With a glistening entrance welcoming foodies, shoppers and chilling enthusiasts at the ignition of summer sun, the Lil Flea is an elite chunk of festivity that has the power to drool the city. Spread over 3 days from the 11th to the 13th of March, with 200 stalls, they have something for everyone.
As you enter the welcome spread consists of a grand lair of stalls and shacks with a white conical frame that adds a divine appeal to your vision.
Too many options for wanderers as you stroll across the podium centric ground, studded with a rustic decor that brings out pictures from tumblr to life. As you commence this engaging pursuit of happiness, a background of soul blues and acoustic music from LIVE bands, adds a refreshing vibe to your attendance.
The stalls here are primarily of food , organic lifestyle decor, travel accessories, clothes and jewellery, re-creational items, printed textiles, DIY sections and many more start up shacks making their way from the grass root level.
Have you always wanted to gorge on tempting food that makes you swirl your tongue around it and finger lick it? Well, The Lil Flea turns out to be your fantasy destination that brings the best of delectable delights that will kick your taste buds, salivating for more. Some of which are an innovative twist that will blow your mind with all the goodness it holds. Our best picks will make you go back again and again for more, engaging you in a food porn addiction.
Waffle House
Waffle House has introduced an effective way of eating waffles without any hassle. It is a perfect choice of sinful snack for all our sweet tooth fanatics. Apart from their regular waffles, this one is on a wooden skewer, warmed with the gooey batter and drizzled with a generous sprinkle of toppings. You could choose from rainbow sprinkles to nutella or berry, but nothing beats their classic maple syrup topped with icing sugar.
Price: 100 INR
Frugurpop
With the blazing heat that burns your throat, Frugurpop comes to the rescue with their uber cool icicles oozing with fruitamins. The candy sticks are loaded with fruits, desserts even as vague as oreo cookies! Their best selling is the Fruitilicious that is stacked with a slice of kiwi, strawberry, orange and grape, frozen in a delightful amalgam.
Price: 100 INR
Get my Dough
It is their first jump at The Lil Flea with a heavenly dessert shack, perfect to cool you in the scorching heat. A young group of entrepreneurs have come up with their self made innovation inspired by pizza called Cookiezza! It is a lustful combination of a cookie base and a scoop of ice cream, all of your choice, topped with a thick swirl of fresh cream and sprinkles crowned with a chocostick. How fantastic is that! They recommended going beyond chocolate and trying their coconut and lime combination that gave a virtual trip to Hawaii.
Price: 80 INR
Where’s my cone?
If you’re looking for a quick treat of sweetness in just a bite, this shack is serving ice cream sandwiched between cookies. Biting onto their glorious combination of chocolate chip cookies and cream, it takes you straight to the moon and back. Just a heads up, it is a tad bit messy so you might have to lick it all up.
Price: 150 INR
Frocktails
If cold never bothered you anyway, its time to get frozen with Frocktails! Chief Mixologist Saurabh Malhotra has introduced a twist to regular mocktails. This marvellous refreshment is made from shavings of frozen lemonade, topped with your picks from a customized menu. With a fruity bounty of ingredients they have also included emotions that come along with each drink. These emotions vary from lust to happiness to swag! Picking their Tropical Tango which had passion fruit, peach, fresh mint and joy, took away all the tiredness walking around The Lil Flea.
Price: 200 INR
Foodarto
We had earlier featured two places in Mumbai that served the Asian delight called ‘bau’. However, Foodarto has come up with their bau shack, a new addition to the city.
Their best selling is the Bao-B-Q which is a soft melt in your mouth bun, stuffed with juicy chicken in barbeque sauce, cheesy dip and spicy shiraz sauce, topped with a mix of pickled veggies.
Price: 180 INR
Petits Plaisirs Patisserie
It is a bakery corner that specializes in serving, macaroons, savouries and dessert tarts. Their first time at The Lil Flea, and they have won our hearts with the comfort food brought to us.
Apart from the regulars, Petits have given a twist to Indian style Chettinadd Chicken and squeezed it into a tart, served with salad, chips and water tucking you with a complete meal. The filling in it is not too spicy, and has large chunks of chicken with their classic Chettinadd touch and a perfect pastry cover.
Price: 170 INR
If you are full by now and are ready to fly your cash in some organic attraction, The Lil Flea has a lot in store for you.
The stalls here include clothes made from Indian fabric like khaki and cotton, funky bags, a lot of which are organic based, or made of other plants.
Also shoes and chappals, handcrafted by using soft twigs that have certain health benefits associated with it.
Accentuated jewellery, that glitters you up like a queen, and skincare essentials all of which fit in to accessorize you this summer.
If you just can’t stay without your kids but still wish to wander about at The Lil Flea, the Kids Zone is at your rescue. With DIY games, crafts, drawings and other playful activities, you can keep your kids busy while you breathe in the aura of this place. You can also pick hand made wooden toys, perfect and safe for your kids to play. They can also participate in making live artistry of potted plants and learn to take care of trees at One Lil Tree.
The pet cafe, is for your lovelies that get a chance to be groomed and become the fashionistas here. So get in your furry friends to pamper them with yummy snacks, holistic healing, selfies and more!
Timings for Pet Cafe: 5 pm – 8 pm
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Entry fee at The Lil Flea- 200 INR per person
Timings: 3 pm- 10 pm
Special offers for arriving by OLA cabs.
Location: BKC. Road, Near Asian Heart Institute, Opp Citi Bank,, Bandra East, Mumbai.
