Indian Food!

So, i'm in the US, and ppl would expect me to have tasteless unhealthy western food (ok, that's a bit exaggerated!)... but here i am having some of the best indian food out of home! (considering that i've lived in an IIT and an IIM after that, it's no big deal though). so yesterday we had food in this place called bombay masala, which is the oldest indian restaurant in the US. they gave us amazing food! (and also a complimentary naan). i must say, being in NY, the food was real value for money. and the decor reminds u of indian restaurants, so that's an added plus :)

good, so then i visited the NBC and the ESPN stores in NY. good stuff, these americans sure know how to market stuff! the stores were big, the stores were flashy, the stores made u want to buy stuff! but i resisted the temptation, at least as of now. right, so i come back home and am informed that C ppl are going to the indian market. so i decide to tag along, nothing to do after all. the store is in a place 2 stations down (journal square) boy, was it good! the store had everything u wud find in an indian store! plus, frozen indian food! yyyiiippppeeeeeee! :D i bought tons of stuff... frozen sabjis, frozen parathas, dal, jeera, haldi, the works!

so now today we had to have lunch, and sesky (from A) calls up and asks what we're doing for lunch (indirectly asking for a lunch invitation? ;)). so i invited him over for lunch and got to the task of cooking. we (ok, i) made heavenly mixed veg (thank god, sorry, americans, for inventing frozen chopped mixed vegetables!). must say the heavenly part came about since mrinal told us that he had brought tomatoes the previous night. all 6 (including me) loved the food (or feigned to neway :P). in return, i got all the others (excluding nandita, who was helping cook) to clean up the utensils and the kitchen :D

so after getting appreciated for my culinary skills, it was time to take care of my (pot) belly! but how the hell could i jog in the cold with my shorts on! so off i went to the mall to buy a pair of trackpants. fortunately, there's a sale going on in almost every shop in the mall... had to look around a bit but found decent tracks at rock bottom price (in dollars neway). good for me :) had to resist the urge to buy levi's jeans (on sale too, equal in price to what i wud pay in india). but decided i didnt have the use for it right now (boy, only i know how i restrained!). and hey, i found a sexy cap for only a dollar :D

so with cap and my new pair of tracks in hand, i had to go for a jog :D went for a jog along the hudson... it was fricking cold! but i had a sweatshirt on with the cap put up (on top of my new cap :D) that helped a bit... but it was still FRICKING COLD! neway, i decided not to overdo it the first day (in necase, jogging along the same path becomes a bore after 3 rounds). so came back, and had a nice warm bath :) and now i'm sitting in teh drawing room on the plush sofa, have ghulam ali playing on my comp, see the manhattan skyline in the distance, and am writing this blog... life can't get much better :)