally , I liked and loved Original Glazed doughnuts compared to others, simple and straight to the point. Very Tasty. But, I think, its very very sweet with lot of sugar, if Krispy Kreme think of reducing a bit sugar in their products, it would be really really good and will taste more good and everyone including aged people would love to try out.

Above are some of the pictures taken at the shop during the meet that day. Shot a video too on the preparation process(Will upload soon). And Yes! Everyone who attended the meet were provided with a Box containing a dozen Original Glazed doughnuts to take away to their homes Thanks to Krispy Kreme for their gesture.

If you are in Bangalore, do visit this place and try out the variety of doughnuts available here.