'Thai' (Amma) Dinner @ London

London !! A City that NEVER sleeps!!

The day I landed in London I was completely dazed out due to a combination of sleep deprivation, fatigue and jet lag, but that dint stop me from having a great time :)


A chill drizzly grey evening turned visually delightful as we chose to dine at a Thai restaurant.

I could'nt get enough of the multicolored sauces!
 

 An assortment of fried food ...

 The way food is presented is as important as the food itself, I enjoyed the crunchy peanuts shown in the pic above :)

 The crunchy spinach shown above was also well done and got my undivided attention...

The color, the textures, sight and smell.. Mmm Wait where did the taste go ?

Hehe I guess  I was wee to tired to note that all this good looking food tasted quite bland to my tongue,  however I enjoyed sitting with my work team and sipping warm green tea , enjoyed hot thai meals :)  and yapping through the evening ..

Why we love Google!

So today as I logged in and opened the Google page, the words 'GOOGLE' are designed like a guitar :) and that is NOT the BEST PART!!

One might wonder what is so fancy schmancy about this funky Google symbol wait till you try running your cursor over the image :)

1. As you run your cursor over the GOOGLE GUITAR Image , you will notice that the strings turn colorful and if you have your computer's sound system turned on you will hear the music notes of the respective chords!!
2. You can also try clicking the key board symbol and hit random keys on your computer's key board you will listen to music  notes again :) 

Apparently this is Google's way to remember Music genius Les Paul' 96th Birthday, Les Paul (Leister Williams Polsfuss) was a popular Jazz and country musician, song writer and  inventor!  He was a the one who developed the 'Solid Body Electric Guitar' (which eventually paved way to the birth of Rock and roll). Les Paul demised in 2009 at the age of 94 however he continues to inspire millions of people across the world  with his gift ...his music ! :)

Photo courtesy :Wikipedia

Food everywhere!

Ok so I am a total foodie and a nutcase photographer when I am not eating I m cooking , when i m not cooking I'am clicking, everything else i do is sandwiched between these activities. The pic shown above is 'Sunday Samayal' I made for my Amma :) she loves it when I surprise her ! (who doesn't!)

As we sat down and started enjoying our sunday lunch , we remebered our recent holiday at Andamans, the crystal blue sky , clear water, crisp sea breeze and who could forget the sea food!!


One of my favorite dishes I had during the entire trip was at Havelock Islands located @ Ritchie's Archipelago about 50 km north of Port Blair.  (shown above)



We traveled for 3 -4 hrs in a fancy cruise and landed in a rather primitive yet pristine island, with very limited facilities.


This did not (as always) stop me from having the culinary adventure. We visited one of those tiny shack hotels and asked them whats for lunch . They of course had a fixed meals menu for all .. comprising of a vegetable,  rice/roti and dhal.Hmm this is not very different from what I pack for lunch everyday.

So i asked the person in charge Uncle tell me what u have in ur menu that I will enjoy so much that I would travel a 100s of  miles again to come and have it. It was then that he got out his treasure trove of Pomfret he had hidden away in the kitchen.

He was generous enough to invite me into the tiny kitchen (it was cleaner than I had ever imagined a hotel to be!!) and allowed me to pick from the fresh catch :) and whether i want it fried or curried!





So I took my pick , one medium sized pomfret fried (to perfection) and a medium size Pomfret with gravy .. My mouth is watering just thinking about it , should I even explain how it tasted ? I will leave that to your imagination :) 

I gave my taste buds an experience to remember a life time and yes I m waiting to go back to that tiny shack at Havelock, Andamans  :)