The 4 th Generation visits .. Al Jawahar … I write this very fondly .. among the many tales my Grandfather often told me one of his tales was a newly formed India .. and how he visited his ...
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-fouth-generation-visits.html
Lonely Lady It is International World Women’s Day and I see the lonely Lady I often see her in the Park in the mornings. She comes for a breather and breakfast, while I expand my breath a...
O Diva I know Diva more and before anyone else we were newly married and together finding our way about living in a joint family. It was a family lunch at Mezze Luna probably the first vent...
The Grammar Room The Grammar of Food is what I have been trying to decipher and build upon for a decade and a half. While I was working with Zorawar Kalra, at Massive Restaurants in 2019 I ...
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-grammar-of-food-at-grammar-room.html
The Samosa Sandwich Story : Lisieux Higher Secondary School was an all boys school in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. This was quite a mouthful to expalin to the Delhi co-education school mates in De...
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The Blue Bedspread: It was the Monsoon of 1982, it was early August in Delhi and it hadn't rained as yet. My brother got married amidst a lot of celebrations and it was a posh wedding. Then ar...
The Tadka Story: The Tadka Gang The humble Tadka, tempering for any Dish , Dal, Curry, Tagine … is the final transformation to make a simple dish an extraordinary dish.. the Midas touch o...
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Is a question I have often asked myself and have seldom got the answer or guidance Scene 1: When I was watering the plants this morning… I heard the neighbour, Doctors, our age, with kids...
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2021/06/if-life-is-bowl-of-cherries-what-am-i.html
Tea at 46 Degrees: We were at Mahajan field firing tank ranges, near Suratgarh deep in the Thar desert in Rajasthan . It was an exceptionally hot summer day. It was not yet noon and I alrea...
The Beggar’s kitchen Many years ago after having a drink toobmany at a Colaba Bar, (Cafe Royal opposite Regal Cinema, where Bill Clinton on a visit to Bombay to the American centre, wen...
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Cruises Antarctica Cochin London and Parathas I often went to Cochin to rustle business for the Cruises to Antartica... yes Antarctica... Strangely Kerala contributed 80 percent of the ...
I learnt this later in my career about a decade and half ago .. by default.. I learnt it was very useful, I was more respected and taken more seriously.. I actually did it as I was disenchanted...
Sitting in the Veranda The rain came but the water at home didn’t The gardener came and dropped a vine of Giloy herb The newspaper brought more news of mismanagement, dismay and g...
Coleslaw Connection:Story of the Coleslaw Sandwich... For a few days Coleslaw has been in the back of my mind .. A few days ago made Cabbage an I saved a portion of raw cabbage for later....
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2021/05/coleslaw-connection.html
Once during the summer holidays.. visiting Delhi as a young boy .. visited my Paternal Aunt .. in Pratap Bagh near Delhi University.. Her son who later was ordained to become a granthi (pries...
My First Flight Day : Boys to Men Coimbatore... to Bangalore in a Dakota... felt like a grown up all of 13... accompanying my mother ... we made friends with other passengers at the lounge in...
We have been in from Spring to Autumn From Cool Warm Hot Humid to Cool Nights From Unsure scepticism shared pessimism to green shoots of optimism to despair From self dependent to ind...
Tales from Mayapuri Pakodas to Pep up an ordinary meal... The Story goes, I used to go often to Mayapuri Army Vehicles Disposal Market And miscellaneous motor vehicles and motor parts ... you...
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Inspired today to write a short story on Father's day, everyone thinks of stories of courage and valour and generosity and sensitivity. let me see if this one has any elements of that, and of...
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-short-gastronomic-thriller-ode-to-my.html
It was a strange morning, with a listless feeling and the rudderless existance in the last few weeks. Especially the last few days have been difficult. The only time I could or want to spend wa...
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2018/05/weekend-with-salesman.html
Exotic Foods and Empty Bowls At times like these I feel my writings are even more relevant, where the rich are migrating from every basic food to exotic foods and the poor are moving away from...
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2016/12/random-rambling-to-rouse-me-to-writing.html
November 14, Nirula’s Revisited It is Children’s day , I had to write about my childhood fantasy revisited Nirula’s. After a sales call the salesman gets hungry, while going in for ...
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2013/11/november-14-nirulas-revisited.html
Like there are rewards in finding new and interesting places to eat. The perils or risks involved are tremendous too. This morning, i decided to drop my daughter to s...
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2013/10/perils-of-punter-breakfast-at-jatland.html
Coming up....... the disaster at Starbucks at Select Citty Walk New Delhi....... Watch this space.
What moves a person so much to devote time and effort to write about a dish or an eating place it has to be outstanding. I continue with my Southern sojourn with Maratha Darshan. A few posts ago ...
https://samilm.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-great-maratha-maratha-darshan.html