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A gastronomical weekend

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On Saturday night, we went out for a Chinese place for dinner. On Sunday, it was a place called Susie’s (Correction: Sue’s Kitchen) for lunch. If you are visiting Bangalore or live there, you must do Sue’s (especially, if you haven’t done it yet!). It’s a Caribbean restaurant located in Indiranagar. The owner is from West Indies and has set up a little cosy nook that you must experience sometime. Quite a popular joint, it was packed when we went for lunch. Apparently, it’s a must visit for the West Indian cricketers when they are visiting India. For Rs 180 a head for the buffet lunch (pretty reasonable, I think), we were treated to a delicious spread of about 4-5 salads. The vegetable soup was mouth-watering. For the main curry, there was crab, mushroom and corn curry, delicious fish cutlets and a yummy vegetable baked dish, among other stuff. One can only eat so much! I had gained at least 5 kilos heavier by the time the weekend was over. (PS: Kinglsey, looks like the …

Why I love my ‘walkman’

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Jag here writes about progressing from a walkman to an MP3 player. Reminding me of my loyal device, which has kept me company over more than four years now. And I haven’t had any problems with it yet. Of course, it looks old and worn out. But it hasn’t given me much reason to complain, other than that. It’s a woman’s best friend in a city like Mumbai. And if you travel around often, you’ll probably know what I mean. For one, it cuts out the noise on the road. When you are travelling in Mumbai, ear plugs are essential because of the noise levels. Everyone on the road is honking. And there are some really ghastly tunes out there. It cuts out the noise in the compartment. Travel in a local train at peak hours and you’ll know what I mean. You cannot even imagine the cacophony that emerges out of a hundred odd women packed like sardines. It cuts out the comments yucky leery men pass. I don’t think a single day goes …

Somebody, stop us!

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After a round of delicious sizzlers at Pop Tates, I watched 3 Deewarein with sister (it was her bday) and my friend G last week and thought it was quite an interesting movie. I mean after all the strange tales they roll out these days, it was refreshing. And without the songs – what a relief. What I like about Nagesh Kukunoor is that at least he tries to explore other themes. I liked Naseerudin’s character and some of his dialogues were really witty. Especially, about leaving a ‘patli galli’ open at all times. Makes sense now, doesn’t it?! Sometimes, after a substantial dose of English movies, sitting through 3 and a half hours of a Hindi movie can be a really torturous experience. But in the absence of nothing close to decent playing in the theatres (I don’t think Naked Weapon is a film!), we’re doing a round of Hindi movies right now. We’re on a major movie watching spree and we can’t seem to stop! Last evening we watched Koi…Mil Gaya (finally!). A …