The Humble Banana
South India has amazing varieties of the humble banana. Sharing details of a few types that we found at the Uzhavar Sandhai in Coimbatore.
Fruits
The First Rataul
This year we got to taste our first Rataul. The taste is somewhat similar to Rumani and it has a distinct aroma… And its oh so SWEET !
Day Trip to Ljubljana & Lake Bled – part 1
Sept 19, 2019 – Day 19 Ljubljana, Slovenia A couple of days back we had booked our day trip to Ljubljana (pronounced as Lyublyana), the capital of Slovenia and Lake Bled through Free Spirit Tours. This was a small group tour in a car and that worked just fine for us. We had planned it … Read more
Day 17 – The World’s best Sir !
Sept 17, 2019 – Zagreb, Croatia Yesterday during the walking tour of Zagreb, Krishnan had asked Vid, our tour guide about a cheese store called Gligora. We tried looking for it near the Dolac market as the map showed but couldn’t locate it. Vid told us all cheese stores and stores selling food items requiring … Read more
Summer Fruits
The only thing I like summers for is Mangoes …. the King of fruits. This summer we got amazing Himayat (aka Imam Pasand), Banganapalli, Alphonso and Dussehri so far. Ofcourse all chemical residue free or organic from EatRightBasket or Farmer Uncle. The Imam Pasand from EatRightBasket was mouth watering – utterly sweet and very addictive … Read more
2018 Diwali Release :)
The sari that I wore for Diwali is an Assam silk (mulberry) and I bought it during our trip to Guwahati in Feb this year. Infact we spent a lot of time at ARTFED, the government store that sells authentic Assam handloom saris but nothing quite caught our attention. Then Krishnan spotted this one under … Read more
Finally a “Malgoa” and a “Mallika” – Mango season 2018
This year the Mango season started rather late for us – just yesterday. Till we get to eat Mangoes chosen by our Mango boys in Bangalore, it never feels like the season has started. Last year they had sent the mangoes to us in Chennai and we met them in Bangalore too – The Mango boys … Read more
There is never a one time sale !
Krishnan went out to buy curds (yoghurt) and milk the day we landed in Thekkady. My mom and Krishnan love their “curd rice” :). He walked out of Club Mahindra, Thekkady and just 100 meters away there are a couple of shops selling biscuits, milk and curd. He bought a couple of packets of curds … Read more
Latif, what if…
One of the extraordinary benefits of travelling is that you get to meet people across different sections of the society. From the Principal of a college to a Paanwala. From a teacher to a Taxiwala. From a father, a hand loom weaver who is keen to get his son educated to a Fruitwala. And you … Read more