The Forest burp!!!!!! Part-II the Riversedge experience,The spice of nature!

The two things i never get fed up of smelling are
1)The aroma of the steamingly hot food prepared at home! be it anything!!! (home made stufff rockkss)
2)The smell of the wet land around immediately after the first few rains!
Ahemmm,yes...So these two points drills down this post to two things i love the most in this world:
Food!!!(duh) and Nature,I'm so passionate about both.
Okay,so my last week was a heavy dosage of both the essentials Nature and Food,It was a perfect blend of both....The previous part of the same topic was my journey uptil the Riversedge resort in shivanasamudra.continues...................
So then,we reached this resort..from the outside it didn't draw my attention that much.This is what it looked like from the outside-







But to my surprise the interiors were freakin mind blowing!!







These were the rooms within the resort,really cool,pleasent and so damn cozy!








Hours passed by after we had our breakfast at Kamat,The hunger alarms were ringing again!!!
yes it was lunch time!!!And this time the lunch was arranged by the resort itself:









Although a simple looking meal,But seriously speaking ...this was one of the best Rice plate i had since loong time!!!! the items were similar to a Rice plate but with Extra non veg in it,There was White Rice,Sambhar,Pappad,And the best out of it all,yes: chicken sukka!!!!!!!!Burrrp...
After the lunch we had a dip into the near by river which had the water flowing from the humongous waterfalls Gaganachukki( Gaganachukki and Bharachukki are 2 of the waterfalls in shivanasumdra):
This was how the river looked like :








This dip was so soothing,trust me the more you keep yourself dipped into the water the more you feel relaxed,I was in the water for almost one and a half hours!!beat that!!
But it had to come to an end! sadly :( :( :(

The night which followed had something in store that i experienced for the first time in my life:
yes,"A BARBEQUE IN THE WILD".sorry..but didnt know what else to call it..hehehe



This was one of the pics of the barbecue i could get,the rest are a bit blur!!! anyway..it was mouth watering!!!!!! hehehe...The chicken was tender and was marinated well!! This is what i call "spice of the nature"!!
And there was also...loads and loads of "BOOOZE"",hehehhee:








Phew!!! that was a long day!!and the end of the Day 1 at riversedge.

There was some visit to the falls (Day 2 )early in the morning"it seems",hehe...but i was sleeping my a$$ out....and got up directly for the breakfast,
And there it was......all set...my breakfast plate!







A probable remark for the breakfast would be "awesome"!!! hehe,It was again a typical south indian breakfast ,consisting of Idly,vada,sambhar,chutney and Pongal!!!sigh! too good!
After the breakfast we just got together and had some funny chat,a bit of rest!An said our farewell to the RiversEdge people! Trust me they were really good hosts!!Everything in those 2 days was arranged in a timely manner!
Do check the webiste of riversedge : http://www.riversedge.in
Then around late evening we set our way back to Bangalore and had two more pitstops!! lol...yet again for food!!!hehehhehe.....One of them gave me an opportunity to taste "the" item Mysore and other places around are famous for i.e "THE MADDUR VADA",We stopped at a place called Hanchina mane!








This was it!!finally what i was dying to taste!!Maddur Vada!! hehe

And the other pitstop was to taste a famous place on the highway back to Bangalore called the "Taj Biryani Paradise"







Since everyone was tired we ordered a bit less!! But whatever he had (meaning Chicken Biryani and Chicken Kabab)
Again it was worth the price and worth a try!!!







WE quickly finished our plates and headed back!!!I was dropped back to the point from where i was picked!!! ahhh....then what! i caught an auto....went back home!!and ...slept!!!hahahha


Well,that was a long weekend i had..i swear it was one of a kind experience! Well i would like to conclude by saying : "Finish off whatever your plate has to offer you,coz food is not something that should be wasted,But dont do the same with Nature! coz Nature is something that needs to be preserved!" :-)

Go nuts with Donuts!!!!!!

It was Ajay's birthday and we decided to be silent for the time being since it was a weekday and keep all the fun reserved for the weekend to come,So we decided to hit the Donut store in Brigade Road called the "Donut Baker" ,


It was an amazing experience to have the favourite food of every Cop in US(every movie i watch they have a freakin donut in their hand,Seems like donut is their staple food..lol)
So anyway we entered this store and were startled looking at the variety of donuts they had in their display,It was ammmmmmaaaaazing!! A perfect item for people with sweet tooth.hehe .
A perfect place to taste every sorta donut thats available that too in India,That too in Bangalore!!!!!
There were just a few of them on display,since we were a bit late guess everything got sold out!!!
The chocolate ones!!!! Chocolate is one thing i just drool on!!!!!


There were even donuts with Strawberry and Blueberry filling in them!!! Trust me these look so yummy at first sight!!!



Then there were even Honey dipped ones!!! freakin awesome!!




We quickly filled our plates with whatever looked worth giving a try:

That's Ajay- the Badddayy Boy with his share of donuts!!!!




And That's me with my share of the yummy stuff!!! (well,not the birthday boy :( :( )




The whole donut experience was really good!!! And the DONUT BAKER even claims to serve donuts prepared on daily basis!! As their slogan says "Gourmet Donuts...Made Fresh Daily!! " ,So thats an additional feature to this place too.The place served donuts at affordable prices too.The only disadvantage being :There's no variety of beverages available.But other than that i would say its the perfect place for people with sweet tooth.So,whenever you feel like having a bite of the world famous dessert called "Donut" you know there's a place located right at the heart of the City!!!!!

We would also like to take this post as an opportunity to Congratulate one of our best buddies "Mehaal" who's in Netherlands studying and partying his a$$ out!!!!
"Dude,Heartly congratulations for your Placement in the Philips Research!!,We would'nt say do well and stuff coz we know you will!!


That's him,we know he'll look at this pic and get pissed off at us hehehhe.... "Dude this was the last we saw of you!" , we're going to seriously empty his pockets once he's back!!!!! (treat treat treat!! that's wht it's gonna be like!!! ) And FYI people,,He had a senti weep just before clicking this pic!!! hahahhahahahhahhaha....we still find it funny though :-)

The Forest burp!!!!!! Part-I(The breafkast pitstop and the journey upto the RiversEdge resort.

Haaaaa! while Ajay was busy satisfying his taste buds with the entire sea on his plate,I was on my way to Shivanasamudra.This place is basically known for the falls,the natural beauty and the Electricity generating plants..etc etc .....It was a trip organised by my colleagues,I was expecting all in all a good weekend!!! But to my suprise this trip turned out to be a great one .This place is around 140 kms away from Bangalore(located in the Mandya district) close to Mysore.The journey is not at all stressful,Thanks to the Bangalore-Mysore Highway..the whole drive was pretty smooth.We started at around 9,And by around 10 AM everyone in the freakin bus were hungry and were crying put for a pitstop to have breakfast.So we stopped at Kamat,A place very well known for its awesome breakfast!!And there i actually put my taste buds to test,coz i heard many things about this place,Wanted to check out myself! The place was indeed worth a visit!!! We had a heavy filling breakfast..I concluded in my mind.. "No matter wht, South Indian breakfast is the best option any time of the year"!!! We had ordered the typical South Indian breakfast :






Well ,we started off with a Masala Dosa(indeed amazingly crispy one just like i had ordered)














Continued with Vada Sambhar! yet another typical south indian breakfast Item which is very famous throughout!











And,finished with a sweet..Kesari Bath,A dessert perfectly suited for people who love Ghee,Cashews,sugar etc etc Blah blah!!













The man the machine,The waiter who served us all(a group of 18 at once)!!!!! Trust me he never forgets anything! Gotto test his memory again someday.












There were lots of other shops which sold Handicrafts in them within the hotel compound,Good ones.the items were worth the price unlike the other places in Bangalore!!!












We continued the journey from there with filled stomachs! lol and i put the most useful gadget ever in the history of mankind to use :The freakin Tooth pick!!!!!!!! Trust me thats one thing i never forget to carry!There were still a couple of milestones to cover until we reached the resort:RIVERSEDGE located at shivanasamudra,which was claimed to be one of the best ones there,Stay tuned :-)
And ya,Ajay -Wish you a Happppppy Birthday!!!

Deep fried sea...!

You are in bangalore and you are in the mood for some authentic Konkani cuisine then KUBAY is just the place for u.Ashwin was busy tasting nature in the meanwhile me and my friend found this perfect opprtunity(ashwin is allergic to sea food!) to try out some coastal cuisines. Situated on Koramangla club road,Kubay is the place to head for
tryst with sea food and authentic coastal cuisine.It serves authentic coastal cuisine stretching from goa to mangalore. Its trademark is its home-made masalas and home style cooking of all delicacies which get you the flavor of the dish as it would have been traditionally served in a home in the region. The restaurant has on its menu some rare recipies which are hard to come across in Bangalore and has a seating capacity for 40 people at a time.

The soups are all clear,we tried their specialty special sea food soup which is light and a mix of prawn, crab, fish and squid meat, seasoned with pepper such all th 4 meat flavors spur the appetite and definitely a recommended appetizer.The menu offers an extensive choice of seafood
like prawns sukka,pepper prawns,butter garlic prawns, shrimp buter garlic,pomfret fry, kaane(lady fish) fry,cheese & pepper crab,crab sukka. We ordered pomfret fry, butter garlic prawns and prawn masala. The fish was not deep fried and just to my liking. The prawns were soft n spicy ,loved them.
For the main course we ordered
two plates of idiappams(semige) a plate of
sanna's(mangalore idly) and panpoles(neerdosa)along with khori ghasi(mangalorean chicken curry) and prawn curry, it was so splendid that it reminded of my mom's cooking back home.
For beverage theres not much options to choose from, there is no alcohol or milkshakes.We ordered cocum(punaarpuli) juice which was good and refreshing. The dessert section is also minimal and you get to choose between caramel custard and cheesecake,no ice-creams. We opted for custard and it was simple and tasteful just like one would prepare at home.The service was prompt the ambiance was cheerful n the price was very reasonable.
Will visit once again with Ashwin to try out some of the chicken delicacies. ;-)

This will drive you Nuttssss!!

Our Indian food has a strong cultural background,Every cooking style and facet has a story or some myth behind it.In this post I have made an effort to bring up one such example.It's one of the renowned fests-The peanut fest!(Kadle Kaai Parse-in Kannada) of Bangalore and of the area i stay in(Basavanagudi).I was startled looking at the way this event had been managed in such an organised manner,And been a sincere spectator since 2 years!! Ajay totally missed it since he stays in Koramangala and was tied up with his own stuff.People from all over Bangalore flock in and around the Basavangudi temple area.

The main event happening in this fest is,People buying Peanuts from the hundreds of stalls,Mark my words "Hundreds" of stalls around the temple and offer it to the temple.This offering is considered to be a good deed and there's a belief that well being follows for the rest of the family once the offering is done! I surfed the whole place and found out that the peanuts sold were not only for the sake of offering,But is also ,meant for eating!!!
Yuppp!!! Then the foodie part of me took over and i immediately bought some,
I otherwise also like peanuts,this fest was just a reason!
The following are some of the pics of the peanut stalls...It was damn tough to get these considering the crowd.phew!


This was just the beginning!! as i moved ahead the pile was getting huger and huger!!



The stalls had lots of it! but it was getting sold out as well!



more ,more and more!!!!


I couldn't push any further,the crowd was really massive!
So,I just stopped right there.Hope I'll be able to reach till the temple sometime.heheheh,But will have to wait till next year :-)

Donating through a Wordgame!! well,Isn't that amazing!!!

Well,Before we start off our journey we thought it would be good to bring up something that would act towards a good cause! Let me put it this way:
Lucky are we to be fed on time,Because of which we have never experienced what is called "Starvation" ,But a coin always has two sides to it.There are lots of people who don't get to eat anything for days together !!not because they chose it that way,But because of pure unluck and misfortune.They cannot afford to fulfill their basic necessities(Among which "food" is the most important one).I'm aware of the fact that there are many websites which loot people in the name of donation,The result of which people have lost faith in what is called "Donating".They either do it because they are persistently asked to do so or to show off their status.But I came across a noble web site for the same cause of donation and fighting starvation,not by asking any money from anyone,but in its own unique way.By just playing a freaking word game!!!! yes that's right!!! if you dont believe me check it out yourselves: http://freerice.com
Where in every correct answer you give,you end up donating 20 grains of rice to the needy! Do join them in this revolution ,Hope you can make atleast 20 grains of change to the world!! :-)

Response to stimulus..!

Response to stimulus is a renowned phenomenon, your senses respond when they meet with certain stimuli.WE have picked one of the senses called Taste!without the existence of which the "Biryani" available in your favorite eat-out,the "lazania" of the 5 star hotels would have never been termed as "yummy".Such is the importance of the sense called "Taste". This blog rips every aspect of Taste be it Home food,or outside food and presents it.As we(meaning Ashwin--the hogger,Ajay--the blogger) travel in search of the ultimate eat out place.
From the wast strech of this country,to places far away.Taste is one thing that differs from place to place.
The aroma,the spices,the techniques of cooking.Everything differs.Bangalore,Karnataka-is one such place which alone has around 2315 licnesed Bar and Restaurants(Dont ask me bout the others!!!,we only talk bout the food!! lol) and around 6000 hotels!! Surprisingly as per the latest report in the Times of India all this massive count of restaurants are looked over by only 4 food inspectors!Now that in itself is a startling fact!! I dont think our Taste buds will ever run outta options.So behold as our journey into the land of taste starts off soon,Stay tuned :-)