Crimson Chakra and Cornucopia

I am blessed with a long list of dear friends who make me feel Life is worthwhile even when I am 50 feet under rock bottom, for those true souls I try my best to be there when they need a hug, a shoulder to cry or just a head bobber who can listen.  Few weeks back one such dear friend of mine and I were a bit worried about something but instead of letting it bother us too much we figured the best way to beat the blues was to have a slumber party !!! No No No Please don't think teens in pink pyjamas having a pillow fight, our slumber party was more like 2 grown women in mid twenties meeting up after work and having a nice long conversation, sipping warm tea together, reading books and yes you guessed it treating ourselves to a fine dinner :)
We decided to go to Crimson Chakra and Cornucopia for dinner :)

Spicy Chicken Soup

We ordered a light pepper based thin soup which had a generous dose of chicken and mixed vegetables. It was Yummy Spicy!

For starters we took crab cakes, Oh goodie it was soo good I created a seperate post just for the crab cakes :D click here to view it

The crab cakes were aromatic, soft and tasty , sprinkled with chopped spring onions, served with a side salad, a mint chutney and a cheese dip !

Moving on to main course!

Frankly my friend and I wanted to order another helping of crab cakes but the main course had arrived by then , and boy we dont have any regrets!

I ordered a mildly flavoured fish fillet, which was marinated in fragrant herbs and cooked with olive oil, flavoured with Jalepenos with a side serving of blanched vegetables and choice of either baked, roasted or mashed potatoes, I picked roasted potatoes.

Absolutely delectable!

My friend ordered Chicken breasted stuffed and cooked with minced mushrooms served with brown sauce, with a side salad of blanched vegetables and roasted potatoes.

By the time we were done, we could barely exhale, leave alone move :P, but dinner without dessert would be like life without love, so we decided to pick one dish and shared it (don't you feel dessert tastes sweeter when shared with a friend).

We chose the Elaneer/Tender Coconut Souffle!

Elaneer Souffle from Heaven

I had to create a seperate post just for this Elaneer (Tender Coconut Souffle) click here to read.

Try to visit Crimson Chakra and Cornucopia you will love it just as I did :)

Epilogue
As for us we walked back home laughing all the way and sharing jokes, recollecting fond memories whilst making plans to stay up all night and having a movie marathon ... however we crashed 5 minutes after we reached home and woke up after 10 hours of sleep - not exactly what we planned for but definately  rejuvenated:)

~Fin~

Zha/ ழா Cafe

Sometime last month I had gone to ழா Cafe . Zha Cafe  located at adyar (I don't remember exactly where but its on the same street as swingers ) coming back to  Zha Cafe. What an amusing experience :) made me feel like I went back in time without a time machine ~ the food, the music, the ambiance everything makes you  feel as if you are in the 90s :D now isn't that cool!

A few friends from work decided to go tot Zha for a cup of coffee and a quick bit after work since its soooo close to work I was on board in no time ..Needless to say we had a great time!

All the rooms in the cafe had a theme I personally LOVE the room shown above its MOVIE theme~ so you can see a director chair, hero's chair, heroine chair and villain chair :D isn't that funny.. The one below is for the more serious types (not me)..

I have to mention about the music they played at the cafe , it was a assortment of HIT songs from 90s this again was very amusing cos clearly the last thing you'd expect to listen to while going to a cafe is Ramki hits and Karthick songs :P

We ordered the TEA KADAI menu along with our beverages :) Like the name suggests the Tea Kadai Menu is complete assortment of all the snacks that you would find in a Indian Tea Shop ~ it was funny and cute :)

Sanke gourd vadai~ Podalangai vadai was kinda unusual yet tasty and filling..

Cheesy dips ..Yummmmmmm

So someone in the cafe was celebrating his birthday with his family he was just too sweet to distribute cakes to everyone at the cafe :) just like in school dayz hahaha

What a delightful evening :) i m definitely going back for more :)

Ok i usually love to fill out feed back forms at the restaurants but we had to rush out but i just love the look and feel of the feed back form too :) may b next time I'd give them a good review and come but as for now I gottu run!

Two words~ I love!! :)

Bruschetta @ Blur

My friend T and I have been having a series of super weekends starting last month, much to the dismay of many :D Oh Well! So few weeks back we went to watch a critically acclaimed movie at Satyam cinemas (by accident) Actually what had happened was we both were suffering from Vit M deficiency as in we were in dire need to watch a movie....We had not planend ahead and we landed there on a Saturday afternoon hoping to get tickets :D and after we realized tickets to all shows were sold out.. it was Smurf Movie Vs  BOL !! Smurfs were ruled out, so T and I ran out to look at BOL poster and see if it was worth the trouble! Hehaha after I saw Atif Aslam's pic on the poster I convinced T!! After all this trouble we realized  it so happened we were 3 hrs ahead when we landed there and we really needed a place to lounge :D

Now I know Satyam has a nice place called ID - Idly dosai (where I love) and Ecstasy for chocolate lovers and Blur.. but I haven't tried Blur before cos I always imagined it to be a noisy over crowded place which it was :) with bad food but i wasa wrong about the food- Ok I take back what I said.. I dint try too much because I was too stuffed from the breaskfast I had at S&S I just a regular Bruchetta and Gobi 65 with Tawa roti.. But it was enough to convince me to come back for more ;)

Monalisa smile~Dude where's my face!

 So we finally got to have a nice North Indian Thali Meals @ Trafalgar Square (after 4 days hehe).

North Indian Non-Veg Thali @ Cafe Mumbai, London

Salad, Butter chicken, lamp gravy, Onion Bhajji and Rice Indian food tastes err different abroad ! :D Oh well it was good enough to keep me on my toes for the next few hours :)  It was a simple meal, but i enjoyed it simply because I was starving and hadn't eaten well in 4 hrs :P 

 Wait its not over yet~Picture abhi Bhaaki hai dost!

~ COMEDY TIMES~

Trafalgar square

  Gallivanting aimlessly at Trafalgar square, London after dinner we walked past a an artist.

Well impressed by his work , I was so tempted to get my portrait done, so I went for it!

My15 minutes of fame

There is something almost intriguing about the way an artist views his subject and draws them ..
 

I of course cud not keep quiet for long, So I began a conversation with Mr..(I don't remember his name)

I learn t he was previously  a high school art teacher in China before migrating to Britain to find employment which he never did :(

Ok back to the portrait

So half way through the portrait, our conversation..

Mr Whatshisname: Like Monalisa, I draw u!

Me: Oh My really!

Mr Whatshisname:Yes yes No ? 

Me: Hmm ok!

Mr Whatshisname: Ohh u has long hair I see! Oh u wears nice dress , very beautiful very nice!

Me: *Awkward smile*

My mind voice: Wokay Bass! get back to work! 

So finally he gave a thumbs up and said 'Yes its ready,  come and see'

Lovely portrait! Monalisa smile alright! Ooo High Cheek bones and doe eyes!

Err Just one thing.. in my mind voice of course

Dude where is my face?

Photo courtesy: http://www.care2.com/

Then I recollected what Mr.Whatshisname said earlier!~ *FLASH BACK*

" Like Monalisa, I draw you " 

Photo courtesy: http://www.care2.com/

Yes it looks like Monalisa alright *translated* BALD GUY in a BAD WIG! :P 

TOTAL DAMAGE!!!

A portrait of me after a face lift, lip job and cheek-lift (if there is something like that) 

P.S.  I have no regrets I m just glad I got my first portrait! :)