Coming out of the protective confines of the Mom's home-made food... i have 2 whole years to just try out the culinary delights of india in a culturally vibrant city like mumbai...(hmmm... heights of hypocriticism!! I have not even tried 2-3 styles of cooking after coming to mumbai!! he he he he!!!)
No longer is my morning breakfast served right at my seat... I need to get up early and take a bath...(someday i am going to kill that guy who discovered the art of taking bath...such a waste of time and precious water!!..) get dressed and leave home and try finding place for breakfast somewhere...(try!!!..naaa!!!.. we scavange for food right from the morning!!)
and eventually we end up eating in the canteen for the vareity it gives us...(hmph!@#!@.. trying to be politically correct...we have vareity of dosas which has a dose of batter still left uncooked...then the sandwiches which is over in 1 and a half bytes...idlies for which we have sweet sambhar which tastes like jaggery...see the vareity we have!!!!).... well we chose the less lethal breakfast , eat and get to classes. After the series of lectures (yawn!!) we get grossly tired and our stomach rebels against functioning normally if we donot oblige to its cravings..so we are forced to have the most important meal of the day..namely lunch... well when i was in chennai..we had the so called concept-unlimited meals!!! but out here that is a sarcastic term...the only thing we get in unlimited quantity is water...and ofcourse the ALOO which is served in every meal of the day...(i even doubt if the morning milk and the energie that we drink is substitute of potato starch... even green vegetables have started lookin like the great lil devil ALOO)
we eat the ever so popular trio of dal roti and chawal. someday this is going to be our national food like the national animal,bird etc etc. The daily menu has become so monotonous that anyone who brings food from home...can only see the hands going in and coming out...before he can realise that the food he has brought has been devoured without mercy by the ever so gentlemen like students who jus came out of the dining ethiqutte classes in biz communication..he he he he(i always wonder.. why such a simple process of eating is complicated by this so called dining manners..its a definite no no for me!!)
Well in the night we get the food delivered at our place(no prizes for guessing the menu...i have even started having dal chawal dreams...) but on weekends we go out to eat...and to our amuse we find that almost all the restaurants are packed...i sometimes wonder why people come out to eat when they have the option of eating and enjoying the home cooked food...(for heavens sake..we bachelors shld be allowed first to eat at any restaurant...of course after the beautiful ladies who are waiting...after all we are still bachelors u see)
and finally after a long week we get a chance to eat the legs of chicken... brains of the goat...liver of the fish...tear the hands of chick...cut the stomach of the fish and break the bones the lil gotie..
ohhhhhhhhh..was that descrpition about non veg was very violent? If you feel so...please don call up peta...i was jus kidding... i don even eat egg....(blink!! blink!! staring innocently)
I just tried to sum up the feelings of carnivores who at the slightest chance of eating a moving creature can do anything for u...
hmmm.. this very much sums up the way we feed ourselves....to stay functional... its no more "eat well like a king and work hard like a labour"... "trying eating food first...then think about work"
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I fully empathize with you Srinath. When I came home from Pilani for vacation - aloo was banned at the home. I guess because it is really cheap Aloo tends to dominate the hostel mess menu. - Sukumar
You come to value home food only when you are away. It is a character building exercise, Srinath. You will return with a whole new appreciation for mom's cooking :-)
hmmm..welcome to mumbai...
trying to find a typical south indian food in mumbai is quite tough, tat too when you are living in a place like juhu. try out your relatives places on weekends if u have any
sukumar,
sir u got it right on target... i guess the experience speaks for itself....
Archana,
yeah yeah.. character building exercise indeed... we are learning survival skills in extreme situations..
Arpita,
you are so right... i am yet to find a place in juhu vile parle where i can get proper south indian sambhar & rasam....well talkin about the food at relative's place... yes i am dying to go to my relative's place.. if i have some free time
See srinath.. u once had craze for Alloo.. remember those days when u used to gobble up mine and Rakesh Food.. Wat do dude.. I would suggest u either cook:) or get a wife.. Lol.. Quite interesting right:)
that was food for thought, though on the negative side...i guess you have summed up the reaction of all the south indian's plight in bombay
food..food..food..very important and essential. sad that u are compromising with that
sraban,
company secrets are not let out..shhhhhh!!!
jogesh,
are u also a south indian
Mrthyun,
hmmm was that sarcastic??
lol
anyways.. yeah it is sad indeed
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