Deepak Misra wrote:
You mean there are restaurants in Bangalore that dont serve this ? I have
yet to see any.
Seriously, WTF?
M
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Madhu Menon
Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge
96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore
@ http://shiokfood.com
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Madhu Menon c...@shiokfood.com wrote:
Deepak Misra wrote:
You mean there are restaurants in Bangalore that dont serve this ? I have
yet to see any.
Seriously, WTF?
M
???
Dont get it
Deepak
Madhu'd probably castrate himself with a rusty pair of scissors before
serving gobi manchurian at shiok. Which is in bangalore.
Deepak Misra [14/09/09 17:52 +0530]:
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Madhu Menon c...@shiokfood.com wrote:
Deepak Misra wrote:
You mean there are restaurants in
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Madhu'd probably castrate himself with a rusty pair of scissors before
serving gobi manchurian at shiok. Which is in bangalore.
Er, yes, something like that. Mentioning gobi manchurian near me is
asking to get stabbed with one of my knives. ;)
(Actually, I
No, I've seen you eat.
Ram
(Blame gmail for mobile for the top-posting)
On 27/08/2009, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday 26 Aug 2009 7:05:07 pm Krish Ashok wrote:
On 26-Aug-09, at 4:03 PM, ss wrote:
Oh? Surely you mean Gobi Manjuri?
I believe the full North Indian menu in Tamil
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.comwrote:
Not at all. Tamizh does not have distinct characters for 'F', 'P' and 'B'.
Ditto for 'C=K' and 'G'.
The result is that பிக் can be read as any combination of these sets of
letters. When I first drove past the Big
Deepa (or Deeba, as the case may be.)
And Deepak becomes deebug. Seriously.
--- On Wed, 26/8/09, Krish Ashok jalsa.ji...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Krish Ashok jalsa.ji...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Function [was Chennai Silk Meet on the 29th?]
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009, 7:05 PM
On 26-Aug-09, at 4:03 PM, ss wrote:
Oh? Surely you
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.inwrote:
But I know Malay Gupta. How can he be on the menu?
When you say you're having friends for dinner, you mean it!
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Deepa Mohanmohande...@gmail.com wrote:
[...]
and I now
routinely refer to my husband as Mogun.
Deepa (or Deeba, as the case may be.)
Unless I am being careful I find myself pronouncing Nehru as neyru.
Cheeni
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Suresh
Ramasubramaniansur...@hserus.net wrote:
add thandoori items [sic] to the list and you have it nailed.
The wedding caterers must be in league with the gelusil manufacturers.
There's material enough for a book I think - on the lines of Super
size me - on
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
given that it is a wedding reception, elai sapadu is
certainly not out of the question.
Excuse me, Udhay, in today's world, a wedding
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote:
Or remember how the size of deep fried vadais at restaurants has kept
increasing with every passing year? I hardly ever get to see the small
vadais that would fit snugly into the palm of an open hand anymore.
You are
ignoring the great Hotel Saravana Bhavan.
And they change their cutlery accordingly thinking no one can tell the
difference. They also train their employees in Spanish for postings abroad.
Full process in place.
On Wednesday 26 Aug 2009 8:54:32 am Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote:
I've only seen it in Indian English.
It used to be there in otherwise English, used as follows:
6. (Eccl.) A religious ceremony, esp. one particularly
impressive and elaborate.
Every solemn `function'
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Sriram Karraska...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote:
[...]
You are ignoring the great Hotel Saravana Bhavan. The rate at which their
serving sizes are diminishing is only surpassed by the rate at which
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Srini RamaKrishnanche...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Sriram Karraska...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote:
[...]
that's 5 metres long in most large restaurants including SB.
I
On Wednesday 26 Aug 2009 1:34:59 pm Deepak Misra wrote:
Gobi Manchurian
Oh? Surely you mean Gobi Manjuri?
shiv
Deepak Misra wrote, [on 8/26/2009 4:16 PM]:
Last year I was in Vietnam and ducked into an awning when it started
raining. The awning turned out to be an Indian restaurant with the menu
displayed. I found Gobi Manchurian on the menu - one more data point that
Machurian is really an Indian
On 26-Aug-09, at 4:03 PM, ss wrote:
Oh? Surely you mean Gobi Manjuri?
I believe the full North Indian menu in Tamil Nadu and Kerala is on
the lines of
Gopi Menjoorian (Kerala) and Gopi Manjoori (in TN)
Jola Boori
Malay Gupta
Dal Makkaani
Murg Makkani
Chicken Vandalur
Aloo Matter
Thai
Any ideas on how function came to mean event?
A function is a scheduled event often voluntarily attended.
A procedure is a scheduled event often externally imposed.
(according to my ergolect, anyway)
-Dave
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Deepak Misra
yahoogro...@deepakmisra.comwrote:
You missed out the Gobi Manchurian. Or is it just a Bangalore phenomenon?
Deepak
Deepak, that should be (and is often) written as Gobi Manjariand
somehow it does seem more popular in Bangalore than in
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Krish Ashok jalsa.ji...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26-Aug-09, at 4:03 PM, ss wrote:
Oh? Surely you mean Gobi Manjuri?
Manjari.
Dal Makkaani
Murg Makkani
Krish, I have heard both of these referred to as dal makku and muruga
makku (though never written that
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Deepak Misra
yahoogro...@deepakmisra.comwrote:
You missed out the Gobi Manchurian. Or is it just a Bangalore phenomenon?
Deepak
Deepak, that should be (and is often) written
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:41 AM, Deepak Misra
yahoogro...@deepakmisra.comwrote:
You mean there are restaurants in Bangalore that dont serve this ? I have
yet to see any.
Here's one, Deepak:
http://www.shiokfood.com/
don't ask for bagala bath (curd rice) there, eitherI know, because I
On Wednesday 26 Aug 2009 7:05:07 pm Krish Ashok wrote:
On 26-Aug-09, at 4:03 PM, ss wrote:
Oh? Surely you mean Gobi Manjuri?
I believe the full North Indian menu in Tamil Nadu and Kerala is on
the lines of
Gopi Menjoorian (Kerala) and Gopi Manjoori (in TN)
Jola Boori
Malay Gupta
Dal
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:30 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:41 AM, Deepak Misra
yahoogro...@deepakmisra.comwrote:
You mean there are restaurants in Bangalore that dont serve this ? I have
yet to see any.
Here's one, Deepak:
ss wrote:
Beep
Fraans
Still racking my brains abt these two? little help please...
Venkat Mangudi [27/08/09 10:16 +0530]:
ss wrote:
Beep
Fraans
Still racking my brains abt these two? little help please...
Beef
Prawns
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Venkat Mangudi [27/08/09 10:16 +0530]:
ss wrote:
Beep
Fraans
Still racking my brains abt these two? little help please...
Beef
Prawns
Thank you...
Now I can dring my kaapi in beace. ;)
Beep is a commonly used euphemism to avoid directly saying something which
others may find offensive. Examples in common usage are Where the beep are
you and Shut the beep up.
In food terms, beep is used to denote meat of a sacred animal, which Shall
Not Be Named. As it's slaughter is frowned on
2009/8/27 Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net
Venkat Mangudi [27/08/09 10:16 +0530]:
ss wrote:
Beep
Fraans
Still racking my brains abt these two? little help please...
Beef
I thougt the substitution of f for b was a uniquely mid south-Kerala
disposition (areas around
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Kiran K
Karthikeyankiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
I thougt the substitution of f for b was a uniquely mid south-Kerala
disposition (areas around Kottayam).
There was a guy from that part of the world who operated from the
footpath on Besant Nagar beach in
I thougt the substitution of f for b was a uniquely mid south-Kerala
disposition (areas around Kottayam).
Not at all. Tamizh does not have distinct characters for 'F', 'P' and 'B'.
Ditto for 'C=K' and 'G'.
The result is that பிக் can be read as any combination of these sets of
letters. When
Ramakrishnan Sundaram [26/08/09 08:54 +0530]:
2009/8/26 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com
as that evening is one of the functions I'm
coming into town for.
I'm fascinated by this usage; I've only seen it in Indian English.
Any ideas on how function came to mean event?
It may be a function as
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com
wrote:
2009/8/26 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com
as that evening is one of the functions I'm
coming into town for.
I'm fascinated by this usage; I've only seen it in Indian English.
Any ideas on how function
Maama, not mama, is what he said.
Veshti and filter coffee, not pasta and espresso.
On 26/08/2009, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com
wrote:
2009/8/26 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com
as that evening is one
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Ramakrishnan
Sundaramr.sunda...@gmail.com wrote:
as that evening is one of the functions I'm
coming into town for.
I'm fascinated by this usage; I've only seen it in Indian English.
From [1]:
q
4 : an official or formal ceremony or social gathering
/q
Any
On 26-Aug-09, at 8:54 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote:
Any ideas on how function came to mean event?
Despite being Expert cross-cultural consultants for Western
businesses in India, these guys - http://www.amritt.com/IndianEnglish.html
seemed to have missed out on function, despite not
2009 9:39 AM
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Subject: Re: [silk] Function [was Chennai Silk Meet on the 29th?]
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Ramakrishnan
Sundaramr.sunda...@gmail.com wrote:
as that evening is one of the functions I'm
coming into town for.
I'm fascinated by this usage; I've
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Krish Ashokjalsa.ji...@gmail.com wrote:
Despite being Expert cross-cultural consultants for Western businesses in
India, these guys - http://www.amritt.com/IndianEnglish.html seemed to have
missed out on function, despite not missing gems like fitment and
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
given that it is a wedding reception, elai sapadu is
certainly not out of the question.
Excuse me, Udhay, in today's world, a wedding reception in Chennai almost
always means PPC (Puri Pulao Chhole)...heavily
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
I used to seed mail to some of my co-workers with gems like attached
please find the attached attachment. Whether out of pity or
cluelessness, nobody made any comment on that one.
Derek (also a lurker here) says that
add thandoori items [sic] to the list and you have it nailed.
The wedding caterers must be in league with the gelusil manufacturers.
Deepa Mohan [26/08/09 09:56 +0530]:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
given that it is a wedding reception, elai sapadu
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