Food as theatre · 2026 wedding season
The pani puri shot bar
Six flavoured waters in shot glasses, and a queue that never clears.
What it actually is
Instead of one bucket of pudina water, six — mint, imli, hing, jeera, garlic, and a chilli one that people dare each other to try. Served as a flight in shot glasses with the puri alongside.
Indicative cost
₹70–140 per guest
A range for a Gujarat wedding in the 2026 wedding season, not a quote. It moves with guest count, city and how far out you book. Get three.
When it works
- Cocktail hour and mehndi, where people are standing and grazing
- Any Gujarati or Marwari guest list
- You want one counter that costs very little and is remembered
The part nobody else prints
How this goes wrong
Puri goes soft the moment it is filled, so it must be assembled per guest. And staff this properly — it is the single most crowded counter at most weddings.
Goes well with
- The live jalebi and fafda counter The one live counter that is never empty at a Gujarati wedding. ₹90–160 per guest
- Regional thali counters One counter per region instead of one buffet pretending to cover all of them. ₹350–700 per guest across three counters
- The roaming chaat cart A cart that moves through the crowd instead of a counter people queue at. ₹90–170 per guest
Every idea here is easier than telling three hundred people about it.
You can book all of this and still spend the month chasing headcounts. That part is what we do — the invitations, the replies, the rooms, the arrivals, on WhatsApp, with a person making the first call and a person checking every count.
Launching for the 2026 wedding season. No wedding has run for a paying customer yet.