I find some food extremely unnecessary. The white cream on top of trifle is one, sugar added to strawberry is another. Deep fried shredded cabbage; AKA crispy sea weed is the TOP number 1. Sliced raw onions are number 2 on my list. Today I had something new I want to add to this list: Waffle non veg hot dog cone.
I went o Infiniti Mall in Andheri today. I wanted to buy a rubbish bin, a salad bowl and a colander among other things. The loos there are manageable and it is the priority when choosing places to go. I could not find a salad bowl. Probably they do not have a large bowl of three different types of green leaves, rocket, parsley, grated carrots, julienned red cabbage arranged in an artistic and colour coordinated way and added the most virgin of the olive oils, the juiciest of the lemons and some salt in their gourmet culture. Nope. This is a mouth watering fantasy here. This fantasy probably is not accompanied by spaghetti bolognese since colander is not one of the most common items on supermarket shelves. (They have thongs of million types to take fried things out of boiling oil), hundreds of types of spatulas to turn little capatis, dosas, roti pratas, nans, pittas over. But not a colander.
After this double disappointment - (triple! I can not find yeast either) I sat down to have a bite to eat. There are safe choices of Mc Donald's ( I can hear people screameing Noooo!) or Subway (Nick is screaming No!!!) or try something I have not eaten before. This inquisitive eating is one of the reasons of weight gain. Why on earth would I eat anything in a Mall when I live only 10 minutes away? If I do not try new things then I cannot say to Nick and Kitty 'This is good, let's eat here.' Besides, you can not aim home whenever you are hungry. So, this little hot dog stand looked charming. It is cheap enough to be a small portion, It is not half a chicken or mutton, so I can manage.
It is cone. It is an ice cream cone. It is one of the best ones. It is crispy, warm, is made there and then ( they have a machine). There are small containers on the stall. The young man wearing ripped disposable gloves took some shredded cabbage and lettuce and raw onions( raw onions!? number 2 item on the list), and put them in another container, then he added some white cream (allegedly mayonnaise) and sliced a hot dog into rings. He mixed them all up and put in the cone. Squeezed mustard green sauce (Could it be mustard?), dark ketchup colour sauce (barbecue sauce?) and added some sweet corn. Wrapped it in a paper napkin and presented it to me like an ice cream. All this for 30 Rupee.
I sat at one of the tables carrying my 'waffle hod dog' like a torch. With the first bite the waffle cracks and whatever is inside spills on to the tray. They were very mean with their tiny little paper napkins, I am covered with cabbage, white sauce, diced onions , some rings of frankfurter (non veg must be the frank), trying to lick my fingers and holding my bag at the same time. I wrestled with it for a long time, I thought everybody in the Mall was looking discreetly at me failing to eat a waffle dog. Finally I gave up. I ended with nibbled bits of soggy cone and sticky fingers. Oh well. This was not my first failure in life. But 'wafflenonveghotdog' gloriously placed itself in my Unnecessary Food List.
Foot note: Please feel free to add to the list.
I went o Infiniti Mall in Andheri today. I wanted to buy a rubbish bin, a salad bowl and a colander among other things. The loos there are manageable and it is the priority when choosing places to go. I could not find a salad bowl. Probably they do not have a large bowl of three different types of green leaves, rocket, parsley, grated carrots, julienned red cabbage arranged in an artistic and colour coordinated way and added the most virgin of the olive oils, the juiciest of the lemons and some salt in their gourmet culture. Nope. This is a mouth watering fantasy here. This fantasy probably is not accompanied by spaghetti bolognese since colander is not one of the most common items on supermarket shelves. (They have thongs of million types to take fried things out of boiling oil), hundreds of types of spatulas to turn little capatis, dosas, roti pratas, nans, pittas over. But not a colander.
After this double disappointment - (triple! I can not find yeast either) I sat down to have a bite to eat. There are safe choices of Mc Donald's ( I can hear people screameing Noooo!) or Subway (Nick is screaming No!!!) or try something I have not eaten before. This inquisitive eating is one of the reasons of weight gain. Why on earth would I eat anything in a Mall when I live only 10 minutes away? If I do not try new things then I cannot say to Nick and Kitty 'This is good, let's eat here.' Besides, you can not aim home whenever you are hungry. So, this little hot dog stand looked charming. It is cheap enough to be a small portion, It is not half a chicken or mutton, so I can manage.
It is cone. It is an ice cream cone. It is one of the best ones. It is crispy, warm, is made there and then ( they have a machine). There are small containers on the stall. The young man wearing ripped disposable gloves took some shredded cabbage and lettuce and raw onions( raw onions!? number 2 item on the list), and put them in another container, then he added some white cream (allegedly mayonnaise) and sliced a hot dog into rings. He mixed them all up and put in the cone. Squeezed mustard green sauce (Could it be mustard?), dark ketchup colour sauce (barbecue sauce?) and added some sweet corn. Wrapped it in a paper napkin and presented it to me like an ice cream. All this for 30 Rupee.
I sat at one of the tables carrying my 'waffle hod dog' like a torch. With the first bite the waffle cracks and whatever is inside spills on to the tray. They were very mean with their tiny little paper napkins, I am covered with cabbage, white sauce, diced onions , some rings of frankfurter (non veg must be the frank), trying to lick my fingers and holding my bag at the same time. I wrestled with it for a long time, I thought everybody in the Mall was looking discreetly at me failing to eat a waffle dog. Finally I gave up. I ended with nibbled bits of soggy cone and sticky fingers. Oh well. This was not my first failure in life. But 'wafflenonveghotdog' gloriously placed itself in my Unnecessary Food List.
Foot note: Please feel free to add to the list.
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