On 01-Sep-12 10:41 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > shiok served authentic south east asian food > mcrennett serves nothing you cant get from an iyengar bakery > usual saccharine tasting garishly colored cakes etc
Yes, but I do hope you noticed that the goalposts have now shifted from what the origin of McRennett's founder is, to what he *does*. Rest of post left unsnipped below for context. Udhay >> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian >> <sur...@hserus.net> 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 Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
