Chic Sheeshas at Arabian Nights

Whispered conversations over low tables and Turkish coffee.

You can transform your living room into a Middle Eastern loveshack with some sequinned cushions, Moroccan lamps, and a sure-fire scene stealer: a superglam sheesha.

Arabian Nights’ recently opened outlets have hookahs in their fragrant, flavoured avatar. Owned by one of India’s leading tobacco exporters, this first-of-its-kind chain caters to the sheesha lovers’ every need.

These lab-like shops don’t have fez-capped salesmen, but their selection is as rich as Turkish Delight. Dainty portable single-users to mammoth ones with multiple pipes. Models in brass or acrylic that are made-in-India and gold-encrusted or cut-glass hubble bubbles from Malaysia, Iran or Egypt. Blood reds, burnished oranges, desert sky blues, shimmering emeralds - they have the magic of Aladdin’s cave of treasures. And their menu of 29 fruity, spicy, exotic tobacco flavours will fill your cosy bachelorette pad with delicious aromas.

These sheeshas are being eagerly snapped up by those hooked on hookahs, divas with a yen for decoration, and tourists with luggage space to spare.

Note: Veiled bellydancers and handsome Moroccans not included.

Arabian Nights. In Andheri: Opposite Mc Donald’s, Lokhandwala. Telephone: 26396440. In Bandra: Next to KFC, Linking Road. Telephone: 67104755. In Colaba: 14A Grants Building, Arthur Bunder Road. Telephone: 22876529. In Haji Ali: Heera Panna Shopping Arcade, Shop No 33. Telephone: 65527520. In Nagpada: Patel Arcade. Telephone: 65522200. Website: www.arabiannights.in.
Price: Rs. 625 - 25,000 for sheeshas. Flavoured molasses start at Rs. 35 for a 50 gm packet.

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