Eat to live... Live to Eat....

Inspired by Gils post ... naanum ennaku therinja saapadu item pathi eluthren...

Ok here we go..... konjooondu thaan... padichikongo :D padichitu pasikuthu... apdinu solla koodathu...

Let me go by Cuisines so that it is easy to classify and list down

South Indian

Dakshin - Park Sheraton –.. this will be first in my list when it comes to south indian… Chettinad la I like melagu naatu kozhi kolumbu, mutton sukka, vanjiram fry, mutton leg paya....
aprom starters nu sollitu veg la vaazhapoo vadai, banana dosa aiyoo me drooling now :P

Malgudi - Savera,– the food is really good and not too costly like five star… and this hotel means so much to me :D (something very special about this restaurant is they will have magician coming to your table and they have kili josiyam, kai regai josiyam all that in the restaurant)

Kumarakom - Kerala, - Kerala food… I just love them :D Kerala dishna.. that karimeen moli, coconut oil pottu deep fry panna fish (red colourla irukkum) aprom adai prathaman (payasam)

Nagarjuna - Andhra, T.Nagar – Andhra even though it is spicy… its is also one of my favourites… Andhara - Koli vepudu, I generally like that andhra mess full meals.. pappu, podimaas, curries, gongura chutney, ladies finger fry, hot rasam and finally curd with sugar :D yummmy ithu kooda soooda oru omlette

Crown - Residency Towers –this is one of the romantic place… especially for candle light dinners… ncie food and nice ambience

GRT Grand Days – very nice menu spread… decent place to arrange wedding reception and family functions…. One of my favorite place… murungaka soup and ladies finger deep fry is awesome here..

Southern Spice - Taj Coramendal – too expensive but not as good as Dakshin .. you must try the prawns varuval…aiyoooo sooooberaa irukkkum

North Indian

Dhaba - Punjabi, Cenatoph Road –..myself and rajesh go here every weekend and full kattu kattuvom.. very nice place… you will like the ambience … athuvum lunch time la that 55 Rs buffet… soober… suda suda jilebi kedaikum… and lot of healthy salads…

Kabul - North West frontier, TTK Road – not a very good one…but once in a while inge pogalam .. Kabul biriyani is my favourite here and also that hariyaali kabab…. We will order atleast 2 plates.. atleast

Peshawri - Chola Sheraton – worst… not at all worth for the money.. too much of hype… just because it is sheraton group . just mentioned it here so that people don’t go here and waste their money…

Thai
Benjorang - TTK Road – need I have to say anything about this hotel ;) hmmmmm inge food rumba nalla irukum… all people who are so particular about Thai food definitely should visit here… kung pung ching apdinu oru menu card irukkum ;) I have tried almost all of them… pad thai.. red curry and that ground nut + mango salad are my favorites

Malaysian
Nasi Kandar Pelita – aiyo aiyo I love this place.. very nice menu for the decent price rate… all sambal varieties are nice here.. you get good karuvaadu.. here.. not many restaurants serve you karuvadu :D and nasigori and meegori… are also different from the normal fried rice and biriyani stuff


Italian
Little Italy – Nungambakkam - if you like Italian food… immediately this hotel comes to my mind… they have got very nice food here.. but I think it is a vegetarian ..not sure…. Rumba naal aachu inge poyi… very costly though.. pasta … spaghetti.. broccoli all bland food.. not my kinda food

Mexican
Don Pepe - Cathedral Road –… it may not be authentic Mexican… but definitely worth trying once here…

Newyorker - UG Road – ithu chumma.. added to list.. oru naal lunchku ingaepogalam.. they have got only vegetarian .. jains comes to this hotel.. cos they have jain speacilities here..

Chinese

Golden Dragon - Taj Coramandel – good one :D but very expensive…. Rendu peru sapdrathuku epdiyum 4-5K aagum but aiyo those steamy dimsum… those manchow soups…that ball fried ice cream.. I haven’t tasted such a lovely Chinese food anywhere

Mainland China - Sterling Road – sooooper restauretn .... buffet is definitely good here.. ideal for team lunch or treats

Wangs Kitchen - Velachery – this one is very close to our house.. walkable distance.. so ennaku epo ellam Chinese food sapdanumnu thonutho.. inge poyiduven…

Continental

Fisherman's Cove been here lot of times… paandi naatu paravai soup… deep fried fish satay… karimeen mozhi aprom those kutti potato fry ellame soooper…we used to have a very relaxed lunch here… I mean it will stretch for alteast 3 to 4 hours…

Matchpoint - Taj Coramandel – only for vella karans.. I didn’t like this hotel… rendu idly oru plate sambar kodkrathuku ennamo avan appan veetu sotha eluthi veikra mathiri bill opdraan J

Cornucopia – intha hotel oru range a irukkum.. I don’t know.. you might lilke the food they serve here….. I did all experimentation.. the food was bland.. didn’t like it somehow..

CEDARS – this has got nice lebanese food… but a beautiful ambience… the pizza that they server there are quite different from the ones you normally get outside… and yummy too

Okay.. itha thaviara.. there are lot of hotels which are not very famous.. called the local hotels.. but definitely nice ones to give a try…

Chettinad

Velu military hotel.. – inge saapdu soopera irukkum… shouldn’t expect ambience and all..

Ponnusaammy.. this is one nice hotel in royapettah.. bezant nagar.. inge non veg dish ella soopera irukkum.. ponnusaamy biriyani is also famous... but it is famous for rabitt/turkey/pigeon dishes..which you wont get outside...

Karaikudi.. way too expensive for the chettinad food they serve here … but definitely anjappar.. ponnusaamy.. and velu military hotel are far better than karaikudi..

Vegetarianla there are some specaility restaurants.. like Mathsya… Palimar… Aiyo… mount roadla oru restaurent irukku peru maranthu pochu.. athuvum soopera irukkum.. veratham irukura timela.. anga poyi oru kattu kattiduven

Biriyani

Aprom biriyanikunueee. There are some hotels.. biryani bistro …. Nawaz durbar biriyani.. aprom ambur biriyani.. pudupettai biriyani.. thalapa kattu biriyani… murahaba biriyani buhari biriyani ..this is very famous.. for biriyani..

Kaiyenthi bavan

Then there are some kaiyendhi bavan near bus stand.. which serves nice food.. kaiyenthi bavanla kedaikra parotta kurma… chance illa… athu tastee thani.. and that beef curry… aiyoo athuvum soopera irukkum…

See I told you it is a small list … :P

P.S Also check my previous article if you havent read that one.

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I was attending a workshop where i had to meet many new peoples.. and when I met Mr.Curious .... my introduction turned out to be all the more funny..... and no body could stop laughing after hearing this introduction... and it became all the more famous.. when some one near me knows this funny incident.. they all start it repeating from the begining.... but after hearing it twice... i dont see anything. funny... then i realised...

Dei .. enna vechi comedy keemedy pannalayeee...
Okyee here is the jist of conversation we had...

By the way... I need to introduce you about Mr. Curious before i tell this...
he is the so called... ambitious.. adrenaline... blaa blaa manager of a famous... god knows what rated level 5 company... and he tries to speak or understand or interpret before you finish your statement..... here you gooo

Mr.Curious: Hi I am Mr. Curious.. from XYZ company
Nandoo: Hi I am Nandoo... working for a Clinical Research company

Mr.Curious (aka) Cury: Oh.... you are doctor... ????
Nandoo (aka) Ndoo: :D My mom would be happy to hear that... but unfortunately I am an Engineer

Cury: I see.. so you are a software engineer
Ndoo: Hee hee no am an Electronics Engineer

Cury: hmmmm so what you do.. creating applications....or coding..????
Ndooo: :D no I manage people...

Cury: so you are an electronics engineer working in a software division of a clinical research company and you actually manage a team there....
Ndoo: Thats right... :P

It was all the time I gave him an anti-climax for him.... and we were so serious in our discussion.... and by this time all the people .. surrounding us started to laugh at our conversation... I think Mr.Curious has already got a lot of bulb and finally he came to me ... and I gave him the biggest ^BULB^

paavam.. rendu nimisham .. pesine ennake ivalo kastama irukke... ivan kitte velai paakravanoda nelamaiya nenaichaa thaan ennaku innum paavama irukku

I love Chicken!!!! :-(

Minnale padathulaa... Madhavan... solra dialouge la ithuvum onnu... "I love Chicken" apdinu solli saptutu.... restroom poyi vaanthi eduthutu.. varuvan... aaaaahnn.. ippo gyabakam varuthaa...


Okyeee.. coming to the main matter... of this post.. I knew I had some food problems before... etho othukalla.. but athu ennanu theriyala... so I went for allergy test......

If you know what an allergy test is all about.. this post may not be interestign... else proceed...

now the doctor gives me a slip saying that i need to get tested for allergies... oru vayasana.. attender.. vanthar.. en koooda vaanganu kootitu ponar...

he took me into a room which had a name board 'LAB?' ulla poyi oru topaz? blade eduthaar....

aiyooo avlo thaan nammala bali poda poranganu nenaichen... he asked me to fold the cuffs of my shirt till the elbow.. ore suspense... then he inserted the blade into a shaving set....daii... enna panna pora..... :-( apdinu yosikrathukulla... rendu kaiyillayum... athuku englishla enna solluvaango... triceps... che.. athu illa.. seri etho onnu.. athula shave pannra mathiri vechi valichiitaan... :( keetaa.. allergy test pannanum... so it has be clean... seri tholayuthu m*****a pochu.. nu .. I entered the next rooom... ange marupudiyum athe doctor.. oru kalla petti mathiri.. oru box vechikityu ukaarnthu irunthaago...

that box had lot of coloruful... small small bottles... red color.. orange color.. green colour.. brown color... and so on... then .. she asked me to keep my both hands on the table so that in the inner arm faces top... rendu handslaiyum.. she started drawing small small lines.....
aiyy.. enna pannareengo... ??? She drew two lines in each hand with 12 cross sections in each of them.. so totally 48 marks were made totally 24 in each hand...

now she started opening the color bottles one by one... and made a drop of them in each cross mark made... till this moment.. i was not aware that i am baliyaadu... (scape goat) now the most intresting thing happened.... generally when you go for an allergy test... the doctor used to give you some injections for all the components that are tested on your body... so I asked the doctor.. happily... appo injection ellam ethuvum poda maaatengalaaaa :D

She replied by just showing her hand like a traffic constable... and then took a blade like injection from the sealed pack :(... for each and every cross mark on hand .. i was pricked by the injection... hahahahahaaaa... silar siripaar.. silar aluvaaar.. naaan sirithu konde alukindren....

Finally the results came
.... i have one sad news to share it with you alll.. :-( I have been declared as ALLERGIC ? to chicken... the test results show +++ for me... after I had this test done... apdiye sogamaa I came out of the clinic... still couldnt believe the results... :....(

I used to eat chicken.. sleep chicken... drink chicken.. mathiri... apdi oru chicken paiyithiyam... Chicken was my favourite dish... and now doctor has advised me not to eat chicken anymore... :P

Entho kozhi vitaa saabamo...

but doctor.. this is a problem.. and you are advising not to get into problem and you have not suggested any solution.......

Doc replies - you can eat mutton.. fish.. and other sea food.. whats the big deal...

Nandoo - (&^_(*&&*(&)(*)*_)()_(()**^%^%(^%$) thanks :(

Please try this

If you are one among the people who drive bikes for a very long distance.... here are some Nandoo tips to make your journey exciting!!!

1. Once you reach some long lonely road... try keeping your feet on the rear footsteps and drive without caring about the gear and rear brake (Scooties - sorry this may not be applicable for you)

2. When listening to music while driving.... try to do a rythmic beats on your petrol tank leaving both the hands from the hand bars... this can really work out... if you cross 70 and above so that you have full control over the bike and you can go long..... without acceleration

3. Try to sit in the rear seat.. and bend over to catch the hand bar.. so that you do some strecth excercises.... especially when you drive lonely for more than 25 kms...

4. If you are stuck up in a crowded street where people dont respond to any two wheelers... just grasp the clutch tightly and give more acceleration... this will cause your bike to roar.. and make people realise that the demon is approaching them :D and they will give you way!!!!

5. When there is a over take happening between two bussess... especially in highways... or broad roads.... feel free to do a noool vutting... ( I mean go in middle of both the busess and over take both of them) and then do a left indicator twice and right indicator twice ... so that both the bus or truck drivers feel bad that their vehicle... cant support your speed... :-)

6. On a sunny day... if you feel that chennai is lack of trees... then try to go along with a bus or van which gives some shade .... i have seen most of the people doing this... coz.. its really pleasant to drive in shades... but the only drawback is you will have drive upto the speed of your shade giving vehicle.... plus some non-stop nonsense.. will horn you desperately from the back inorder to get way....

7. Dont stop the vehicle near the signal if there is a red light and if there is no mama.... try to feel the thrill of dis obeying traffic rules in hot traffic... ( I love this..) yeeh.ii veetula sollitu vanthutiyaa... :D maranthuten.. nee oru phone pottu solliden...

8. (Only for Boys) In case if you find a nice jigdi... driving on your way... please refer to my previous post pinnadi paarthu ottuya

9. Wheeling... i have failed since my bujji is too heavy to do that... but i dont suggest it during long drives...

10. Try to turn the vehicle without holding the hand bars.. i have almost got trained on it ... caution... you cant do it in sharp curves... only on long turns...


Disclaimer: All the suggested techinques....are only for experts... and the blog author will not be responsible for any dokkus... or damages that happens due to the above mentioned suggestions!