‘The Tribune-Chatterati’ 29th.March.2010

I had been hearing about the Ice-bar opening up in the capital for sometime. As the temperature soared up we decided to visit this minus 10 degrees bar. It was an experience that one has to share. “Freeze”, as it is called had a small changing room before you enter the bar; it is stocked with thermal jackets, gloves, scarves, caps which you have to wear before you enter the bar. In short everybody looks the same. Seems like all of us were Eskimos. It’s not a very big bar but very interesting. There are ice walls, ice tables, ice sculptures, everything was ice. It was freezing but the atmosphere was happy and charged as the DJ has some foot tapping music on. Little fingers came out of the jackets to taste the snacks but difficult to locate your friend if missing because everybody looked just the same.
This is the new wannabe place in Delhi at the moment with the rising temperature, its practical too. Delhities will be queuing up to get an entry even though it is 1,000 Rs per head but worth an experience. Maximum time to stay in the ice bar is 45 minutes. At the moment there are two ice bars in the capital but “Freeze” has an upper hand as it is the only one who serves food inside the bar. So we no longer have to go Stockholm or London for this enthralling experience of walking in from 45 degrees to -10 degrees in a matter of minutes. So, and this has got nothing to do with Common Wealth Games or otherwise.