Date: 30th June 2012
Saturday morning, I decided to take the ferry over to Kowloon.
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Personal website of Mithun Divakaran, a guy you may or may not know -- or like.
Date: 30th June 2012
Saturday morning, I decided to take the ferry over to Kowloon.
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While English misspellings are common throughout the world – especially in Asia – India sure has its fair share of hilariously bad English. Last week, my friend took me to an old restaurant in Jayanagar where he claimed the food was really good and reasonably priced. And when we talk food, we’re talking mostly non-vegetarian fare.
The restaurant is Amaravathi Bar & Restaurant in Jayanager 9th Block. Although it was my first time here, the joint looked like it’s been for around a decade or two. Very middle-class (symbolic of the locality), the waiter gave us our menus. Then we had a laugh!
Okay, let’s play ‘Spot the Funny’ 🙂
As funny as it all sounds, the chicken liver we ordered was delicious to have with roti, and so was the mutton kheema balls. Well spiced and really well done! The biriyani here was really good (both mutton and chicken) but a tad too spicey for my liking.
Still, I think I’ll update this post with every funny menu I come across in India. After all, it’s not just restaurants that have hilarious English…
The good, the bad and the ugly. Although it’s the title of a classic Western, that’s exactly how I felt reviewing these new releases in the third edition of Round-up-Review.
Korea’s ‘Queen of Pop’ – BoA -has been around the music scene for over a decade. And she’s only 25. Given BoA was only 13 when she debuted, and despite the fact there are K-pop idols older than her, Kwon Boa is still considered a ‘senior’ artist by her peers. Continue reading “K-pop Round-up-Review: BoA, KARA and G-Dragon” »