On our final night we opted to sit out in the humid air by the pool. I decided to knock back a few cold ones to accent the successful business trip. We had accomplished a ton in the 4 short days and it was worth a mini celebration. My first was in honor of our host country. Second, I opted to relive...
I am not proud to say it but, I ate Domino’s Pizza for lunch. Wait….Let me explain. I was spending the day at the Yahoo! Mumbai offices working with the team to nail down all the details of the October project. Morning turned to afternoon and the hunger struck. The work wasn’t done and a...
Indian pancakes of course! This one was filled with curry potatoes and served with a vegetable based masala sauce. I augmented with coconut chutney. Then of course I went over board and ordered the below Goa fish masala. Also delicious. ...
We ate in another of the Taj Hotels amazing restaurants again last night. This is part of what I meant by India is winning when I said that in my last post. Masala Kraft did an amazing job or creating dish after dish that please the palette and tantalized the tongue. The above picture was a flavor...
Weird but true, Jen nicknamed me On when we were in Berlin a few years back. On is short for Jas(ON) in case you missed that. Our site check yesterday took us to the Phoenix Mills mall in Mumbai. Of course we needed to sample some chow as we discussed business. We settled on a spot in teh food court...
This is a slow roasted lamb shank. When I tell you melt-in-your-mouth, I mean it. Jen and Brit both ordered chicken dishes that were even moister. I have never had chicken that tender and wet and flavorful all at the same time. My friend Preethi warned me about the delicious chicken and it blew any...
We eased into things yesterday with a lunch at the hotel. Prepping for the inevitable street food fiesta that I intend to embark on later in the week, we sampled the upscale version of these traditional Mumbai staples. Below and above is bhelpuri, sev batata puri, pani puri, dahi batata puri,...
Or so the tourist slogan says. I have only been here for 24 hours. It’s definitely crazy busy. There is tons of food, lots of color and some social and behavioral norms that are blowing my mind. Because writing will take me some time and I have little of that in the next 4 days I have decided...
