There’s a new haunt in town — The Tasting Room. This place is going to specialise in wine, and yeah, you get to sample lots of stuff — for free.
This place will also conduct workshops to educate savages like moi on the finer nuances of wine. So, you’ll learn which wine compliments which type of food etc.
What’s to be seen is how the prices fare.
I am highly suspicious of any place that charges a bomb – unless of course the food is so delicious, so succulent, so non-greasy yet delicious, so full of subtle flavours, that the tastes are etched in your culinary tastebuds forever.
In fact anyone who can make food that tastes great without smothering the ingredients with a barrel of oil and slapping on lots of spices, is a true culinary genius.
Updates on the Tasting Room, next Monday.
Meanwhile domestic concerns are mounting. I predict that by the end of next month I shall be broke. I need to buy:
~ Television
~ Fridge
~ Cupboard
~ Computer table
~ One bedside lamp, which must be tall and ideally have a body made of rot iron and a stylish lampshade.
~ A gas cylinder + stove
~ Curtains + Curtain rod
~ 2 mattresses
Phew! The sweat beads are mounting. All contributions — in cash or kind — welcome!
I’ll help you… by prioritizing!
Let’s see… who needs a television when you have the Internet?! And who needs a fridge when you have all these great restaurants you’ve been mentioning?! Same with cupboards and stove.
Now, mattresses, curtains and rod, bedside lamp and computer table… those all sound like necessities to me, but at least you’ll only be HALF broke.
What? You wanted CASH donations? Er, um… I gave my last Rs143 to my oldest daughter when I got back from India, and I’m sure those couple of greenbacks wouldn’t do you any good.
Besides, I don’t contribute to people who aren’t even SUBSCRIBED to me, lol!
Awww, poor baby! You should try asking daddy for a loan!
Or what about scouring the newspapers for yard sales/moving sales/classified ads selling stuff? You might find a good deal on furniture and stuff. Also take a look at the FREE ADS paper – it might help. After all you’re in Bombay, where people are constantly moving….
When I first got to the States as a poor graduate student, I became a yard sale regular and made some awesome furniture finds at ridiculous prices. So the lesson is: Go hunt in the newspapers!
Where is The Tasting Room located? It sounds tres divine!
Brian, I have now officially subscribed to your blog!
And hey Pooh, the Tasting Room is at Phoenix Mills, an old mill turned swanky mall complex at Lower Parel. Keeping my fingers crossed about this place. Will be checking it out on Sunday evening.
Ahhh the memories that Phoenix Mills brings back to me….Is that nightclub still around….Abhishek used to own it…I cant remember the name….Do you?
You mean Fire & Ice? No…I think you mean Mikanos…that one’s shut down many seasons back.
Awww, so Mikanos shut down huh? Too bad….I took Nanu there the second time we met I think!
Honey… that’s wrought iron!
Ankur n i will take you shopping and effectively decorate your place on a budget.
Of course post you purchase all the necessities and save up some
Thanks meera, you are a life saver…because of your imagination, which I think is the biggest asset
hEY Merril, you don’t want your iron to rot, you want it wrought
BTW, I feel like I am reading TimeOut, when I read your blog
Your blog is becoming so foodie and so yummy.
I feel ravenous and hungry everytime I read an update.
oks oks…lapse of lingy…sure me meera ‘n’ alltough