shiok served authentic south east asian food
mcrennett serves nothing you cant get from an iyengar bakery
usual saccharine tasting garishly colored cakes etc

--srs (iPad)

On 01-Sep-2012, at 10:31, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> eh. founded by a guy called mudaliar, with a faux-scottish name to show that 
>> it was one of the better class of establishments in the city, that would 
>> supply anglo indians, brits, visiting royalty etc
>> 
>> no more english than that old favorite of sabha canteen connoiseurs, 
>> mountbatten mani is (got himself that name after he once made idli vada or 
>> whatever for lord mountbattens breakfast)
> 
> Yes, but by that logic, a place called "Shiok" run by a Malyali from
> Delhi wouldn't be Thai, would it? Serious question.
> 
> Udhay
> -- 
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> 

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