Article: Let's get this party started ; Bangaloreans are choosing elaborate private theme parties instead of regular watering holes.

Picture an outdoor garden- turned-kitchen, teeming with men wearing starched aprons and hurriedly constructed chef hats. The men chop and dice away, laughing with a playful exuberance as their wives look on.

Look away, and they'll throw in a dash of ketchup or craft an outrageously shaped chapatti. Theme parties like these have raised the stakes of Bangalore nightlife, proving that there's more to a night out than just drinking and dancing.

Men's Cook Out is just one of several thematic evenings we have organised,says 29-year-old Himanshu Gupta, national vice president, Round Table, an organisation promoting service and goodwill in national and international affairs.

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