The April IM/CS mumbai meet on 22nd april at cafe mysore

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aadil

We had a great time out yesterday evening even though some of the expected members did not turn up due to unforeseen circumstances, but then yours truly was there as well as a few others who came a bit late. We (Aadil, Vibhu, Paul, Amol and Patrick) had a lovely time eating at two different places (Cafe Mysore and Madras Cafe nearby) before going on a book hunting spree in the second hand book shops nearby. A great evening out before we parted company and went our different ways!!!

A link to the pictures that Paul took with his cellular phone camera in the Madras Cafe are posted out here: http://www.dzineshastra.com/cs/meetup.htm

Cheers,
Aadil.

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Vibhu Jindal

can only say .......it was indeed an interesting evening which i enjoyed a lot and will love to tell what all we ate yesterday......if asked...

aadil

OK, so why not tell everyone what we ate that day?!!! And you may add the descriptions and recipes as well for those interested!!! That should be something interesting to know now.
Cheers,
Aadil.

cyberhippie

It's always interesting seeing the photos then trying to put names to them I'm guessing Aadil is the one with the beard???

Glad you had a nice time, was that onion rava dosa on the western guys plate???

aadil

Yes, that's me with the beard and you can see my picture on my profile page much more clearly too!!! We had Udundu dosa, Neer Dosa and Pesserette dosa of which you see the Neer dosa on Patrick's plate. The other two are on the picture with the two dosas together. Hope that helps. The other guys sitting next to me on the left is Amol (amyl) and opposite me is Vibhu and on the other table is Paul (the guy who took the pictures) and the westerner (Patrick from Germany). Sorry there are no pictures of the Cafe Mysore (idli in jackfruit leaves and drinks) as Paul's camera battery was running low so no pictures till we charged it up at the other restaurant!!! Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Aadil.

diplomacy

Will there be any by beginning of June, around the 8th? Would love to come in that case!

aadil

Let's see how it goes. Should not be a problem to meet up anytime but I hope you know that the 8th of June is a Thursday!!! Most people tend to meet up on a weekend or a holiday so that the most members can attend but if you are here only on that day then we can always make an exception and meet up anyday!!!

Cheers,
Aadil.

anilkhare

hi,

I am really happy that youll made it and enjoyed the food at the cafe mysore and cafe madras.

I was unable to come as I was down with chicken pox( yeah adults also get it sometimes, or may be I have never grown up)

I am glad about this bonding which has developed between us travel lovers and these regular meetings kind of strengthens it.

I would invite your suggestions now for the next month IM/ CS mumbai meet and we should tentatively keep it either on 6th or the 13th based on the majority view.


My personal favourate would be to meet up at SAMOVAR at JEHANGIR ART GALLERY or KYANI BAKERY opp METRO (yummy pattice, rolls, mava cakes, water melon juice and the half fried omelete and brun,the genuine irani joint feel, which is old bombay's charm)

TAKE A TOSS AND YOULL DECIDE THE BALLS IN YOUR COURT


ANIL

cyberhippie

I think I'll come to Mumbai just to meet you all and try those dosas!!

anilkhare

hi,

u are welcome cyber hippie to meet us and have all those dosas.

Then we would have a new website gonedosas.com

Anil

cyberhippie

Right now I require a miracle to get out of Holland within a year but I'll certainly think about Mumbai next time around!!

diplomacy

As for our plans we should arrive to Mumbai on the 6th and leave by the 8th or 9th, yet to be confirmed but it would be great to come to one of these meetings! Would be great if you could plan anything but I don't expect you to make any exceptions

diplomacy

Vibhu Jindal

ok i see that i was late in posting what all we ate but .... this dosent gove Adil the right to hijack what i intended to do.....anyway, once again ill enumerate the stuff we had that day:

Cafe Mysore:

- Aamras ( Mango juice with milk in it....first of the season, usually made with Alphonso and Payri mango)
- Kesari shikanji ( Saffron flavoured sweet lemon water) - Paul & Patrick took instant liking to it.
- South Indian Filter Coffee ( best in the town and made with Buffalo milk only.......may i remind all it is not any simple bastardized version of coffee which we call instant coffee and are more used to but authentic South Indian filter coffee- the real thing)
- Khotu ( Udupi special - Its a sort of idli steamed in Jackfruit leaves)
After trying these stuff we thought of carrying our bums to next dorr - Cafe Madras - renowned for its dosas.

Cafe Madras-

- Neer dosa - now this is a dosa in whose batter normal water is not used instead coconut water is used and while frying it on the pan green coconuts kerenel ( which at that stage is more of a pulp) is applied on one side.

- Ullundu Dosa - a thick dosa, made of shelled urad dal ( urad pulse) and rice batter, fermented a little bit longer than normal.

- Pasarettu - again a thick dosa made of unshelled moong dal and rice batter and has flling of chopped fried onions.

with all these dosas we had Mulgapodhi - a mixture of dried and roasted and grounded coarse chilli powder and gram with butter on it.

So this was the vivid description of all we had.......any questions????

amyl

nice pics there!!! nice time we had...with that walking 'Gastronomist', Vibhu telling all the good places in mumbai one shud try out gustatory abilities on.....great knowledge that is and for a not-at-all-fond-of-food-n-drinks-except-smirnoff dude like me and who does not even know that we need to perforator to make a "chikari" coffe that is awesome

but yes i really liked neer dosa... will certainly have more when i am around that area.
well cyber hippie my good friend is leaving holland once and for all and is flying to mumbai in a matter of 10 days so u can hook up with him to try those dosas .. do not wait for miracles.. invent it!

"The Best way 2 predict the future is 2 invent it."
-- Alan kay

have a great week ahead guys!

cheers,
Amyl

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