Food delivery services for everyone – from gourmets to dieters and night owls

Food delivery services for everyone – from gourmets to dieters and night owls

Just like homemade: Bite Club

If the thought of cooking dinner depresses you and ordering pizza makes you feel worse, Bite Club may deliver the knockout meal you are looking for. An online platform that connects customers who want fresh, affordable, home-cooked meals with passionate home cooks who can provide that, this delivery service based in Gurgaon has daily changing menus with a veg and non-veg option for each meal. Menus are prepared by various cooks who have expertise in a particular cuisine. It could be Goan Prawn Curry and Rice one day and Tomato Soup and Four-Cheese Pasta the next. Booking is via the Bite Club app and the website. The founders say their mission is simple: to make it ridiculously easy to put a high quality wholesome meal on the table.

Meals at midnight: Fly By Knight

This Mumbai express night delivery service operates from 9 pm to 5 am and promises to cater to everything from red-eye flights, to late night meetings, last-minute house parties and midnight sugar cravings. Omelette-pav, burgers, noodles and pizza are on the menu. They’ll also deliver late night muffins and chocolates and even condoms, just in case.

Other night food delivery services include The Booty Call in Delhi (https://www.facebook.com/thebootycalldelhi), Nite Out in Bangalore (http://www.niteout.co.in/) and Batman Delivers (http://batmandelivers.com/) in Gurgaon

Culinary classics: Chandni Chowk Food

Chandni Chowk Food is an enterprise that feeds your nostalgia for particular foods. Set up with the aim of eventually making regional speciality foods available across the country, the service has been launched from Delhi’s famed culinary quarters and deals in sweets, namkeen, snacks, papads and biscuits. So, if you have the urge to indulge in Kanwarji’s Kesar Pak or Bhikharam’s Kala Lachcha you can order online and have it delivered to you – whether you are in Mysore or Mumbai.

All you have to do is cook: Cookfresh

Feel like tossing up a Greek salad at home, but wondering where to shop for Feta cheese? Or, fancy a bowl of Pho for dinner, but not sure of which recipe will work? Enter Cookfresh, catering to most parts of Delhi and Gurgaon. On the website, you’ll find 30-plus recipes for dishes that cover the gamut from Vegetable Tofu Stiry Fry to Blueberry Muffins. Order online and a basket of ingredients along with a recipe card will be delivered to you.

Eat for health: Itiffin

If you are beginning to have serious guilt about the coffee and cigarette breakfast, the burger for lunch and late-night biryani, itiffin may be your answer. This Bangalore-based tiffin service focuses entirely on healthy, balanced meals with options for diabetic meals, heart-healthy meals and calorie-defined meals. You subscribe on a monthly basis and have your healthy meal delivered to your office or home. Nutritious school lunch boxes are also available from itiffin.

Get fresh: Green Tokri

An off-shoot of the Green Tokri farm on the outskirts of Pune, this service delivers fresh salad greens, herbs and dressings once a week in and around the city. Subscribers to the service receive a weekly email listing the ingredients on offer and can order online. Supplies include greens such as a variety of lettuce, snowpeas, avocado, strawberries, basil pesto, jams and more.

Crafted by artisans: Foodtribe

Foodtribe is a Bangalore-based online store for products from independent food artisans. Stocks include breakfast foods, chocolates, bread, cookies, cakes, pickles and chutneys, spreads, dips and masala powders. So, if you want a jar of lemon curd, some vegan pumpkin spiced muffins or some pesto rolls, Foodtribe will deliver. The curators assure that all products are homemade and free of harmful additives. They also put together binge boxes and hampers on request.

Take home chef: Tushky.com

Here’s an idea for throwing a no-sweat party. Tuskhy.com is a Mumbai service that lets you take home a chef who will cook Indian, Thai, Chinese, Italian or Mexican for your party. A minimum of 10 diners are required and prices depend on the cuisine, the number of courses and any special requests. The kitchen team will even clean up after the party.

Moving spirits: Barmobile

If you haven’t a clue how to shake up a cosmopolitan or stir a martini, here’s help at hand. Call Barmobile, the mobile bar service in Mumbai and you’ll have a state-of-the-art mobile station come home to you. Professional mixologists will set it up in minutes and you can have your own personal bar whether it’s on your lawn, terrace or living room.