Did a overnight trip to Indore last week. After a late night at work we hit a local dhaba for some rustic food and a couple of drinks. Dhaba food is amazing. Its lip smacking good, cooked fresh and down right cheap. Most dhaba’s have a wine shop right next door, where you are supposed to buy your own booze. So its as we call it “paisa vasool”.
The last time I had dhaba food was in Raipur and it was great.
Must try and do this in the smaller cities I visit.
This is the first time I used Google Reader in the offline mode. And I think its a great concept if you are stuck in a place with no Internet access and time to kill. I think I am going to use this more often to utilize my time.
Google Gears is making all this happen and I’ve been reading that its going to extend to GMail too. Cool
Was in Nagpur a few weeks back to check out our new site which should go live by the year end. There were 2 highlights of the trip. The first being hopeless flight timings leaving all my energies sapped and other was some excellent albeit late lunch. Lunch was our usual guest house food but we had ordered kheema kaleji & mutton rassa cooked in authentic “saoji style”. Now if you want to eat saoji food, which is a cuisine Nagpur is popular for, you better be ready with some heavy duty fire dousers such as chilled water, curd or plain rice. Because the food is spicy as hell and not to mention finger licking good.
Don’t ever miss it if you are in Nagpur, even if it means you miss your flight
Though Black Dog was one of the first songs that introduced me to Led Zeppelin, it has hardly remained a favourite after owning other Zeppelin works. Zep actually grew over me. My prized collections being the 4 CD set covering most of their work (digitally remastered) and the Led Zeppelin DVD which has rare concert footage. Considering that most of the digital remastered editions of all their music has already been released, it was nice to know that they are finally embracing the digital age by releasing all their music in digital, available for download.
On another note, folks are paying an arm & a leg to see Led Zep reunite for a sellout concert on Nov 26 at London’s O2. Tickets start at 125 pounds. Damn wish I was there!
Spotting a post on Digital inspiration, I downloaded the latest version of Windows Writer to check out remote blogging. The single most feature upgrade in this version which I love is the image upload feature.
I think I am going to use this product regularly
When I visited Lucknow in 1999, my friend recommended I have a meal at Tundays in Aminabad, Lucknow. And I did. That meal left quite a lasting impression and I vowed that I would visit Tundays next time I land in Lucknow.
On Wednesday as soon as I landed I made plans to ensure we get to Tundays for lunch. Considering it was Ramzaan, the place was a 
hub of activity for during lunch time. Outside the hotel there are 3 main areas. One that is grilling tandoori chicken, one which makes beef kababs & the other mutton kababs.
We order kababs & parathas. Tunday parathas are somewhere midway between a roomali & roti. Freshly chopped onions & lime wedges are the only accompaniments which make this meal frugal yet delicious. The kababs are so soft, that you don’t have to use your teeth to eat them. This is the main speciality of Tundays.
The place was a notch better than when I last saw it. It has a wide basement seating area whose walls have blown up photos of the 3rd generation owner & film stars. Anil Kapoor has posed in a ridiculous bathrobe.
4 of us gobble 5 plates of kababs & parathas. we also try the mutton biryani (average) and wash the meal with chilled Pepsi. One of the best meals I’ve had in the last few months.
