now that i'm this self-proclaimed food and bollywood critic.....let me get started on my adventures and mis-adventures with food <3
one place i'll never forget [or forgive] is Cafe Basilco. i had been there around three years ago for an 'elegant' breakfast with my mom after reading those million reviews about this place which gave it the thumbs-up sign. okay, so we travelled all the way to town on a Sunday for a breakfast more exciting than our regular idli-dosa-cornflakes and guess what we got? ............
not so fast, i have to build up the drama for our brilliant [anti] climax! so i sat there fingering the menu with my crooked finger, reading those mouth-watering descriptions that cheat customers into buying the same old regular dish....rehashed! we placed our order.....mom ordered something that sounded fairly normal [read not more exciting, innovative than what we usually have at home] and i ordered something that sounded exotic.....i can't remember the name, or the description, but i remember the waitress lighting up and saying that i must try it.....what was the description....fluffy something something with delicious blank blank accompanied with blank blank of your choice....bah! no use, i can't remember the exact description.....but oh! how it sounded! so after waiting, peering, flashing polite smiles at the staff around us, i was presented my dish...the ultimate dish which was meant to bait me, make me a regular customer......cafe basilco's 'agni pariksha' and it turned out to be......gasp! gasp! gasp!................UPMA!!!!!!!
WHAAAAAAAT!!!!!! i travelled this far for UPMA! i mean.....UPMA.....are you serious! *sob sob* MA......UPMA??? *sniff*..... i could have had the same UPMA, 100 percent original, 1000 times more delicious, 10000 times cheaper at home......of course, the one at home may have a few stray strands of dog hair but its better than eating my own hair in frustration!!!!!
[i got dessert as a consolation, but it wasn't brilliant enough to lift up my dampened spirit......]
3 comments:
What do you mean 10,000 times cheaper at home? At home it must be free.
Now you know what advertisements do. They can tempt a bald man to buy a comb.
ya! but i still want to write ads when i grow up! <3.....or maybe be a food critic....sounds good?
aaahhhh!!!! this is sooo Rheaa! well first things first, thank you for blogging after so long ( i think the last time u posted prior to the ghajini and rnbdj post was the one on splitsvilla).....and secondly, i absolutely loveed this on and the aforementioned review piece....miss seeing your writing
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