Harpo’s Pizza, now in its 6th year of operation, has been actively promoting its product through social media, mainly on Facebook

which has averaged a following of over 10,000 fans a year and in a short span has hit a 50,000 fan base.

FB has been an important component of its market-ing and promotions campaign which has included spe-cial competitions focused for the FB fans with special deals and the interaction has been tremendous. Snap it and win it – the Red T-Shirt competition was one of the very first photographic competition via FB. Then they introduced the Messy Table competition for offices based in Colombo with fans that had to vote for their co-workers messy table picture on the events page. In December 2012, a unique competi-tion to celebrate the festive period in the offices that sent photos of office spaces or desks decorated for Christmas with recycled materials.

The campaign “share the love” gained popularity and was the talk of the town amongst the fans and non-fans too. A 19” pizza box which had a poster saying “share the love” was placed randomly with people, tuk tuks, and animals and photographed to create a buzz. For year 2013, fans had to design a Valentine’s Day card with recycled material.This year more events will be introduced to create awareness about the importance of recycling through our social media channels.

“We are so happy to have achieved 50,000 fans in such a short time. The success of our Facebook page is based on feeding fresh and interesting content on a regular basis and creating innovative ideas to engage existing fans as well as attract new fans. We have managed to reach our Facebook targets suc-cessfully and wish to thank all our fans who have over the years given their “thumbs up” and support-ed us,” MD and the brain behind the brand Harpo Gooneratne added.

Harpo’s reaches 50,000 FB fans

This Easter Sunday will defi-nitely be one that one shall not forget. The Galadari

Hotel is planning the grandest of Easter Lunches on March 31 at the Coffee Shop. This spectacular event will take place from 12 noon to 3.30pm and includes many activi-ties and giveaways.

The Coffee Shop offers a fabulous lunch buffet spread specially done for Easter. Children will have a wonderful time joining in the excit-

ing activities planned that include Face Painting, Magic Balloons and a special Magic show. One of the most thrilling activities lined up is the Easter Egg Hunt, where the young ones can have fun egg hunt-ing.

Sponsors for this major event are Choco Luv and East West Foods. Choco Luv is famed for its delicious milkshakes made according to out-standing recipes using popular chocolate brands such as Ferrerro

Rocher, Nuttella and Kinder Bueno mixed with hazelnut, almond or mint flavours.

East West Foods specializes in the marketing and distribution of imported food products to the Food Service industry.

Packed with fun and excitement as well as a sumptuous lunch buffet spread, the Galadari offers it all. So why not make this Easter special, go and celebrate an unforgettable Easter Lunch with the loved ones!

The Lucknowi Food Festival at Navratna, Taj Sam-udra uncovered the culinary secrets of the Nawabs. Held between March 15 and 26, the Lucknowi Food Festival transported guests to an enthralling era of historical Awadh. Reviving centuries old recipes

from the kitchens of the Nawabs, Awadhi cuisine is consid-ered as a regal feast for Kings.An expert on Awadhi cuisine Chef Harish Sharma and his apprentice Chef Sunny Mehta, from Vivanta by Taj, Gomti Nagar (an area in North Indian city of Lucknow) dished up some truly delicious and refreshing meals that truly brought the ways of eating of the Nawabs.The richness of Awadhi cuisine lies not only in the variety, but also in the aromatic herbs and spices used such as cori-ander, cardamom and saffron to create the food.From the art of cooking over a slow fire to the traditional clay oven, Awadhi cuisine comprises of elaborate and delec-

table dishes such as kebabs, kormas, birya-ni, kaliya, nahari, kulchas, zarda, sheermal, roomali rotis and warqi parathas. The festive menu at Navaratna featured over 18 kebab dishes, including Galawat Ke Kebab and Raan E Musallam, vegetarian and non-vege-

tarian salan dishes and a number of biryanis,

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Hilton Colombo will join hands for the fourth con-secutive year with Colombo Fashion Week one of the biggest shows in the fashion industry

held annually scheduled this time on April 3, 4 & 5 at the Grand Ballroom.

Sri Lankan and International designers will be showcasing their designs in clothing to an exclu-sive audience of invites only. Colombo Fashion Week will create a better platform for Sri Lanka as a Tourist destination and work towards exploring opportunities for Sri Lanka as a destination in the fashion industry.

There will be exciting F&B offers during the Fashion week. One of the most extrava-gant promotions will happen at Spoons the stylishly casual restaurant where the hotel will be serving up a designer 4-course menu prepared by Bocuse d’Or finalist Chef Buddhika during dinner and two lucky guests stand a chance to win a dia-mond horseshoe pendant from the Wild Horse Shoe Equestrian collection by Colombo Jewellery Stores on the nights of April 3 & 4.

Guests could enjoy designer gourmet teas along with the designer high tea buffet from 3pm to 6pm on April 3 to the 5. Passes to the show could be won at this venue. Award winning Mixologists Dain and Chamil will be flaring their best cocktails and mocktails from 9pm onwards at the Thorana Lounge. The lounge will also have a large video screen telecasting the previous days’ fashion show whilst Warren & Ricky Bahar will entertain you on the 3 and DZone on 5 & 6.

Hilton Colombo’s pastry shop Fine Things will showcase Designer cup cakes to commemorate the fashion week from April 1 to the 6. Guests can enjoy 10 varieties of designer cup cakes prepared by the Best Pastry Chef 2011 winner Stanley Perera. Spic-es will also serve a special international buffet with action cooking from 3rd to 5th April and footage of the previous days’ shows will be tele-cast at this venue.

The Emperor’s Wok will be dishing out a fabulous offer of a whole Peking Duck on the 4 & 5. Special room packages inclusive of breakfast and two pass-es to the show are also available.