Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-05 Thread Aditya Kapil
Why not consistent? Same theme.. dissimilar execution. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aditya Kapil wrote, [on 12/5/2008 11:52 AM]: > > > Actually this may not be true... Jazz players try never to play the same > > number the same way. If you intend f

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-04 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Aditya Kapil wrote, [on 12/5/2008 11:52 AM]: > Actually this may not be true... Jazz players try never to play the same > number the same way. If you intend for *similar* to mean another rendition > of the *same* song, then that's missing the point... Two versions of > Coltrane's "Love Supreme", f

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-04 Thread Aditya Kapil
Actually this may not be true... Jazz players try never to play the same number the same way. If you intend for *similar* to mean another rendition of the *same* song, then that's missing the point... Two versions of Coltrane's "Love Supreme", for example, can sound very different (albeit in the sa

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-03 Thread Charles Haynes
Deepa: Ah. I actually have this theory that making food is as creative an endeavour as any other art; therefore, really good food cannot be standardized...if it is, it will lose by that process. Udhay: I am not sure I agree. It is perfectly possible, in my experience, to have chefs turn out food

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-03 Thread Dave Kumar
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:57 AM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ethiopian, judging from the number of desis I see in restaurants > serving this cusine in the US, would be well received, though the > dosa-bred southies will wonder what was so great about Ethiopian food. > > In my experienc

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-03 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deepa Mohan wrote, [on 12/3/2008 12:56 PM]: > > > Ah. I actually have this theory that making food is as creative an > endeavour > > as any other art; therefore, really good food cannot be standardized...if > it > > is, i

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-03 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Deepa Mohan wrote, [on 12/3/2008 12:56 PM]: > Ah. I actually have this theory that making food is as creative an endeavour > as any other art; therefore, really good food cannot be standardized...if it > is, it will lose by that process. I am not sure I agree. It is perfectly possible, in my exp

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-03 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2008-12-03 12:56:15 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The wholesale tomato market was in full swing How much were they selling tomatoes for? -- ams

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-03 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > dosa-bred southies will wonder what was so great about Ethiopian food. Ah ha, dosa "bread" is incontrovertible proof of the negroid origins of the subservient dravidian races. < / sarcasm >

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Aditya Kapil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Essentially a coffee shop.. I didn't get the impression that it was much of > a 'foodie' place.. maybe I didn't order the right thing. *cough* top post *cough* >From the name I was expecting an East African cafe of some

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Aditya Kapil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Essentially a coffee shop.. I didn't get the impression that it was much of > a 'foodie' place.. maybe I didn't order the right thing. No, it isn't a foodie place - but it's always busy. Cheeni

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Aditya Kapil
Essentially a coffee shop.. I didn't get the impression that it was much of a 'foodie' place.. maybe I didn't order the right thing. Adit. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/2/08, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There's Little Italy, Mzuri

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Thaths
On 12/2/08, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's Little Italy, Mzuri Zana, and Irani Chai around the Jubilee Hills > area. What sort of food does Mzuri Zana serve? Thaths (who will be in Hyderabad in a couple of weeks) -- "Silly Indians. Our God made their God" -- Homer J.

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Thaths
On 12/2/08, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's Little Italy, Mzuri Zana, and Irani Chai around the Jubilee Hills > area. What sort of food does Mzuri Zana serve? Thaths (who will be in Hyderabad in a couple of weeks) -- "Silly Indians. Our God made their God" -- Homer J.

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deepa Mohan wrote: > > Madhu...you say, I notice..."don't always produce great food". Are there >> chains that do? >> > > There are chains like McDonald's, and there are chains like the BJN group. > One is cheap, mass-produ

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Madhu Menon
Deepa Mohan wrote: Madhu...you say, I notice..."don't always produce great food". Are there chains that do? There are chains like McDonald's, and there are chains like the BJN group. One is cheap, mass-produced food that is never great, just adequate, but consistent. The latter is a fine di

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Biju Chacko
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Biju Chacko wrote: > >> I notice that the Restaurant scene is increasingly being dominated by >> the large chains like the BJN group. While quite often the food from >> these restaurants is pretty good, I can't help but wonder

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Gautam John
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > chains that do? I think that mass-produced food will always taste different > from food cooked in small quantities. Thats' why, I feel, I can never get > the taste of the food at a wedding hall in my kitchen..and vice versa.

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (Large chains don't always produce great food. You only have to visit the > lunch buffet at Mainland China to realise it.) > > Madhu > Madhu...you say, I notice..."don't always produce great food". Are there chains that

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > (Large chains don't always produce great food. You only have to visit the > lunch buffet at Mainland China to realise it.) Not at all disputing what you say, but as a counter-point Angeeti has almost always impressed me

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Madhu Menon
Biju Chacko wrote: I notice that the Restaurant scene is increasingly being dominated by the large chains like the BJN group. While quite often the food from these restaurants is pretty good, I can't help but wonder if their deep pockets are squeezing smaller players out of business. Madhu, any

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Biju Chacko
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Malini Aisola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Does anyone have any recommendations for restaurants in Hyderabad near >> Kondapur? Hyderabadi, south indian, anything goes. Suggestions will

Re: [silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Malini Aisola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for restaurants in Hyderabad near > Kondapur? Hyderabadi, south indian, anything goes. Suggestions will be > greatly appreciated. Skip Kondapur, the restaurants in the area are not the

[silk] Restaurants in Hyderabad

2008-12-02 Thread Malini Aisola
Does anyone have any recommendations for restaurants in Hyderabad near Kondapur? Hyderabadi, south indian, anything goes. Suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Malini 9911597756