As I got it, spelling mistakes and all ( Read more... )

Some of the BULBs (Bangalore Urban Lady Birders) decided to meet up for lunch at Halli Mane on Sankranti Day:


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The background:

I emailed a British birder who's coming to Bangalore, and wants to go birding, His visit is going to be on weekdays, when the expert birders are probably not going to be free. So we've been emailing back and forth, and I was trying tell him about

Darshini restaurants

which, I think, are unique to Karnataka...

and about

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I've never eaten

Artichokes


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We went to another Ethiopian restaurant, just for a change from

Selam

...this was

( the Ethiopian restaurant )

While D's mom was in St.Louis to help celebrate KTB's birthday picnic, we decided to walk around the Loop, and had dinner at

Ranoush

a Middle-Eastern cuisine place which seems to have very contradictory reviews (see the link above!)....

We enjoyed seeing the "Arab" tent dining area:


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I found, when I went to Tanzania and Egypt, I realized that African food is quite similar to Indian food.

In St.Louis, one of my favourite places to eat at, has been the restaurant that serves

Ethiopian cuisine

It's called

Salem

Here are the

Injera or Injira on a plate that proudly announces the restaurateurs' love for their mother ( Read more... )

Naturally, when I have pictures of important nature significance and utterly meaningful insights to post, I will, instead of doing that, post....

A whole lot of signboards (or Shine Boards as Paul Fernandes calls them) that kept me entertained....

I must start with Valparai, I saw this message:


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Well, having posted all that, I decided that though I never got a chance to eat in a Tanzanian home, I must set down the little that I learnt about food in Tanzania ( Read more... )