tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post7674850108260693762..comments2023-11-03T11:10:05.152+00:00Comments on JOST A MON: What The Indians Did For UsFëanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-57333711339928196862008-03-16T12:10:00.000+00:002008-03-16T12:10:00.000+00:00Feanor: In a way it probably will be a blog :-/ Re...Feanor: <BR/><BR/>In a way it probably will be a blog :-/ <BR/><BR/>Re the tikki: I lived in Gwalior as a child. The city perhaps has the world's best chaat. A 1-inch tikki is blasphemy, methinks, desi nouvelle cuisine be damned. And the imli chutney was not sour enough, and the concoction with tonnes of haldi served with it was confusing and stinky... <BR/><BR/>I guess Benares's target audience is Natalie Portman after all (who, as gossip goes, was eating there this week too) and not me. I will continue to do the taste test around London and the only reason why I wouldn't write this one up as a review is because it was really disappointing, their nifty tricks with hot towels notwithstanding.<BR/><BR/>I also enquired about a peculiar tea strainer they brought along for my masala chai. A classier establishment would bring me the strainer, not the URL of the website they bought it from. No? Most disappointing Michelin starred place I ate in (the bill was Michelin alright!)<BR/><BR/>PS: Sorry about the long digression..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-50305808570758529222008-03-16T04:09:00.000+00:002008-03-16T04:09:00.000+00:00It is the song, but not from the ghatak film! far ...It is the song, but not from the ghatak film! far as i remember that was in black and white, the song was shot indoors and was more instrumentally spare.<BR/><BR/>so, no lilavati after all. damn.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-88710104263813193792008-03-15T08:44:00.000+00:002008-03-15T08:44:00.000+00:00Space Bar: perchance is it this song? Can't say I'...Space Bar: perchance is it <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKKLa0HbWSI&feature=related" REL="nofollow">this </A>song? Can't say I've ever heard this before, so your expert ear will have to discern its accuracy.<BR/><BR/>Shefaly: Thanks for the Teresi reference. Re: your recommendations swap, isn't that similar to a blog where one puts one's reviews?<BR/><BR/>Hey, and what's the problem with an inch-wide tikki? Are you being sizeist? :-) (I guess this is what passes for desi nouvelle cuisine these days...)Fëanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-79570969652307224252008-03-14T16:28:00.000+00:002008-03-14T16:28:00.000+00:00Feanor: Good start ;-) But while we are at it, I a...Feanor: Good start ;-) But while we are at it, I am sure you are familiar with Dick Teresi's book "Lost Discoveries", an honest book that does not frame science as a western 'discovery' (yes I use the word deliberately). <BR/><BR/>My review here:<BR/>http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R28NRFC1H6RIW8/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm<BR/><BR/>PS: Shall we all form a book recommendation swap club? I should really write more reviews now that I have a backlog and btw Benares was a 6 on 10. Tikki was good but who serves 3 1-inch across tikkis as starters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-61450017600431367902008-03-14T13:24:00.000+00:002008-03-14T13:24:00.000+00:00not the something something bit?! :D actually, in ...not the something something bit?! :D actually, in the sorry state my memory is in these ay, i'm wondering if it wasn't lilabali lilabali.<BR/><BR/>sigh.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-40206412884719759262008-03-14T08:31:00.000+00:002008-03-14T08:31:00.000+00:00Ooh, a Ghatak flick. Not that I have seen it, of c...Ooh, a Ghatak flick. Not that I have seen it, of course. The <I>da de dum</I> sounds vaguely familiar, though :-)Fëanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-79198168935756115882008-03-14T01:16:00.000+00:002008-03-14T01:16:00.000+00:00ok this is trivia time, obviously: does anyone rem...ok this is trivia time, obviously: does anyone remember this song that goes 'Lilavat, Lilavati something something da de dum...' in Titash Ekti Nadir Naam? Happens during a wedding too, far as I remember.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.com