Reviews
Restaurant : Sigree, Hyderabad
Lunch here was by chance, but boy am I glad we went. This restaurant from the Speciality group, kept scoring with its great food courses and service.
For cocktails, we tried the Hawaiian Iced tea and Sangria both well made, this was followed by the in-house recommendation of paneer rawalpindi starter which was spicy and very well done (although I would have loved if they had a little more salad to cut the spice). For the main course we tried multani paratha and tawa veg ..both phenomenal , the tawa veg used European veggies like cherry tomatoes, radish, zucchini (definitely a gamble that paid off 
). For dessert we stuck to safer options of gulab jamun and makkhan icecream - nothing extraordinary, but no complaints either.
Although this time I stuck to trying out the vegetarian offerings, I have all the reason to believe that their non-vegetarian dishes would be good too.
A definite recommendation for Indian food.
Book : Isn’t it obvious by Eliyahu Goldratt
Classic Goldratt, concepts of retail inventory and supply chain based on holding high inventory are challenged in a narration involving a ‘real’ life situation. Although, the logic may not come as an eye opener for people familiar with TOC or even basic operations. The narrative does provide a ease of understanding to new readers of the concepts. A definite suggested read if you like the previous books or are just beginning to understand ‘operations’.
Sales : Samsonite Black label sale, Hyderabad
Some amazing discounts on great pieces. Sales on till 14th Feb 2010.
What next?
Nope, this is not about the latest fad that hit town, but rather about the very many annoyance’s that we continue to endure as people copy popular ‘trends’.
Like for example, a camera near any form of water body is enough reason to make people leap and give you a ‘Titanic pose’, not the Kate Winslet one, this one:
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The other day when rushing past the stinky Hussainsagar lake, I saw a couple try their version (obviously, in their minds the pose is still in vogue). With no wind or icebergs and the water 10 meters away, I wondered how these two douche bags planned on pulling it off .
The outstretch may have worked a decade ago, but today the odds were in favour of a splat!!
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Through the day .
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Flying Colours
Many people (mostly women, although some men joined in to keep it interesting) were/are updating their ‘facebook status’ with a colour – apparently for a cause.
The only mission the ‘campaign’ accomplished was a generate a whole lot of curiosity to a question, that turned out to be colours of a womens bra. A friend of mine took it to another level with her status reading ‘white with blood stains’ – which made me wonder “What’s for dinner?”.
The point being – how effective are these viral campaigns on social networking sites? This one for example did make everyone search the trend to find out that it was meant to generate ”Breast cancer awareness’. Honestly though, how many of the people who participated were not already aware of breast cancer?
The fad spread and quick but what needs to be measured is its true effectiveness – did it translate to real research on the subject, or make people go for a check up?
If only, all those who had updated their status, told us if they passed the check-up with flying colours.
First comes the..
There have been many, many weddings spanning the entire last year and a very eventful January 2010.
Everyday, my facebook/orkut homepage’s along with my inbox are splashed with links to wedding albums.
As I witness all my beautiful friends get hitched and disappear into bliss, I cannot help but think “First comes marriage, then comes baby”. Just a matter of when 
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Oh boy!!! or girl …
Combat misleading advertising
Been watching advertisements that promise more than they deliver? Well, you can do your bit to stop it:
More information here.
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War of the instant noodles
First there was noodles, then along came smoodles and now we have foodles. The naming is possibly where the differentiation against Maggie noodles and new entrant Horlicks foodles* ends. ( The removal of ‘No’ from noodles, appears to be a clever and sublime way to suggest n0 to noodles: or is it my active imagination)
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Coming to what interests us in food – Foodles tastes just like Maggi noodles ( and possibly better, the quantity of the spice mix looked a little more than in the Maggi packs – which seems to lend a richer taste).
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The verdict : Maggie noodles and Horlicks foodles are so close in taste, texture, quantity and pricing that I would not bother much about which to pick. Although I really like the aroma that comes only from cooking Maggi noodles .
* Horlicks Foodles claims to be a a multi grain noodle which comes with multi-vitamin enriched spice mix. Maggie has also being playing on the health angle by promoting its product as a healthy snack with its now popular tag line “Taste bhi Health bhi”.
Also did you know that there is a World Instant Noodles association?