Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Indian Meal

Me and the rest of our project team were treated to an Indian meal yesterday. If I remembered to bring my camera this would have been in my food blog. It was very nice mostly because it was free. Hehehe! The restaurant was called Tamasha. The ambiance and decor was great with a lush and rich feel of the Raj era - palm plants, deep red carpet, window shutters, overhead propeller type fans, burgundy and cream walls and ceilings, and lots of authentic Indian artifacts including sitars and tablas. Food was equally great but I must say I enjoyed the starters more than the main courses. Everything was hunky-dory until I decided to go to the loo (CR). And there a got a little shock. On the walls of each of the cubicle were pictures (in the old Indian style of illustration) of Kama Sutra poses. My gulay !! They were in various ... ah ... permutations of ... ah ... oh never mind you know what I mean. They were all explicit and shows things very clearly much like a manual ! (I want this blog to remain PG so I'll stop at that- hehe!) And so that was what confronted me while doing my business. No wonder one of my more mahinhin (shy, reserved) lady colleagues came out of there blushing so much. Hahaha! I just wonder if they have patrons with kids, what will they say - "Mum, what's that? Why are they like that?" Ulkkk!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's the exact address of this restaurant?

Carrisse

BongK said...

ate next time dont forget to bring your camera ha hehehehehe

magandang araw po!

celia kusinera said...

Carrisse: Tamasha is at 131 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, England BR1 3AX. Plan to visit? Like BongK said, remember to take your camera with you. ;-)

BongK: Kamusta na? Sayang nga wala akong camera. I think it's time I get a camera phone.

Manang said...

Celia, di ba uso ang betrothal sa mga Indians? Baka okay lang makita ng mga bata in preparation for a happy and contented married life. Baka maaga sa kanila ang sex education.
Sana me restaurant din ditong gaya nyan. Maganda sigurong puntahan pag anniversary. hehe...

celia kusinera said...

Siguro nga Manang, pero ang mga Indian colleagues ko na girls dito puro mahinhin at ultra conservative. But their culture is really rich and varied. They said the South of India is almost like a different country in terms of way of life, food, clothing as opposed to the North. Same way as the east and west India.

rolly said...

I don't get it. I posted a comment on your last entry and it does say 3 comments but everytime I check it, there are only two that appear.

Anyway, when I was taken by Canadian friends of mine in an indian restaurant, I ordered for a Bhiryani. Ang sarap. And they were even impressed kasi nagustuhan nila at isang tingin ko lang sa menu, may order na ko samantalang sila iniisa-isa pa nila yung description. Sabi nga nung isa, "Man, you really know your food!" Natawa ako kasi, first time ko pa lang noon. What they didn't know was that ang hinanap ko lang ay yung may kasama ng rice. hehehe

celia kusinera said...

hi rolly, talaga yatang ganyan ang blogger minsan nagmimintis sa comments. Nangyari na yan sa akin mga 3 times sa blogs in CaT at Marvin akala ko minumulto na ako!

That biryani thing also happened to me. First time ko sa Indian resto, wala akong makilalang pagkain sa menu. Tapos nakita ko yung rice w/ chicken daw so order ako. Yung mga kasama ko bilib din akala seasoned Indian food connoisseur ako. Kung alam lang nila!

Tanggero said...

Hello Ma'am Celia!

Dami rin indian foods dito sa Singapore at this year lang ako naglakas-loob na kumain. Nasarapan ako lalo na sa roti prata with egg, eat with chicken curry or mutton curry. Sarap din rice briyani.

celia kusinera said...

hi Tanggero, balita ko nga maraming Indians dyan kaya na influence din nila ang Singaporean cuisine. Tenks for dropping by.