Monday, January 15, 2007

Brun Maska and Chai

The sweet pleasures of Mumbai life. The bliss of having chai and brun maska is something which I miss. And having a classic Irani close by is double bliss. The minor pleasures of walking in. Going to the regular table (Oh the bliss of actually having a regular table) and having the waiter bring you the chai. And it is so much more blissful when you are all aglow with the healthiness of having walked a kilometer to have it. Nothing beats it. Not even the incessant inaneness of bratty mothers screaming for their kheema pav or inflecting their baby gossip on you......

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Idle Thoughts of a bored stomach

Having spent 3 years plus away from Mumbai I returned about 3 weeks ago. In the recent past trips back have always been revisits to the same old places since the time to explore was minimal. But and this is a extremely big but now that I am back (hopefully for good)there seem to be very few places to explore. The food scene in the BMC limits seems to be dead. What gives ?