- Met up with a few friends from college after many many many years! And realised that we still are the 'gang' :D. It is nice to see that nothing has changed between us...
- Managed to meet more friends on a trip to Mumbai
- A very good friend is moving to Chennai - yay!
- Made it to the book fair - twice in fact. The first visit was short where I seemed to naturally gravitate towards the Tulika stall, salivating and buying followed - inevitably! The second visit, armed with a huge backpack and some more bags was the one where most of the buying happened... CBT was a pleasant discovery - some really nice books there. Tara, Pratham, Young Zubaan were missing.
- My fav pick this year - Complete volume of Ponniyin Selvan and Silappadikaram with Sujatha's notes - both in Tamizh...
- Pattu's Fav - Tulika's Panchatantra (she goes 'valavalavala' - The talkative tortoise) and the globe from TTK. She now wants to go to Antartica and wants to know if even her susu will become ice in Antartica!! Of all things she would like to experiment!
We checked out the Sanga kala unavu at Rassa, the restaurant at Krishna Sweets. I was reluctant since the Krishna Sweets Ghee puts me off. But then, I was in for a pleasant surprise - the spread was very interesting starting with 'soma baanam' (translation: Nectar of Gods) made out of panai vellam (palm sugar) and raagi-thandu vadai to a few familiar recipes with an interesting twist. Worth a try!
5 comments:
Wow ! SKS spread looks awesome.Last year when I visited around this time, there was just a mess kind of thing :( But still I enjoyed eating there as the waiters were warm and I enjoyed expressing my rants and raves about their food :)
Some co-incidence! Just posted on the book fair and come back here to see one too! Susu turning to ice... ummmm.. even i'm curious. Pattu do let me know the result(s) of your experiment pls!
that must be some worthy buys. heard much about ponniyin selvan. must read some time.
sanga kala unavu must have been a good experience.
BTW i loved the flowers from your garden.
Deepa - you are right abt the waiters...they were very pleasant.. and looks like they got it right this time :)
Vidya - I know quite a coincidence... and you seem to have picked up quite a lot!
Asha - very worthy, I must say.... about the flowers - Thanks :)
Wow..loved your blog makeover. Wish you, Pattu & your entire family a very Happy and Prosperous NY.
I visited Rasa too(Tnagar) and found the service extremely pathetic. Did you visit the Mylapore one?? The food was good, no doubt but the service was not mentionable.
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