My office is on Cenotaph Road. Right now my office building is surrounded by clouds of dust and heaps of mud and stones, with the flyover under construction, but one thought about what a great location it is puts a smile on my face.
Coffee Day is right next to my office. One of the best Coffee Day outlets I have ever seen. I don’t see people blocking my way and men at the next table don’t seem to talk loudly right in my ear. There is a lovely corner seat with a huge glass window next to it, offering a view of half a towering coconut tree (for the rest of the view you have to block the way of vehicles who get a small section of the road to come through – or you can sit top of on the half-constructed flyover :-P with a glass of coffee in your hand – the tree looks beautiful, more a refreshing sight against a patch of blue sky in the midst of buildings and heaps of rubble). The absence of traffic that is a blessing in spite of the presence of rubble and the cement pillars of the flyover. And the most divine chocolate cake (How could I not mention that?).
Loads of other benefits are offered by the location… If I want to shop in Pondy Bazaar during lunchtime, it takes me just 10 minutes to reach the place. TTK Road is 5 minutes away. Mandaveli and RA Puram 10 minutes away. Adyar is just around 20 minutes away – via Kotturpuram – a route which has traffic but doesn’t require you to face an endless battle like the one on the Adyar bridge. My house in Velachery is only 35 minutes away. Some people think my area is literally cut off from the main city – LOL. And I get to ride down OMR – another great place which offers a lovely ride in spite of the traffic. I even do 80 sometimes.
Another bonus – my friend’s house is just a walk down from office. That’s great. But I haven’t gone there after a workday. I should! (But we have met up at Coffee Day and had a nice time :-) )
All in all, I am really happy that my office is in this terrific location. I could gush on and on about it. But I guess I have said enough :-).
I have grown up with Archie Comics. I got my first two when I was in 1st or 2nd standard. From the American Bookstore in Mount Road. On the way back home from an eye test. I remember well :-). Then my father’s friend’s daughter borrowed one of them and never returned it to me. Grrrrr… (And of course I hate people who don’t bother to return stuff.)
Every Archie story brings a smile to my face. Why? Archie comics employ classic humour situations.
Archie is caught between 2 girls. Both have opposite personalities. Now it is sad that he’s going to get married :-(.
Archie has a way of almost always getting into trouble. When he is holding a can of paint you can predict what’ll happen next. But there is a clever, intelligent side to Archie.
Chemistry and Archie is an equation that spells danger with a capital D. Explosions always happen in the chemistry lab stories.
Jughead is a woman hater. And we have a girl who’ll never give up on him.
Archie is always late for school, and ends up in detention.
Veronica blows too much money and gets into trouble with Daddy.
Moose can break bones but lacks brains.
Dilton looks like a kid next to Moose but is all-brain.
I think there are more classic situations. After reading so many Archie Comics, I feel sad to think I could recollect only this.
To entertain you a little more…
An Archie story goes like this:
Archie is watering a plant with a hosepipe. Suddenly the water stops coming. Weatherbee passes by, and stops to find out why the water is not coming. It decides to flow out when he’s holding it front of his face.
Archie gets detention. While Weatherbee goes back and sees if the hose pipe actually has a problem… just as the water gushes out, the Superintendent of schools gets in the way. The story ends with Weatherbee joining Archie in the detention room.
Archie comics are a favourite around the world. But the old ones are better than the new ones. Eshwari lending library sells them at its main branch. You’ll find a lot of old Archies there.
I must mention my favourite characters….
Juggie – he is actually pretty desirable… purely because he hates women.
Veronica – I’d like to be as mean as her and have as much money. I don’t want to be a nice girl. Besides, she always gets the guys she wants.
Hot Dog – Smart dog!
Mr. Weatherbee
This article is yet to be completed….
Every Archie story brings a smile to my face. Why? Archie comics employ classic humour situations.
Archie is caught between 2 girls. Both have opposite personalities. Now it is sad that he’s going to get married :-(.
Archie has a way of almost always getting into trouble. When he is holding a can of paint you can predict what’ll happen next. But there is a clever, intelligent side to Archie.
Chemistry and Archie is an equation that spells danger with a capital D. Explosions always happen in the chemistry lab stories.
Jughead is a woman hater. And we have a girl who’ll never give up on him.
Archie is always late for school, and ends up in detention.
Veronica blows too much money and gets into trouble with Daddy.
Moose can break bones but lacks brains.
Dilton looks like a kid next to Moose but is all-brain.
I think there are more classic situations. After reading so many Archie Comics, I feel sad to think I could recollect only this.
To entertain you a little more…
An Archie story goes like this:
Archie is watering a plant with a hosepipe. Suddenly the water stops coming. Weatherbee passes by, and stops to find out why the water is not coming. It decides to flow out when he’s holding it front of his face.
Archie gets detention. While Weatherbee goes back and sees if the hose pipe actually has a problem… just as the water gushes out, the Superintendent of schools gets in the way. The story ends with Weatherbee joining Archie in the detention room.
Archie comics are a favourite around the world. But the old ones are better than the new ones. Eshwari lending library sells them at its main branch. You’ll find a lot of old Archies there.
I must mention my favourite characters….
Juggie – he is actually pretty desirable… purely because he hates women.
Veronica – I’d like to be as mean as her and have as much money. I don’t want to be a nice girl. Besides, she always gets the guys she wants.
Hot Dog – Smart dog!
Mr. Weatherbee
This article is yet to be completed….
Great Dessert Destinations 3
Mansukh’s
Located in a lane near Venkatnarayana Road, Mansukh’s is a Gujarati eatery and sweet shop. Their Basundhi is out of this world! Their Gulab Jamun is delicious too.
Eden
Located at Harrisons, Nungambakkam (and also at Besant Nagar).
Eden has an amazing dessert called Streaky Kahlua – choco-coffee ice cream that’ll make you go Wow… it tastes absolutely heavenly!
Some of the desserts have very interesting names… Sample this – The Last time I ever saw my Waist – a dessert with lots of chocolate.
The have something called Orangeboom, which combines chocolate and orange flavours… but I didn’t get to try it. The dessert is seasonal, as can be expected.
Make a reservation and go. The place is likely to be crowded.
Arun Unlimited
One afternoon I was out to lunch with colleagues, at Dhaba Express. The food took forever to arrive. So I sms-ed my friend. And found that he was hogging away on something called Swiss Chocoslab at Arun Unlimited. I am crazy about chocolate (It is an urge you know, not a result of gluttony – never ask questions when women have sudden cravings for chocolate.) I couldn’t let him do this! I also had to check out the place!
Two days later I met him there for post lunch indulgence. I spent 3 minutes staring at the menu board which offered Sundae suggestions – for single, double and triple scoops... I read it, and reread it, & reread it (the names were interesting. What did you think?).
Then my gaze moved down to the glass topped counter, to the different types of ice creams. I think 15 or 18 were there. Coffee, chocolate, kesar, black currant blabla…The yummy toppings and sauces were also displayed for us to drool at.
I ordered coffee ice cream with a chocolate fudge topping and chocolate chips. And reached out for it once it was placed on the counter… My friend said: “Wait. He has to bill it.”
So we paid and sat down to enjoy our ice creams. The ice cream had a perfect fudge shell. Fun to break it!
But the choco chips had hardened into 2 tiny logs. I got good wrist exercise, and got really irritated trying to break them with the flimsy plastic spoon. Somehow I managed to
eat it. And it was simply delicious.
And of course, I’ll surely visit the place again soon.
Watch out for Great Dessert Destinations 3!
Located in a lane near Venkatnarayana Road, Mansukh’s is a Gujarati eatery and sweet shop. Their Basundhi is out of this world! Their Gulab Jamun is delicious too.
Eden
Located at Harrisons, Nungambakkam (and also at Besant Nagar).
Eden has an amazing dessert called Streaky Kahlua – choco-coffee ice cream that’ll make you go Wow… it tastes absolutely heavenly!
Some of the desserts have very interesting names… Sample this – The Last time I ever saw my Waist – a dessert with lots of chocolate.
The have something called Orangeboom, which combines chocolate and orange flavours… but I didn’t get to try it. The dessert is seasonal, as can be expected.
Make a reservation and go. The place is likely to be crowded.
Arun Unlimited
One afternoon I was out to lunch with colleagues, at Dhaba Express. The food took forever to arrive. So I sms-ed my friend. And found that he was hogging away on something called Swiss Chocoslab at Arun Unlimited. I am crazy about chocolate (It is an urge you know, not a result of gluttony – never ask questions when women have sudden cravings for chocolate.) I couldn’t let him do this! I also had to check out the place!
Two days later I met him there for post lunch indulgence. I spent 3 minutes staring at the menu board which offered Sundae suggestions – for single, double and triple scoops... I read it, and reread it, & reread it (the names were interesting. What did you think?).
Then my gaze moved down to the glass topped counter, to the different types of ice creams. I think 15 or 18 were there. Coffee, chocolate, kesar, black currant blabla…The yummy toppings and sauces were also displayed for us to drool at.
I ordered coffee ice cream with a chocolate fudge topping and chocolate chips. And reached out for it once it was placed on the counter… My friend said: “Wait. He has to bill it.”
So we paid and sat down to enjoy our ice creams. The ice cream had a perfect fudge shell. Fun to break it!
But the choco chips had hardened into 2 tiny logs. I got good wrist exercise, and got really irritated trying to break them with the flimsy plastic spoon. Somehow I managed to
eat it. And it was simply delicious.
And of course, I’ll surely visit the place again soon.
Watch out for Great Dessert Destinations 3!
My Cousin Vinny - discover humour!
Starring
Joe Pesci – Academy Award Winner – as plump likable leather jacketed lawyer Vinny who spent 6 years in law school, on his first case
Marisa Tomei – as his gorgeous equally likable miniskirted girlfriend, whose father runs a mechanic garage. Very nice role. She even won an Oscar for it. Men will love her. Look up Marisa Tomei on Wiki and Google, dear male readers.
Italian lad – as main accused in a murder case
American lad – as his friend with priceless expressions on his face
Judge – to whom Vinny lies that he has 16 years of experience, on top of which he claims to be a famous New York lawyer, whom his girlfriend later says died recently.
Channel – Star Movies. Look out for the rerun.
The Review…
We’re so used to Vivek, Vadivelu and Santhanam and programmes like Kalakkapovadhu Yaaru that we think a funny programme is something that makes us laugh aloud every few minutes.
I realised I am very well such a person when I watched “My Cousin Vinny” which was rated by Readers Digest a few years back as one of the 25 funniest movies ever. I remembered that Readers Digest article and that was the very reason I wanted to watch the movie.
And I tried hard to laugh, but I couldn’t. I just smiled. Why?
It is like how real humour is. And how it should be. Natural. The movie is built around classic funny situations. They are humourous to the core. But you won’t laugh, laugh and laugh like a noisy kookaburra.
The plot revolves around 2 boys who are put in jail and accused of killing a cashier in a supermarket. One of them pockets a can of tuna in the supermarket and at first they’re under the impression that they are arrested for that. Leading to them admitting to “the crime” before they actually know what it is, and by the time they realise it, they can’t get out of the hole and hilarious situation they dug for themselves.
And in steps one of the boys’ cousins, Vinny as their lawyer.
He got into a law school thanks to the influence of a judge known to him, and flunked his way through 6 years of law school. Finally he graduated and gained 6 long weeks of experience in the field. This is his first case.
But hiring a big, expensive lawyer is out of the question. And Vinny’s family. How can the boys say no then? Besides he has considerable experience – his family is known for a tendency to argue like crazy.
Vinny has a girlfriend, who seems to be all beauty and no brains… and she keeps behaving like a tourist, taking snaps of everything in sight, even dog poop.
The court sessions begin. The opposition lawyer brings up 3 witnesses to the incident who seem to eliminate all chances for the boys.
Vinny bumbles in the first few court sessions. That is after he irritates the judge by coming dressed like a wannabe gangster… in a black shirt, trousers and leather jacket.
Two times he is asked to wear a suit. And the day after he finally wears a decent one, he dumps a bag in sticky mud unknowingly (after falling twice on it himself) and asks his girlfriend what is in the bag. The girl says, without seeing that they’re stuck in mud: “Oh, that bag has your suit. I had it cleaned for you.” The suit rental store is closed because its employees have the flu. Vinny ends up wearing a magician’s tux hired from a costume store.
I forgot this… Vinny even goes to jail twice. For being found guilty of contempt of court. His girlfriend bails him out and takes his photo when he is walking out of the jail gate. Truly a special moment.
Despite all these situations, despite ignoring the book on state laws given by the judge (a bit of which his girl reads and helps him) and sleeping in court, Vinny proves that he is a winning lawyer. Because he visits the witnesses’ houses, talks in a friendly way and took some photos on the sly. And befriends the opposition lawyer, even going on a hunting trip with him.
In the end, Vinny upholds his family name with his clever arguments. Vinny’s girlfriend proves to be a big saviour. Her dog poop picture is very helpful. And also, you get to know very interesting information about cars (the girl’s dad runs a mechanic garage), thanks to her dialogues.
Dialogue between Vinny and girlfriend when she is forced to come to the witness stand as she knows a lot about cars… (taken from http://www.law.indiana.edu/instruction/tanford/web/movies/MyCousinVinny.htm)
Vinny: Miss Vito, you're supposed to be some kind of expert in automobiles, is that correct? Is that correct?
[No answer]
Vinny: Will you please answer the Counselor's question?
Girlfriend: No, I hate him.
Vinny: May I have permission to treat Miss Vito as a hostile witness?
Girlfriend: You think I'm hostile now, wait till you see me tonight.
Judge: Do you two know each other?
Vinny: Yeah, she's my fiancée.
Judge: Well, that would certainly explain the hostility.
I skipped a lot of parts. Some of which are vital links. I left out a lot of funny stuff… but the thought that you probably won’t watch it if I tell you everything hit me just as I was coming to the last few paras. The paras may seem patchy. But how can I, as an aspiring movie reviewer, reveal the rest? Watch the movie!
Joe Pesci – Academy Award Winner – as plump likable leather jacketed lawyer Vinny who spent 6 years in law school, on his first case
Marisa Tomei – as his gorgeous equally likable miniskirted girlfriend, whose father runs a mechanic garage. Very nice role. She even won an Oscar for it. Men will love her. Look up Marisa Tomei on Wiki and Google, dear male readers.
Italian lad – as main accused in a murder case
American lad – as his friend with priceless expressions on his face
Judge – to whom Vinny lies that he has 16 years of experience, on top of which he claims to be a famous New York lawyer, whom his girlfriend later says died recently.
Channel – Star Movies. Look out for the rerun.
The Review…
We’re so used to Vivek, Vadivelu and Santhanam and programmes like Kalakkapovadhu Yaaru that we think a funny programme is something that makes us laugh aloud every few minutes.
I realised I am very well such a person when I watched “My Cousin Vinny” which was rated by Readers Digest a few years back as one of the 25 funniest movies ever. I remembered that Readers Digest article and that was the very reason I wanted to watch the movie.
And I tried hard to laugh, but I couldn’t. I just smiled. Why?
It is like how real humour is. And how it should be. Natural. The movie is built around classic funny situations. They are humourous to the core. But you won’t laugh, laugh and laugh like a noisy kookaburra.
The plot revolves around 2 boys who are put in jail and accused of killing a cashier in a supermarket. One of them pockets a can of tuna in the supermarket and at first they’re under the impression that they are arrested for that. Leading to them admitting to “the crime” before they actually know what it is, and by the time they realise it, they can’t get out of the hole and hilarious situation they dug for themselves.
And in steps one of the boys’ cousins, Vinny as their lawyer.
He got into a law school thanks to the influence of a judge known to him, and flunked his way through 6 years of law school. Finally he graduated and gained 6 long weeks of experience in the field. This is his first case.
But hiring a big, expensive lawyer is out of the question. And Vinny’s family. How can the boys say no then? Besides he has considerable experience – his family is known for a tendency to argue like crazy.
Vinny has a girlfriend, who seems to be all beauty and no brains… and she keeps behaving like a tourist, taking snaps of everything in sight, even dog poop.
The court sessions begin. The opposition lawyer brings up 3 witnesses to the incident who seem to eliminate all chances for the boys.
Vinny bumbles in the first few court sessions. That is after he irritates the judge by coming dressed like a wannabe gangster… in a black shirt, trousers and leather jacket.
Two times he is asked to wear a suit. And the day after he finally wears a decent one, he dumps a bag in sticky mud unknowingly (after falling twice on it himself) and asks his girlfriend what is in the bag. The girl says, without seeing that they’re stuck in mud: “Oh, that bag has your suit. I had it cleaned for you.” The suit rental store is closed because its employees have the flu. Vinny ends up wearing a magician’s tux hired from a costume store.
I forgot this… Vinny even goes to jail twice. For being found guilty of contempt of court. His girlfriend bails him out and takes his photo when he is walking out of the jail gate. Truly a special moment.
Despite all these situations, despite ignoring the book on state laws given by the judge (a bit of which his girl reads and helps him) and sleeping in court, Vinny proves that he is a winning lawyer. Because he visits the witnesses’ houses, talks in a friendly way and took some photos on the sly. And befriends the opposition lawyer, even going on a hunting trip with him.
In the end, Vinny upholds his family name with his clever arguments. Vinny’s girlfriend proves to be a big saviour. Her dog poop picture is very helpful. And also, you get to know very interesting information about cars (the girl’s dad runs a mechanic garage), thanks to her dialogues.
Dialogue between Vinny and girlfriend when she is forced to come to the witness stand as she knows a lot about cars… (taken from http://www.law.indiana.edu/instruction/tanford/web/movies/MyCousinVinny.htm)
Vinny: Miss Vito, you're supposed to be some kind of expert in automobiles, is that correct? Is that correct?
[No answer]
Vinny: Will you please answer the Counselor's question?
Girlfriend: No, I hate him.
Vinny: May I have permission to treat Miss Vito as a hostile witness?
Girlfriend: You think I'm hostile now, wait till you see me tonight.
Judge: Do you two know each other?
Vinny: Yeah, she's my fiancée.
Judge: Well, that would certainly explain the hostility.
I skipped a lot of parts. Some of which are vital links. I left out a lot of funny stuff… but the thought that you probably won’t watch it if I tell you everything hit me just as I was coming to the last few paras. The paras may seem patchy. But how can I, as an aspiring movie reviewer, reveal the rest? Watch the movie!
Great Dessert Destinations
As a girl who has had lots of chocolate cake, I think I can recommend some good places for desserts in Alwarpet and Abiramapuram (these places have met my emergency need for desserts).
Carnival
Carnival is an unassuming place… but as you walk in a lip-smacking cake display greets you. One bite of cake and you’re sure to make it your favourite cake destination. Carnival’s chocolate mousse is delicious… to me mousse is always a cream overload, but that’s how it is meant to be anyway. The quality of the chocolate and cream is very good.
And Carnival’s birthday cakes are amazing… be it Butterscotch, Black Forest or Chocolate Cake… each one of them leaves you craving for more. They’re just the way great birthday cakes should be. We always order Carnival cakes for colleagues’ birthday parties.
Pizza Corner
Yeah. The same place I cribbed about in my previous article. But I’d mentioned that I am a fan of their desserts, right? They have yummy stuff… Pineapple Banana Fudge which is delicious (also I haven’t eaten it anywhere else) and their huge chocolate brownie, which is simply yummm, but is too much for one person, and has to be shared. Both the desserts are served with a scoop of delicious ice cream.
Cream Centre
Their Kulfi is simply out of this world. And their chocolate sundae is delicious too! Unfortunately these are the only good things I have to say.
Eatalica
Naomi Campbell is awesome. And I loved Dolly Parton too.
You would’ve concluded that I am nuts. Let me clear things!
Naomi Campbell is what they call their brownie. Their vanilla-chocolate milkshake has been christened Dolly Parton. And both are simply delicious. Do try them!
Amma Naana
Rows of pretty, beautifully decorated mousses, tarts and cakes beckon you from their bakery counter. I hope they taste as good - I should blame myself for not trying them.
Whenever I go to Amma Naana, I head to a corner where they have carrot cake from Wholistic Breads – which makes cakes from whole flour as the name suggests. I love the carrot cake, and only the carrot cake… but my mom doesn’t and I assume many dessert aficionados won’t. Amma Naana also sells Chocolate Bread… which I haven’t seen in any other shop… just simple stuff – bread with cocoa powder added. And needless to say, it is yummm.
I can’t think of any other good dessert places I have visited (heard of Sin and Chocolab… I should surely visit them soon). Go on, visit these places and take your taste buds on a pleasure trip!
Carnival
Carnival is an unassuming place… but as you walk in a lip-smacking cake display greets you. One bite of cake and you’re sure to make it your favourite cake destination. Carnival’s chocolate mousse is delicious… to me mousse is always a cream overload, but that’s how it is meant to be anyway. The quality of the chocolate and cream is very good.
And Carnival’s birthday cakes are amazing… be it Butterscotch, Black Forest or Chocolate Cake… each one of them leaves you craving for more. They’re just the way great birthday cakes should be. We always order Carnival cakes for colleagues’ birthday parties.
Pizza Corner
Yeah. The same place I cribbed about in my previous article. But I’d mentioned that I am a fan of their desserts, right? They have yummy stuff… Pineapple Banana Fudge which is delicious (also I haven’t eaten it anywhere else) and their huge chocolate brownie, which is simply yummm, but is too much for one person, and has to be shared. Both the desserts are served with a scoop of delicious ice cream.
Cream Centre
Their Kulfi is simply out of this world. And their chocolate sundae is delicious too! Unfortunately these are the only good things I have to say.
Eatalica
Naomi Campbell is awesome. And I loved Dolly Parton too.
You would’ve concluded that I am nuts. Let me clear things!
Naomi Campbell is what they call their brownie. Their vanilla-chocolate milkshake has been christened Dolly Parton. And both are simply delicious. Do try them!
Amma Naana
Rows of pretty, beautifully decorated mousses, tarts and cakes beckon you from their bakery counter. I hope they taste as good - I should blame myself for not trying them.
Whenever I go to Amma Naana, I head to a corner where they have carrot cake from Wholistic Breads – which makes cakes from whole flour as the name suggests. I love the carrot cake, and only the carrot cake… but my mom doesn’t and I assume many dessert aficionados won’t. Amma Naana also sells Chocolate Bread… which I haven’t seen in any other shop… just simple stuff – bread with cocoa powder added. And needless to say, it is yummm.
I can’t think of any other good dessert places I have visited (heard of Sin and Chocolab… I should surely visit them soon). Go on, visit these places and take your taste buds on a pleasure trip!
Have you seen the gypsy jewellery shops in Besant Nagar? On the platforms and in push carts? They sell the brightest baubles in Chennai. And at prices that’ll make you want to go on a shopping binge – even with a very low budget.
A profusion of bead jewellery in a myriad colours grabs your attention. Orange and yellow bead earrings… a long multi-colour bead necklace with yellow beads that almost look like smiley symbols… gorgeous blue earrings with translucent beads, that are almost magically beautiful – and much more. The jewellery is made in a very simple way… the beauty lies in the colours. There is a lot of jewellery which is gaudy too… but if you know what to pick / what to wear it with, you will get gorgeous stuff… at every gypsy jewellery shop.
I have a boxful of earrings, necklaces and bracelets that I bought from these gypsies. Some of my favs in the collection are a pair of Fanta orange glass bead earrings – they’re unique, funky, different… - like you dare to string up colourful candy and wear it. I also have a pair of those blue earrings.
And like I mentioned… the jewellery comes incredibly cheap. Rs. 10 for a pair of earrings, Rs. 20 for a bracelet, Rs. 30-40 for a long necklace which you can wear as a double-loop! Can you believe it?
The same kind of jewellery which Westside would sell for Rs. 200. Even at Pondy Bazaar it would be more expensive. And this stuff is more beautiful than that…
So the next time you want to buy colourful junk jewellery, visit the gypsy shops and fill up your bags! Now did I really have to tell you that? I think you probably will! :)
Pizza Corner (let me call it PC) has a new offering – “Pizza with Rice”
It gets you all excited… Pizza with Rice… Rs. 69 only... blah blah blah
You go there, stomach grumbling, taste buds eager (I went to PC, Abiramapuram). And you’re in for deep disappointment (Knew this line was coming, didn’t you?). You discover that PC has pulled the worst trick on you.
“Pizza with Rice” is actually a few vegetables tossed together with what looked to me like a local variety of rice… and they serve such a huge amount that it leaves you groaning (sarcasm).
At Abiramapuram Pizza Corner, this masterpiece of a dish arrives at my table 25 minutes after I order it. And only 3 tables are occupied in the whole place. On top of that the waiter who attends to me has a smile that reminds me of a lecherous ex-colleague.
They didn’t even have the courtesy to give me a glass of water. I tell you – I wanted to ask him if he didn’t have water there. Unfortunately I am a loyal (laugh, laugh :) ) customer as I am a fan of their pasta and desserts. Who knows, if I ask such questions, I might be given horrid food, or the chef might add too many chillies which would make me scream for water (and which they would probably say they don’t have), or worse, I might be banned. But I can’t take the risk. I need to have the pasta once in a few weeks.
So this bullshit, plus what we pay for their air-conditioning, also for the water he didn’t give me, a view of Indian bank from a corner table and stinging in the eyes caused by some crap they do with chillies in their kitchen (I bet every customer at PC Abiramapuram will experience this... during every alternate visit) – all this amounts to Rs. 69, they think.
I can say – the food amounts to Rs. 15-20 max. I also have to kick the cook’s ass – both for the food and his chilli experiments. And bash up the waiters… or one good screaming and yelling session might be worth my money. But I would probably be thrown out unceremoniously.
I swear… PC will have a million people complaining about that Pizza with Rice crap. Who do they think will order this for that price and eat? Foreigners maybe, because they would want to try rice. Or stupid snobs who think its cool to blow money on rice when they can eat tastier rice at home. This food doesn’t even match the taste of the oily Szechwan (purely Indian taste) fried rice I ate at a small wannabe Punju dhaba in Velachery.
I wrote this after a friend told me to blog on things like restaurants etc. – things which would interest many. And look what came out. I simply couldn’t say anything positive about that rice. I have to write something about the pasta and the desserts.
It gets you all excited… Pizza with Rice… Rs. 69 only... blah blah blah
You go there, stomach grumbling, taste buds eager (I went to PC, Abiramapuram). And you’re in for deep disappointment (Knew this line was coming, didn’t you?). You discover that PC has pulled the worst trick on you.
“Pizza with Rice” is actually a few vegetables tossed together with what looked to me like a local variety of rice… and they serve such a huge amount that it leaves you groaning (sarcasm).
At Abiramapuram Pizza Corner, this masterpiece of a dish arrives at my table 25 minutes after I order it. And only 3 tables are occupied in the whole place. On top of that the waiter who attends to me has a smile that reminds me of a lecherous ex-colleague.
They didn’t even have the courtesy to give me a glass of water. I tell you – I wanted to ask him if he didn’t have water there. Unfortunately I am a loyal (laugh, laugh :) ) customer as I am a fan of their pasta and desserts. Who knows, if I ask such questions, I might be given horrid food, or the chef might add too many chillies which would make me scream for water (and which they would probably say they don’t have), or worse, I might be banned. But I can’t take the risk. I need to have the pasta once in a few weeks.
So this bullshit, plus what we pay for their air-conditioning, also for the water he didn’t give me, a view of Indian bank from a corner table and stinging in the eyes caused by some crap they do with chillies in their kitchen (I bet every customer at PC Abiramapuram will experience this... during every alternate visit) – all this amounts to Rs. 69, they think.
I can say – the food amounts to Rs. 15-20 max. I also have to kick the cook’s ass – both for the food and his chilli experiments. And bash up the waiters… or one good screaming and yelling session might be worth my money. But I would probably be thrown out unceremoniously.
I swear… PC will have a million people complaining about that Pizza with Rice crap. Who do they think will order this for that price and eat? Foreigners maybe, because they would want to try rice. Or stupid snobs who think its cool to blow money on rice when they can eat tastier rice at home. This food doesn’t even match the taste of the oily Szechwan (purely Indian taste) fried rice I ate at a small wannabe Punju dhaba in Velachery.
I wrote this after a friend told me to blog on things like restaurants etc. – things which would interest many. And look what came out. I simply couldn’t say anything positive about that rice. I have to write something about the pasta and the desserts.
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